Sydney Thunder have managed just a single win this season so far in six matches.
Preview
THU vs SCO will clash on each other in the 30th match of BBL 2023-24 on Monday (January 8) at the Sydney Showground Stadium in Sydney. Thunder have managed just a single win this season so far in six matches and are in second-last place in the points table. Scorchers have won four out of six games and are third in the points tally.
Thunder faced Hobart Hurricanes in their last game, where Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bowl. Chris Green was the only batter for the Thunder who managed to cross the 30-run mark. He remained 33 runs off 17 deliveries and helped the team post a total of 150 runs for the loss of eight wickets. Nikhil Chaudhary, Chris Jordan, and Patrick Dooley took two wickets each for the Hurricanes. Ben McDermott scored 53 runs off 34 deliveries and helped Hurricanes to a victory in 18.1 overs with seven wickets in hand.
Scorchers faced Adelaide Strikers in their last match, where the Strikers elected to bowl after winning the toss. Scorchers lost their first two wickets for just 11 runs. The middle order played a crucial role for the team and helped the team post a total of 153 runs for the loss of seven wickets in 20 overs. David Payne and Lloyd Pope took two wickets each for the Strikers. Matthew Short played a dominant knock of 76 runs off 51 deliveries and helped the Strikers chase down the target of 154 runs in 16.1 overs.
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Match Information
Probable PlayingXI
Sydney Thunder
AD Hales, Oliver Davies, AI Ross, DR Sams, N McAndrew, CT Bancroft, T Kohler-Cadmore, Chris Green(C), Gurinder Sandhu, Liam Hatcher, Tanveer Sangha
Bench: M Gilkes, Blake Nikitaras, David Warner, Jason Sangha, Z Khan, Liam Doddrell, William Salzmann, S Konstas, Toby Gray
Perth Scorchers
Zak Crawley, SM Whiteman, LJ Evans, AM Hardie(C), Cooper Connolly, AC Agar, JP Inglis, JA Richardson, AJ Tye, JP Behrendorff, LR Morris
Bench: NR Hobson, AJ Turner, MR Marsh, M Kelly, Hamish McKenzie, Stevie Eskinazi, Liam Haskett, Cameron Gannon, Sam Fanning, L Pope
Injury News
(Will be added when there is an update)
Weather Report: Broken Clouds
Win Prediction: Sydney Thunder
Pitch Condition: Balanced
Avg 1st Inning Score: 144
Pitch Report
Captains: 9
Daniel Sams THU bowl
He has made 86 runs in five innings at a strike rate of 172. With the ball, Green has taken four wickets as well at an average of 39.50
Laurie Evans SCO