Pitch Report:
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Pitch is expected to be balanced one with batters getting some extra advantage. Pitch generally favours batters but large dimensions of the stadium always keep bowlers(mainly spinners) interested. You can see scores in the range of 160-175.
Last 4 Games at this venue:
STR: 188/6, HUR: 166(Pace: 13, Spin: 3)
STA: 273/2, HUR: 167/6 (Pace: 5, Spin: 3)
THU: 170/8, REN: 169/7, (Pace: 6, Spin: 7)
HEA: 149/6(20), STA: 150/2(15.2) (Pace: 4, Spin: 4)
H2H:
THU: 9, STR: 7
Strikers Preview:
They have won their last 5 games after a disappointing start. Now their squad is looking very formidable on the paper.
Probable 11:
M Short: RHB+RAO
A Carey: LHB
T Head: LHB+RAO
I Cockbain: RHB
J Wells: RHB
M Renshaw: LHB
T Kelly: RHB
P Siddle: RAM
H Thornton: RAF
H Conway: RAM
Fawad Ahmed: RAL
Team Beak Up:
Main Batters: M Short, T head, A Carey and I Cockbain
Main Pacers: P Siddle and H Thornton(H Conway will assist him)
Main Spinners: Fawad Ahmed and M Short (T Head will assist them)
Expected Death Overs: P Siddle and H Thornton
Stats and Analysis of the Players:
H Nielsen(LHB):
H2H: 3 I, 59 R, 29.5 A, 118.0 SR,
VENUE: 1 I, 14 R, 14.0 A, 93.3 SR
LAST SEASON SCORE: 2 M, 2 I, 36 R, 18.00 A, 138.88 SR,
T20D: 26 M, 19 I, 265 R, 18.92 A, 112.28 SR,
IN THIS SEASON: 14 M, 10 I, 131 R, 18.71 A, 103.96 SR
RM: 30, 14, 9, 1, 10, 0, 13, 39, 14, DNB: 1,
A Carey(LHB):
H2H: 9 I, 260 R, 32.5 A, 125.0 SR,
VENUE: 2 I, 68 R, 34 A,
T20I: 38 M, 26 I, 233 R, 11.09 A, 108.37 SR
T20D: 101 M, 87 I, 2205 R, 28.63 A, 127.23 SR
IN THIS SEASON: 1 M, 1 I, 67 R, 67.00 A, 148.88 SR,
LAST SEASON SCORE: 13 M, 13 I, 425 R, 32.69 A, 122.12 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 12&9, 51&6, 19, 13&0, 24&49,
RM: 67,
M Renshaw(LHB+RAO):
H2H: 6 I, 94 R, 15.7 A, 123.7 SR
VENUE: 4 I, 82 R, 20.5 A, 98.7 SR+ 2 I, 3 O, 0 W,
T02D: 47 M, 46 I, 1011 R, 24.07 A, 124.81 SR+ 17 I, 33 O, 7 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 36, 10+6/0, 156, 38&43+26/2,
IN THIS SEASON: 9 M, 9 I, 255 R, 28.33 A, 130.76 SR+ 1 I, 4 O, 1 W,
RM: 24, 22, 63, 38, 30, 19, 2, 50+38/1(4), 7,
T Head(LHB):
H2H: 9 I, 175 R, 19.4 A, 115.9 SR, +6 I, 10 O, 3 W,
VENUE: 1 I, 5 R, 5 A
T20I: 16 M, 15 I, 319 R 26.58 A, 130.20 SR+ 3 I, 4O, 1 W
T20D: 94 M, 90 I, 2219 R, 28.81 A, 132.87 SR+ 42 I, 71 O, 22 W,
LAST SEASON SCORE: 4 M, 4 I, 70 R, 17.50 A, 98.59 SR+ 3 I, 6 O, 1 W
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 29+30/0, 152, 18&51, 27, 100&8, RM: 5+9/0(1),
J Weatherald(LHB):
H2H: 11 I, 302 R, 30.2 A, 35.4 SR,
VENUE: 3 I, 29 R, 9.7 A, 107.4 SR
LAST SEASON SCORE: 15 M, 15 I, 433 R, 36.08 A, 141.04 SR,
T20I:
T20D: 82 M, 81 I, 2029 R, 26.89 A, 128.74 SR,
IN THIS SEASON: 14 M, 13 I, 213 R, 17.75 A, 107.03 SR
RM: 18, 11, 17, 6, 1, 51, 31, 10, 0, 8, 35, 8, 17,
J Wells(RHB):
H2H: 15 I, 303 R, 25.2 A, 113.5 SR,
VENUE: 5 I, 188 R, 47.0 A,
LAST SEASON SCORE: 13 M, 13 I, 263 R, 26.30 A, 106.04 SR,
T20D: 121 M, 112 I, 2694 R, 34.10 A, 122.39 SR,
IN THIS SEASON: 15 M, 15 I, 421 R, 35.08 A, 127.57 SR
RM: 8, 37, 6, 32, 55, 17, 46, 0, 11, 68, 23 , 6, 73, 27, 12,
T Kelly(RHB):
H2H: 2 I, 20 R, 10.0 A, 111.1 SR,
VENUE: 2 I, 13 R, 13 A,
IN THIS SEASON SEASON: 13 M, 11 I, 198 R, 22.00 A, 130.26 SR
T20D: 13 M, 11 I, 198 R, 22.00 A, 130.26 SR,
RM: 26, 41, 27, 28, 1, 19, 13, 24, 14, 5, 0,
H Hunt(RHB+RAM):
H2H: 1 I, 5 R, 5.0 A, 45.5 SR,
VENUE: 1 I, 12 R 12.0 A, 133.3 SR
LISTA:
T20D: 6 M, 6 I, 102 R, 17.00 A, 110.86 SR,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 10&108, 134&15, 12&39, 61, 33&40,
IN THIS SEASON: 6 M, 6 I, 102 R, 17.00 A, 110.86 SR,
RM: 5, 18, 12, 25, 27, 15,
M Short(RHB+RAO):
H2H: 8 I, 91 R, 11.4 A, 112.3 SR, +5 I, 10 O, 0 W,
VENUE: 2 I, 97 R, 48.5 A + 2 I, 7 O, 1 W,
LAST SEASON SCORE: 5 M, 5 I, 37 R, 7.40 A, 97.36 SR,+2 I, 2 O, 0 W,
T20D: 51 M, 48 I, 906 R, 20.59 A, 132.06 SR,+28 I, 60 O, 10 W,
IN THIS SEASON: 14M, 14 I, 448 R, 34.46 A, 157.74 SR+ 14 I, 36 O, 7 W
RM: 29+5/1(1), 32+17/0(2), 63+23/0(3), 16+4/0(1), 14+20/0(1), 2+6/0, 16+14/0, 13+28/0(4), 72+25/1(4), 8+27/0(3.2), 27+13/2(3), 34+15/1(4), 33+23/1(4), 89+33/1(4),
L Scott(RHB+RAM):
H2H:
VENUE:
LAST SEASON SCORE: 1 M, 1 I, 10 R, 10.00 A, 83.33 SR, +1 I, 2 O, 0 W,
T20D: 4 M, 3 I, 13 R, 4.33 A, 61.90 SR, +1 I, 2 O, 0 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 20&8+37/0, 17&0+26/0&17/0, 0&2+7/1,
42+31/2, 15&6+16/3,
IN THIS SEASON: 3 M, 2 I, 3 R, 1.50 A, 33.33 SR,
RM: 1, 2,
L O Connor(LES):
H2H: 4 I, 13 O, 2 W, ,
VENUE: 1 I, 4 O, 0 W,
T20D: 23 M, 23 I, 76 O, 15 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 14/0, 74/0&53/3, 67/0, 45/0, 35/3,
P Siddle(RAF):
H2H: 11 I, 39 O, 17 W,
VENUE: 3 I, 10 O, 6 W,
LAST SEASON SCORE: 13 M, 13 I, 43 O, 19 W,
T20I: 2 M, 2 I, 8 O, 3 W,
T20D: 88 M, 87 I, 303 O, 105 W,
IN THIS SEASON: 15 M, 15 I, 56 O, 27 W,
RM: 42/3(4), 11/1(3), 46/0(4), 40/0(3.2), 42/2(4), 25/1(4), 47/1(4), 36/3(4) 23/5(3.5), 26/2(4), 19/0(3), 20/2(4), 22/1(4), 32/2(4), 32/4(3.4),
D Worrall(RAM):
H2H: 6 I, 19.3 O, 2 W,
VENUE: 12 I, 40 O, 8 W,
LAST SEASON SCORE: 11 M, 6 I, 72 R, 24.00 A, 138.04 SR,
+10 I, 37 O, 10 W,
T20D: 57 M, 56 I, 194 O, 45 W,
IN THIS SEASON: 5 M, 5 I, 18.4 O, 5 W,
RM: 26/2(4), 18/2(3.4), 28/0(4), 27/0(3), 34/1(4),
Fawad Ahmed(LES):
H2H: 7 I, 24 O, 4 W,
VENUE: 8 I, 29 O, 5 W,
T20I: 2 M, 2 I, 8 O, 3 W,
T20D: 161 M, 157 I, 579 O, 166 W,
IN THIS SEASON: 11 M, 11 I, 44 O, 11 W
RM: 33/0(4), 16/1(4), 25/0(4), 36/0(4), 22/1(4), 51/0(4), 34/1(4), 30/3(4), 33/1(4), 16/3(4), 33/1(4),
H Conway(RAF):
H2H:
VENUE: 2 I, 8 O, 3 W.
T20D: 16 M, 16 I, 56 O, 12 W,
IN THIS SEASON: 7 M, 7 I, 26 O, 5 W
RM: 24/1(4), 37/1(4), 23/0(2), 29/0(4), 26/1(4), 30/0, 32/2(4)
H Thornton(RAF):
Venue: 1 I, 3 O, 2 W
LISTA: 4 M, 4 I, 38 O, 5 W,
T20D: 7 M, 7 I, 24 O, 8 W
IN THIS SEASON: 5 M, 5 I, 18 O, 10 W,
RM: 12/1(3), 30/2(4), 26/4(4), 39/1(4), 25/2 (3)
I Cockbain(RHB):
Venue: 1 I, 3 R, 3 A
T20D: 139 M, 131 I, 3521 R, 33.85 A, 131.87 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 32, 26, 38&1, 18&13, 27&20,
IN THIS SEASON: 4 M, 4 I, 126 R, 63.0 A, 141.57 SR
RM: 35, 17, 71, 3,
Sydney Thunder Team Preview:
They are looking in very good form with 9 wins in the 14 matches. They have finished the group stage at the 3rd rank in the points table. They are expected to go with the same playing11.
Probable 11:
A Hales: RHB
U Khawaja: LHB
Jason Sangha: RHB
A Ross: RHB
D Sams: RHB+LAM
M Gilkes: LHB(can bat at no.3 also)
B Cutting: RHB+RAM
Nathan McAndrew: RHB+RAM
C Green: RAO
T Sangha: RAL
G Sandhu: RAM
Team Breakup:
Main Batters: J Sangha, A Hales, U Khawaja and D Sams
Main Pacers: G Sandhu, D Sams and N McAndrew(B Cutting will assist them)
Main Spinners: T Sangha and C Green(J Sangha will assist them)
Expected Death Overs: G Sandhu and D Sams
Stats and Analysis of the Players:
A Hales(RHB):
H2H: 6 I, 176 R, 44.0 A, 144.3
VENUE: 5 I, 88 R 17.6 A, 125.7 SR
LAST SEASON SCORE: 15 M, 15 I, 543 R, 38.78 A, 161.60 SR,
T20I: 60 M, 60 I, 1644 R, 31.01 A, 136.65 SR,
T20D: 326 R, 323 I, 9107 R, 30.66 A, 145.10 SR
IN THIS SEASON: 12 M, 12 I, 374 R, 34.00 A, 150.20 SR
RM: 0, 10, 28, 35, 14, 13, 26, 63, 80, 38, 23, 44,
A ROSS(RHB):
H2H: 6 I, 139 R, 27.8 A, 133.7 SR,
VENUE: 6 I, 121 R, 40.3 A, 130.1 SR
LAST SEASON SCORE: 8 M, 7 I, 126 R, 21.00 A, 118.86 SR,
T20D: 81 M, 69 I, 1490 R, 28.65 A, 127.67 SR,
IN THIS SEASON: 8 M, 8 I, 181 R, 26.20 A, 137.12 SR
RM: 61, 17, 77, 4, 16, 6, 0, 0,
M Gilkes(LHB):
H2H: 2 I, 106 R, 53.0 A, 158.2 SR
VENUE: 3 I, 99 R 33.0 A, 111.2 SR
T20D: 25 M, 22 I, 439 R, 19.95 A, 120.27 SR,
IN THIS SEASON: 14 M, 14 I, 295 R, 21.07 A, 129.95 SR
RM: 20, 56, 7, 28, 6, 2, 13, 93, 32, 10, 19, 1, 6, 2,
J Sangha(RHB+LEG):
H2H: 4 I, 129 R, 43.0 A, 135.8 SR, +2 I, 3 O, 3 W,
VENUE: 1 I, 2 R, 2.0 A, 40.0 SR+ 1 I, 1 O, 0 W
T20D: 24 M, 22 I, 562 R, 33.05 A, 121.90 SR, + 6 I, 7 O, 3 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 4&0, 10&5+35/0&20/0, 12&78,
IN THIS SEASON: 11 M, 11 I, 384 R, 48.00 A, 130.61 SR + 4 I, 5 O, 3 W
RM: 39, 47, 56, 91+3/1(1), 6+16/2(2), 34, 21+5/0(1), 35+3/0(1), 31, 22, 2+11/0(1),
D Sams(RHB+LAM):
H2H: 5 I, 26 R, 5.2 A, 104.0 SR+ 8 I, 30 O 15 W
VENUE: 4 I, 4 R, 1.0 A, 36.4 SR+ 4 I, 16 O, 3 W
T20I: 4 M, 4 I, 54 R, 27.00 A, 234.78 SR, +4 I, 14 O, 4 W,
T20D: 70 M, 57 I, 681 R, 15.13 A, 151.67 SR, +68 I, 230 O, 87 W,
IN THIS SEASON: 14 M, 11 I, 190 R, 21.11 A, 163.79 SR+ 14 I, 51 O, 19 W,
RM: 22/3(4), 1+50/0(4), 22+36/0(4), 1+30/1(3), 28+29/2(4), 10+30/1(4), 33/4(4), 1+26/1(4), 1+28/1(4), 98+10/1(2), 29/1(4),18+32/1(4), 10+43/2(4), 0+22/1(4),
O Davies(RHB):
H2H: 3 I, 44 R, 22.0 A, 137.5 SR,
VENUE:
LAST SEASON SCORE: 8 M, 7 I, 90 R, 15.0 A, 152.54
T20D: 15 M, 13 I, 158 R, 14.36 A, 147.66 SR
IN THIS SEASON: 7 M, 6 I, 68 R, 13.60 A, 141.66 SR
RM: 26* 14, 19, 2, 6, 1,
B Cutting(RHB+RAM):
H2H: 12 I, 184 R, 16.7 A, 117.2 SR, + 10 I, 33 O, 9 W,
VENUE: 5 I, 82 R, 20.5 A, 112.3+ 5 I, 10 O, 3 W,
LAST SEASON SCORE: 15 M, 13 I, 280 R, 40.00 A, 156.42 SR, + 14 I, 29 0, 4 W,
T20I: 7 M, 5 I, 40 R, 10.00 A, 148.14 SR, +7 I, 21 O, 3 W,
T20D: 184 M, 153 I, 2505 R, 22.36 A, 146.66 SR, +164 I, 462 O, 129 W,
IN THIS SEASON: 13 M, 10 I, 137 R, 17.12 A, 115.12 SR+ 8 I, 10 O, 1 W,
RM: 10/0(1), 12+10/0(2), 17/1(2), 8+9/0(1), 10+15/0(1), 10+10/0(1), 37, 34, DNB+7/0(1), 6, DNB+ 0+20/0(1), 20,
N Mcandrew(RAF):
H2H: 5 I, 14 O, 2 W,
VENUE: 4 I, 13 O, 1 W
LAST SEASON SCORE: 13 M, 13 I, 44 O, 15 W,
T20D: 40 M, 40 I, 119 O, 33 W,
IN THIS SEASON: 13 M, 13 I, 45 O, 12 W,
RM: 33/2(4), 27/1(4), 37/1(4), 25/0(3), 39/0(3), 40/3(4), 32/0(3), 23/0(3), 23/1(2), 31/2(4), 30+36/0(4), 30/2(3), 13+48/0(4),
G Sandhu:(RAM)
H2H: 6 I, 16 O, 5 W,
VENUE: 3 I, 11 O, 3 W,
LAST SEASONSCORE: 3 M, 3 I, 7.5 O, 3 W,
T20I:
T20D: 63 M, 62 I, 202 O, 60 W,
IN THIS SEASON: 10 M, 10 I, 35 O, 16 W
RM: 17/2(4), 32/0(4), 27/0(3.1), 14/0(2), 32/4(4), 8/2(3), 32/2(4), 11+27/2(3), 46/1(4), 33/3(4),
B Holt(RHB):
H2H:
VENUE:
LAST SEASON SCORE: 4 M, 3 I, 24 R, 8.00 A, 85.71 SR,
T20D: 9 M, 7 I, 84 R, 14.00 A, 95.45 SR,
IN THIS SEASON: 3 M, 2 I, 19 R, 9.50 A, 70.37 SR,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 0, 29&0, 6&29, 41,
RM: 2, 17,
Arjun Nair(RHB+RAO):
H2H: 6 I, 64 R, 16.0 A, 87.7 SR, +9 I, 23 O, 8 W,
VENUE: 1 I, 30 R, 30.0 A, 176.5 SR+ 2 I, 5 O, 1 W
LAST SEASON SCORE: 1 M, 1 I, 15 R, 15.0 A, 115.38 SR+ 1 I, 3 O, 1 W,
IN THIS SEASON: 2 M, 1 I, 0 R, +2 I, 1 I, 1 O, 0 W,
T20D: 36 M, 24 I, 251 R, 20.91 A, 117.84 SR+ 31 I, 81 O, 23 W,
RM: 8/0(1)
J Cook(RAL):
H2H: 4 I, 14 O, 5 W,
VENUE: 2 I, 5 O, 1 W,
LASTSEASON SCORE: 3 M, 3 I, 9 O, 3 W,
T20I:
T20D: 24 M, 24 I, 79 O, 24 W,I
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 16/2, 36/0, 2+33/1, 31/2, 23/0,
C Tremain(RHB+RAF):
H2H: 7 I, 24 O, 7 W,
VENUE: 4 I, 14 O, 2 W,
LAST SEASONSCORE: 3 M, 3 I, 7.5 O, 3 W,
T20D: 52 M, 52 I, 180 O, 46 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 27/2, 30/1, 24/0, 52/4&15/0. 27+22/1,
B Dogget(RAF):
H2H: 4 I, 12 O, 3 W,
VENUE: 1 I, 4 O, 2 W
LAST SEASON SCORE: 5 M 5 I, 18 O, 9 W,
T20D: 29 M, 29 I, 90 O, 29 W,
IN THIS SEASON: 1 M, 1 I, 3 O, 0 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 38/1&37/3, 75/4, 25/3&67/1, 29/1, 21/0,
RM: 33/0(3),
T Sangha(LES):
H2H: 2 I, 3 O, 1 W,
VENUE: 2 I, 8 O, 4 W
LAST SEASON SCORE: 15 M, 15 I, 47.5 O, 21 W,
T20D: 26 M, 26 I, 84 O, 35 W,
IN THIS SEASON: 11 M, 11 I, 36 O, 14 W,
RM: 22/1(3), 29/2(4), 20/2(4), 26/3(3.3), 26/0(2), 25/0(3), 12/2(3), 22/1(4), 30/1(4), 19/0(2), 32/2(4),
S Whiteman(LHB):
H2H: 6 I, 81 R, 13.5 A, 120.9 SR,
VENUE: 1 I, 10 R 10.0 A, 125.0 SR
T20D: 45 M, 40 I, 653 R, 17.64 A, 121.60 SR
IN THIS SEASON: 3 M, 3 I, 25 R, 8.33 A, 104.16 SR
RM: 11, 10, 4,
L Hearne(LHB+RAO):
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 0, 48, 58, 50&4, 4&2,
C Green (RHB+RAO):
H2H: 8 I, 43 R, 8.6 A, 110.3 SR+13 I, 41 O, 5 W,
VENUE: 2 I, 15 R, 7.5 A, 136.4 SR+ 3 I, 9 O, 2 W,
T20D: 136 M, 85 I, 822 R, 14.67 A, 129.24 SR, +135 I, 436 O, 108 W,
IN THIS SEASON: 11 M, 5 I, 82 R, 20.50 A, 157.69 SR+ 11 I, 33 O, 6 W,
RM: 32/0, 16/0(2), 10/0(1), 29/1(4), 6+19/1, 14+29/2(4), 20/0(4), 5+22/1(3.1), 9/1(2), 50+36/0(3), 7+21/0(3),
U Khawaja(LHB):
H2H: 7 I, 233 R, 38.8 A, 136.3 SR,
VENUE: 6 I, 315 R, 78.8 A, 150.0 SR
T20I: 9 M, 9 I, 241 R, 26.77 A, 132.41 SR
T20D: 106 M, 105 I, 2955 R, 30.46 A, 129.49 SR
LAST SEASON SCORE: 15 M, 15 I, 338 R, 24.14 A, 127.54 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 16, 11&5, 137&101, 6&11,
RM: 77,