MATCH NO – 16th MATCH
SERIES – Men’s Big Bash – 2024-25
DATE – 30th December, 2024
TIME – 01:45 PM IST
VENUE – Sydney Showgrounds, Sydney
INTRODUCTION
The Big Bash League (BBL) is one of the premier professional Twenty20 cricket leagues in the world. Founded in 2011 by Cricket Australia, it is modeled after the Indian Premier League (IPL) and showcases some of the most exciting cricketing talent from Australia and around the globe.
The Big Bash League (BBL) 2024-25 season is set to run from December 15, 2024, to January 27, 2025. The tournament will feature eight teams: Brisbane Heat, Melbourne Renegades, Melbourne Stars, Adelaide Strikers, Perth Scorchers, Hobart Hurricanes, Sydney Sixers, and Sydney Thunder. The format consists of a single round-robin stage followed by playoffs, with a total of 44 matches scheduled.
Teams:
The league features 8 city-based franchises, representing different regions of Australia:
Adelaide Strikers, Brisbane Heat, Hobart Hurricanes, Melbourne Renegades, Melbourne Stars, Perth Scorchers, Sydney Sixers,Sydney Thunder.
Format:
The tournament follows a double round-robin format, where each team plays multiple matches against others, followed by knockout stages including eliminators, qualifiers, and the grand final.
Points are awarded for wins, and the top teams progress to the playoffs.
Records and Dominance:
The Perth Scorchers are the most successful team in BBL history, having won multiple titles.
Players like Chris Lynn, Glenn Maxwell, Steven Smith, Marcus Stoinis and Rashid Khan are among the standout performers in the league’s history.
PITCH REPORT
Sydney Showground Stadium, also known as GIANTS Stadium, is a versatile venue in Sydney Olympic Park, Australia, hosting various sports, including cricket.
Pitch Characteristics:
Balance Between Bat and Ball: The pitch offers a fair contest between batsmen and bowlers. In the last five matches, the average first innings score was around 150 runs, indicating a balanced surface.
Pace vs. Spin: Pacers have been more effective here, accounting for approximately 75% of the total bowling fantasy points. This suggests that the pitch provides assistance to fast bowlers.
Match Statistics:
T20 Matches: Out of 38 matches, teams batting first have won 18 times, while teams chasing have secured 19 victories, with one match yielding no result. This indicates that the pitch does not heavily favor either batting first or second.
Scoring Patterns: The average first innings score is approximately 150 runs, with the highest total recorded being 186 and the lowest a mere 15. This wide range highlights the pitch’s variability and the potential for both high and low-scoring games.
Strategic Considerations:
Batting Strategy: Given the balanced nature of the pitch, building partnerships and pacing the innings are crucial for posting or chasing competitive totals.
Bowling Strategy: Fast bowlers should focus on exploiting any early movement, while spinners can play a pivotal role in the middle overs to control the game’s tempo.
GROUND STATS (BBL)
| TOTAL MATCH | 35 |
| AVERAGE SCORE | 150+ |
| BATTING 1ST WON | 17 |
| BATTING 2ND WON | 18 |
| NO RESULT | 00 |
SCORING PATTERN
| BELOW SCORE 150 | 14 |
| BETWEEN 150 TO 169 | 12 |
| BETWEEN 170 TO 189 | 07 |
| ABOVE SCORE 190 | 02 |
BOWLERS STATS ON SYDNEY SHOWGROUND (BBL)
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 35
PACER WICKETS – 239
SPINNER WICKETS – 105
MATCH PREVIEW
16th match played between One time winner Melbourne Renegades (MLR) and One time winner Sydney Thunder (SYT) is going to be an exciting contest. Both teams have a strong line-up. This season Melbourne Renegades (MLR) team performed very good and won 2 matches & lost 1 match out of 3 and second position in point table, whereas Sydney Thunder (SYT) performed well and won 2 matches & lost 1 match out of 3 and fourth position in point table.
Last Time when both teams met in a league match (SYT VS MLR) Melbourne Stars team scored 172 runs and Sydney Thunder won the match by 5 wickets.
Sydney Thunder, as the home team, will have the advantage of playing in familiar conditions. They are known for their aggressive style of play and have a talented batting line-up, including the likes of David Warner, Sam Billings, Nic Maddinson, Oliver Davies, Sherfane Rutherforde, Jason Sangha, Cameron Bancroft. Their bowling department is also well-equipped with bowlers like Chris Green, Daniel Sams, Wes Agar, Liam Hatcher, Lockie Ferguson, Nathan McAndrew.
On the other hand, Melbourne Renegades, They are known for their aggressive style of play and have a talented batting line-up, including the likes of Jake Fraser-McGurk, Josh Brown, Jonathan Wells, Tim Seifert, Laurie Evans. Their bowling department is also well-equipped with bowlers like Will Sutherland, Thomas Rogers, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa.
Both teams boast of strong batting & bowling attacks, so the battle between the batsmen and bowlers will be crucial in deciding the outcome of the match.
Considering the form and capabilities of both teams, this match has the potential to be a close contest. It will be interesting to see how the teams strategize and adapt to the conditions. Fans can again expect an exciting and competitive match between Melbourne Renegades and Sydney Thunder.
HEAD TO HEAD RECORD
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 17
MLR WIN – 10
SYT WIN – 07
NO RESULT – 00
SYT VS MLR TEAM NEWS,SQUADS, PLAYING11 & PLAYER STATS
SYDNEY THUNDER (SYT)
TEAM NEWS
- Sydney Thunder performed very poor and won only 1 match lost 7 matches out of 10 matches and were eighth position in the point table.
- Sydney Thunder performed very well in this season and won 2 matches and lost 1 match out of 3 matches and fourth position in point table.
- When the Last match was played between Melbourne Renegades & Sydney Thunder, Sydney Thunder team successfully chased a good total of 142 runs and won the match by 8 wickets.
- Cameron Bancroft has scored 97 runs in 3 innings in this season of Big Bash.
- Sam Billings has scored 116 runs in 3 innings in this season of Big Bash.
- Jason Sangha has scored 33 runs and also took 1 wicket in 11 innings in this season of Big Bash.
- Chris Green has taken 4 wickets in 3 innings in this previous season of Big Bash.
- Daniel Sams has scored 60 runs and also took 2 wickets in 3 innings in this season of Big Bash.
- Wes Agar has taken 3 wickets in 1 inning in this season of Big Bash.
- Lockie Ferguson has taken 6 wickets in 3 innings in this season of Big Bash.
- In the last BBL match Sydney Thunder team successfully defended a total of 182 runs and won the match by 18 runs against Melbourne Stars.
- Sam Billings Scored 72 runs in 33 balls, Jason Sangha scored 33 runs and Cameron Bancroft scored 21 runs in the previous match against Melbourne Stars.
- Wes Agar took 3 wickets, Lockie Ferguson, Daniel Sams, Chris Green, Tom Andrews & Jason Sangh took 1-1 wicket each in the previous match against Melbourne Stars.
- Both teams played 17 matches and Sydney Thunder team won 7 matches and lost 10 matches against Melbourne Renegades.
SQUADS
Batting – Blake Nikitaras, David Warner ©, Oliver Davies, Jason Sangha, Nic Maddinson, Sam Billings (wk), Cameron Bancroft, Matthew Gilkes (wk), William Salzmann (wk)
Bowling – Liam Hatcher, Wes Agar, Lockie Ferguson, Nathan McAndrew, Tanveer Sangha.
All Rounder – Sam Konstats, Sherfane Rutherforde, Chris Green, Daniel Sams.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
David Warner ©, Cameron Bancroft, Jason Sangha, Oliver Davies, Sam Billings (wk), Sherfane Rutherforde, Chris Green, Daniel Sams, Tom Andrew, Lockie Ferguson, Wes Agar.
PLAYER STATS:
1. DAVID WARNER © – LHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 19r, 17r, 7r, 47r, 7r. |
| Stats on venue | 3 INNINGS – 72 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MLR | 26r. |
| Total Stats vs MLR | 1 INNINGS – 26 RUNS. |
2. CAMERON BANCROFT – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 21r, 70r, 6r, 48r, 1r. |
| Stats on venue | 8 INNINGS – 314 RUNS-50A. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MLR | 95r, 46r, 23r, 24r, 3r. |
| Total Stats vs MLR | 8 INNINGS – 265 RUNS 45A. |
3. JASON SANGHA – RHB+RAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 33+1W, 151r, 61r, 11r, 19r. |
| Stats on venue | 8 INNINGS – 151 RUNS – 2W. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MLR | 2r, 21+0W, 2r, 54r. |
| Total Stats vs MLR | 4 INNINGS – 79 RUNS – 0W. |
4. OLIVER DAVIES – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 0r, 47r, 23r, 27r, 0r. |
| Stats on venue | 7 INNINGS – 133 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MLR | 0r, 2r, 48r. |
| Total Stats vs MLR | 3 INNINGS – 50 RUNS. |
5. SAM BILLINGS (WK) – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 72r, 15r, 26r, 19r, 12r. |
| Stats on venue | 5 INNINGS – 45 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MLR | 40r, 25r, 6r, 10r, 22r. |
| Total Stats vs MLR | 5 INNINGS – 103 RUNS. |
6. SHERFANE RUTHERFORD – LHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 2r, 8r, 3r, 30r, 24r. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 8 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MLR | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs MLR | NOT PLAYED YET. |
7. DANIEL SAMS – RHB+LAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 1W, 2+1W, 42+0W, 11+0W, 0W. |
| Stats on venue | 29 INNINGS – 154 RUNS – 28W. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MLR | 1W, 1W, 98+1W, 1W, 22+1W. |
| Total Stats vs MLR | 10 INNINGS – 137 RUNS – 11W. |
8. CHRIS GREEN – RHB+RAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 1W, 0W, 8+3W, 35+0W, 0W. |
| Stats on venue | 25 INNINGS – 101 RUNS – 19W. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MLR | 2W, 0W, 0W, 2W, 0W. |
| Total Stats vs MLR | 9 INNINGS – 6 WICKETS. |
9. TOM ANDREW – LAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 1W, 2W, 0W, 0W, 2W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MLR | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs MLR | NOT PLAYED YET. |
10. LOCKIE FERGUSON – RAF
| Recent 5 Innings | 1W, 2W, 3W, 3W, 3W. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 2 WICKETS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MLR | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs MLR | NOT PLAYED YET. |
11. WES AGAR – RAF
| Recent 5 Innings | 3W, 0W, 3W, 1W, 0W. |
| Stats on venue | 3 INNINGS – 7 WICKET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MLR | 0W, 1W, 2W, 3W, 0W. |
| Total Stats vs MLR | 10 INNINGS – 12 WICKETS. |
MELBOURNE RENEGADES (MLR)
TEAM NEWS
- Melbourne Renegades performed very good in this season and won 2 matches lost 1 matches out of 3 matches and second positions in the point table.
- When the Last match was played between Sydney Thunder & Melbourne Renegades, Melbourne Renegades team failed to defend a low total of 142 runs and lost the match by 8 wickets.
- Josh Brown scored 366 runs in 9 innings in the previous season of Big Bash.
- Laurie Evans scored 292 runs in 7 innings with 58+avg in the previous season of Big Bash.
- Jake Fraser-McGurk scored 257 runs in 8 innings in the previous season of Big Bash.
- Tim Seifert has scored 120 runs in 3 innings in this season of Big Bash.
- Kane Richardson took 6 wickets in 6 innings in the previous season of Big Bash.
- Thomas Rogers has taken 7 wickets in 3 innings in this season of Big Bash.
- Will Sutherland has taken 6 wickets in 3 innings in this season of Big Bash.
- Fergus O’Neill has taken 4 wickets in 3 innings in this season of Big Bash.
- In the last BBL match Melbourne Renegades team successfully chased a total of 143 runs and won the match by 2 wickets against Perth Scorchers.
- Tim Seifert Scored 28 runs, Jacob Bethell scored 30 runs and Laurie Evans scored 24 runs in the previous match against Perth Scorchers.
- Thomas Rogers took 3 wickets, Fergus O’Neill, Will Sutherland, Adam Zampa & Kane Richardson took 1-1 wickets each in the previous match against Perth Scorchers.
- Both teams played 17 matches and Melbourne Renegades team won 10 matches and lost 7 matches against Sydney Thunder.
SQUADS
Batting – Tim Seifert (wk), Harry Dixn, Laurie Evans, Mackenzie Harvey, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Josh Brown, Jonathan Wells.
Bowling – Nathan Lyon, Kane Richardson, Tom Rogers, Gurinder Sandhu, Adam Zampa.
All Rounder – Jacob Bethell, Fergus O’Neill, Will Sutherland.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Jake Fraser-McGurk, Josh Brown, Tim Seifert (wk), Jacob Bethell, Mackenzie Harvey, Laurie Evans, Will Sutherland ©, Tom Rogers, Adam Zampa, Fergus O’Neill, Kane Richardson.
PLAYER STATS:
1. JOSH BROWN – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 12r, 13r, 22r, 1r, 10r. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 3 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SYT | 39r, 14r, 3r. |
| Total Stats vs SYT | 3 INNINGS – 56 RUNS. |
2. JAKE FRASER-McGURK – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 2r, 5r, 21r, 43r, 1r. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 48 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SYT | 5r. |
| Total Stats vs SYT | 6 INNING – 5 RUNS. |
3. TIM SEIFERT (WK) – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 28r, 37r, 55r, 2r, 102r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SYT | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs SYT | NOT PLAYED YET. |
4. JACOB BETHELL – LHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 30r, 3r, 12r, 76r, 16r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SYT | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs SYT | NOT PLAYED YET. |
5. LAURIE EVANS – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 24r, 7r, 1r, 0r, 18r. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 5 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SYT | 5r, 20r, 12r. |
| Total Stats vs SYT | 3 INNINGS – 37 RUNS. |
6. MACKENZIE HARVEY – LHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 9r, 10r, 11r, 1r, 134r. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 3 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SYT | 2r, 1r, 8r, 3r. |
| Total Stats vs SYT | 4 INNINGS – 14 RUNS. |
7. WILL SUTHERLAND © – RHB+RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 15+1W, 36+2W, 9+0W, 27+2W, 32+0W. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 51 RUNS – 2W. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SYT | 42+0W, 7+0W, 4+1W, 0W, 1W. |
| Total Stats vs SYT | 5 INNINGS – 61 RUNS – 2W. |
8. TOM ROGERS – RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 3W, 3W, 1W, 14+1W, 1W, 0W. |
| Stats on venue | 2 INNINGS – 1 WICKETS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SYT | 0W, 0W, 0W, 1W, 0W. |
| Total Stats vs SYT | 5 INNINGS – 1 WICKET. |
9. ADAM ZAMPA – RALB
| Recent 5 Innings | 1W, 1W, 0W, 3W, 1W. |
| Stats on venue | 4 INNINGS – 4 WICKETS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SYT | 3W, 2W, 0W, 1W, 3W. |
| Total Stats vs SYT | 13 INNINGS – 22 WICKETS. |
10. KANE RICHARDSON – RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 1W, 0W, 1W, 2W, 0W. |
| Stats on venue | 3 INNINGS – 3 WICKETS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SYT | 0W, 2W, 0W, 2W, 0W. |
| Total Stats vs SYT | 13 INNINGS – 16 WICKETS. |
11. FERGUS O’NEIL – RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 1W, 3W, 0W, 5W, 4W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SYT | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs SYT | NOT PLAYED YET. |
FANTASY TEAM/DREAM 11 TEAM
SMALL LEAGUE(SL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – C. Bancroft, S. Billings, T. Seifert.
BATSMEN – D. Warner, O. Davies.
ALL-ROUNDERS – W. Sutherland, F. O’Neill, C. Green, D. Sams.
BOWLERS – T. Rogers, L. Ferguson.
GRAND LEAGUE(GL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – C. Bancroft, T. Seifert.
BATSMEN – D. Warner, J. Sangh, J. Fraser-McGurk.
ALL-ROUNDERS – W. Sutherland, F. O’Neill, D. Sams.
BOWLERS – T. Rogers, L. Ferguson, W. Agar.
BACK-UPS – T. Andrews, J. Brown, A. Zampa, K. Ricjardson.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (SL) – W. Sutherland, D. Sams.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (GL) – C. Bancroft, L. Ferguson.
POSSIBLE OUTCOME –
SYDNEY THUNDER MAY BE THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH.
