The Sydney Thunder will face the Melbourne Renegades on Wednesday in the Big Bash League’s 55th match. When these two clubs met the last time, Sydney Thunder triumphed by a large margin of 129 runs. They currently have 31 points in their possession.
The Melbourne Renegades have little chance of making the playoffs because they are at the bottom of the standings with 15 points. Even if they win this match against the Sydney Thunder, they have no chance. If they had won the match against Melbourne Stars on Thursday, the situation would have been different.
Weather
The temperature will likely range from 25~27°C.
Pitch
It’s a pitching surface built for batters to score runs efficiently. If the batsmen are in full swing, the bowlers must be extremely precise with their line and lengths. Batting first is always a brilliant idea in this situation.
Probable Playing XIs
Sydney Thunder:
Chris Green (c), Matthew Gilkes (wk), Gurinder Sandhu, Alex Hales, Ben Cutting, Jason Sangha, Oliver Davies, Daniel Sams, Nathan McAndrew, Alex Ross, Tanveer Sangha, Mohammad Hasnain
Melbourne Renegades:
Aaron Finch (c), Sam Harper (wk), Jack Prestwidge, Cameron Boyce, Mackenzie Harvey, Jake Fraser McGurk, Shaun Marsh, Nic Maddinson, Kane Richardson, Josh Lalor, Zahir Khan
Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Renegades – Match 55, Dream 11:
Daniel Sams (c), Sam Harper (wk), Matthew Gilkes (wk), Alex Hales, Shaun Marsh, Jason Sangha, Nic Maddinson, Kane Richardson, Tanveer Sangha, Gurinder Sandhu, Zahir Khan
Prediction
Match winner
- Sydney Thunder
Winning the toss
- Sydney Thunder
Top Batsman
- Sydney Thunder – Alex Hales
- Melbourne Renegades – Aaron Finch
Top Bowler
- Sydney Thunder – Tanveer Sangha
- Melbourne Renegades – Kane Richardson
Most Sixes
- Sydney Thunder – Alex Hales
- Melbourne Renegades – Shaun Marsh
Player of the Match
- Sydney Thunder – Alex Hales
Team Scores Batting First
- Sydney Thunder – 180+
- Melbourne Renegades – 170+
Neither team is in great form heading into their last group stage encounter, but Sydney Thunder will be significantly more confident than Melbourne Renegades. Despite Aaron Finch’s outstanding performance, the Renegades were still unable to win on Tuesday, and we are backing Sydney Thunder to win at the MCG.