MATCH NO – 08th MATCH
SERIES – Men’s Big Bash – 2023
DATE – 19th December, 2023
TIME – 01:45 pM IST
VENUE – Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
INTRODUCTION
Men’s Big Bash league is one of the most popular leagues in Men’s cricket. In this league many big stars like Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Steven Smith, Tim David, Matthew Wade etc play for many frenchies.
This t20 format started from 2011 by cricket Australia, This is an Australian professional t20 league and second most famous league after Indian Premier League.
Big bash league 2023-24 will start from 7th December.8th match of Men’s Big bash will be played between Adelaide Strikers & Sydney Thunder.Adelaide Strikers team have won 1 trophy of Big Bash league.Whereas Sydney Thunder have won 1 trophy of Big Bash League.
MATCH PREVIEW
The 8th match played between Adelaide Strikers (ADS) and Sydney Thunder(SYT) is going to be an exciting contest. Both teams have a strong line-up. In the previous season Adelaide Strikers won 5 matches out of 14 matches whereas Sydney Thunder have won 7 matches out of 14 matches in the previous match.
Last time when both teams Sydney Thunder and Adelaide Strikers played between each other Sydney Thunder scored 150 runs & Adelaide Strikers chased it successfully and won the match by 6 wickets.
Adelaide Strikers, 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 Chris Lynn, Travis Head, Alex Carey, Matthew Short, D’Arcy Short, Adam Hose, Jake Weatherald. Their bowling department is also well-equipped with bowlers like Wes Agar, Henry Thorton, Cameron Boyce, James Overton.They have many experienced players like Matthew Short, Travis Head, Alex Carey, Chris Lynn, D’Arcy Short, Jake Weatherald who gave solidity to the Adelaide StrikersTeam.
On the other hand, Sydney Thunder is a well-balanced team with a blend of experienced and talented players. But They have proven themselves in previous Men’s Big Bash season and won 7 matches out of 14 matches.They have talented & aggressive batsmen like Alex Hales,Matthew Gilkes,Oliver Davies, Alex Ross, Cameron Bancroft. Their bowling department is also well-equipped with bowlers like Chris Green, Nathan McAndrew, Tanveer Sangha, adding depth and experience to their batting and bowling line-up.
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 Sydney Thunder and Adelaide Strikers.
PITCH REPORT
The Adelaide Oval is an International cricket stadium located in Adelaide, Australia. It is owned and operated by the Adelaide’s cricket association operated by Cricket Australia. It serves as the home ground for the Adelaide Strikers team. The stadium is in Adelaide, Australia.First test match was played on this ground in 1884 between Australia men’s team & England men’s team.First Odi match was played on this ground in 1975 between Australian men’s Team & West Indies Men’sTeam.
Adelaide Oval Cricket Ground is also known as Oval the one of the most popular grounds in the cricket world which is operated by the Australia Cricket Board. It has a seating capacity of 34000 and has hosted various international mens’ cricket matches, including Test matches and One Day Internationals.
Overall, Adelaide Oval Cricket Ground holds a significant place in Men’s Big Bash cricket history and continues to be a prominent venue for domestic and international cricket matches in Adelaide.
This pitch has served – matches of Men’s Big Bash League and in 69 matches 41 times the first batting team won the match and 28 times second batting won the match. So toss is an important role for this match and the toss winner team will choose batting first.
Adelaide Oval’s pitch is balanced for both departments. The last Big Bash season witnessed the batting first side crossing 200 runs in 2 out of 7 matches played here. Even a score of 229 was chased here. However, the ground has huge straight boundaries ranging 80 metres long. The square boundaries’ size reads 62-63 metres. This suggests that hitting sixes on this ground requires power, making it risky to go for the aerial route.
In the initial overs, the bowling side needs to maintain a tight line and length, aiming to secure early breakthroughs to restrict the opponent to a low score. The role of spinners becomes crucial in the middle overs. Due to the big boundaries, spinners and pacers who use variations can be effective here. Talking about the Par score, the team batting first should aim to score at least 170 to be considered a competitive total. In 69 matches played on this ground 41 matches batting 1st won and 28 matches won by 2nd batting.
GROUND STATS (BBL)
| TOTAL MATCH | 69 |
| AVERAGE SCORE | 165+ |
| BATTING 1ST WON | 41 |
| BATTING 2ND WON | 28 |
| NO RESULT | 00 |
SCORING PATTERN
| BELOW SCORE 120 | 17 |
| BETWEEN 120 TO 139 | 19 |
| BETWEEN 140 TO 159 | 24 |
| ABOVE SCORE 160 | 09 |
BOWLERS STATS ON ADELAIDE OVAL (BBL)
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 69
PACER WICKETS – 537
SPINNER WICKETS – 239.
ADS TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PLAYING 11 & PLAYERS STATS
TEAM NEWS
- Adelaide Strikers were looking good in the previous season of the Men’s Big Bash and were seven positions in the points table.
- Adelaide Strikers bought good players like D’Arcy Short, James Bazley who performed really well in the Big Bash league in both Batting & Bowling.
- The Adelaide Strikers team is looking good in batting and bowling and is looking very balanced this season.
- Jake Weatherlad, D’Arcy Short & Chris Lynn will give solidity in the batting order of Adelaide Strikers.
- In the previous season of Big Bash Wes Agar took 18 wickets in 13 innings.
- James Bazley took 16 wickets in 15 innings in the previous season of Big Bash.
- Matthew Short scored 458 runs in 14 innings in the previous season of Big Bash league.
- Chris Lynn scored 416 runs in 11 innings in the previous season of Big Bash League.
- In the last matches, Adelaide Strikers team Successfully chased a low score of 152 runs against Sydney Thunder and won the match by 6 wickets.
- Travis Head & Alex Carey will miss the match due to the test matches series against pakistan.
- Both teams played 19 matches and the Adelaide Strikers team won 10 matches and lost 9 matches against Sydney Thunder.
SQUADS
Batting – Travis Head, Henry Hunt, Thomas Kelly, Chris Lynn, Adam Hose, Jake Weatherald, Alex Carey (wk), Harry Nielsen (wk).
Bowling – Wes Agar, Brendon Doggett, Cameron Boyce, Henry Thornton, Ben Manenti.
All Rounder – James Bazley, Matthew Short, D’Arcy Short, Jamie Overton.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Matthew Short, D’Arcy Short, Chris Lynn ©, Adam Hose, Jake Weatherald, Harry Nielsen(wk), James Bazley, Jamie Overton, Cameron Boyce, Henry Thornton, Wes Agar.
PLAYERS RECENT INNINGS
| PLAYERS NAME | RECENT 5 INNINGS |
| Matthew Short | 16r, 22r, 19r, 13r, 81+2W. |
| D’Arcy Short | 20+1W, 0r, 39r, 3W, 0+2W. |
| Chris Lynn | 0r, 0r, 1r, 19r, 4r. |
| Adam Hose | 17r, 10r, 15r, 15r, 33r. |
| Jake Weatherald | 4r, 35r, 12r, 29r, 9r. |
| Harry Nielsen | 9r, 9r, 51r, 27r, 34r. |
| James Bazley | 1W, 4r, 0W, 15+0W, 2W. |
| Jamie Overton | 0W, 3W, 51+0W, 0W, 0W. |
| Cameron Boyce | 0W, 2W, 1W, 2W, 0W. |
| Henry Thronton | 0W, 2W, 2W, 1W, 2W. |
| Wes Agar | 3W, 5W, 6W, 2W, 0W. |
PLAYERS STATS ON ADELAIDE OVAL (BBL)
| PLAYERS NAME | RECORDS ON THIS VENUE |
| Matthew Short | 27 INNINGS – 782 RUNS – 6 WICKETS. |
| D’Arcy Short | 6 INNINGS – 277 RUNS – 1 WICKET. |
| Chris Lynn | 15 INNINGS – 400 RUNS. |
| Adam Hose | 7 INNINGS – 244 RUNS. |
| Jake Weatherald | 41 INNINGS – 1109 RUNS. |
| Harry Nielsen | 9 INNINGS – 129 RUNS. |
| James Bazley | 2 INNINGS – 22 RUNS – 5 WICKETS. |
| Jamie Overton | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Cameron Boyce | 13 INNINGS – 8 WICKETS. |
| Henry Thronton | 7 INNINGS – 15 WICKETS. |
| Wes Agar | 27 INNINGS – 35 WICKET. |
PLAYERS LAST 5 INNINGS VS SYT (BBL)
| PLAYERS NAME | LAST 5 INNINGS VS SYT |
| Matthew Short | 65r, 9+1W, 39+1W, 13r, 16r. |
| D’Arcy Short | 2r, 4+1W, 29+1W, 6r, 19+3W. |
| Chris Lynn | 28r, 36r, 4r, 9r, 10r. |
| Adam Hose | 28r, 4r. |
| Jake Weatherald | 7r, 10r, 10r, 31r, 42r. |
| Harry Nielsen | 13r, 39r, 13r, 7r. |
| James Bazley | 1W, 29+4W, 9+1W, 0W, 0W. |
| Jamie Overton | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Cameron Boyce | 5W, 0W, 0W, 51+2W, 1W. |
| Henry Thronton | 2W, 5W, 1W. |
| Wes Agar | 0W, 4W, 3W, 0W, 0W. |
PLAYERS OVERALL RECORDS VS SYT (BBL)
| PLAYERS NAME | TOTAL RUNS/WICKETS VS SYT |
| Matthew Short | 11 INNINGS – 204 RUNS – 2 WICKETS. |
| D’Arcy Short | 12 INNINGS – 274 RUNS – 12 WICKETS. |
| Chris Lynn | 18 INNINGS – 653 RUNS. |
| Adam Hose | 2 INNINGS – 32 RUNS. |
| Jake Weatherald | 13 INNINGS – 319 RUNS. |
| Harry Nielsen | 4 INNINGS – 72 RUNS. |
| James Bazley | 5 INNINGS – 43 RUNS – 6 WICKETS. |
| Jamie Overton | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Cameron Boyce | 11 INNINGS – 19 WICKETS. |
| Henry Thronton | 3 INNINGS – 8 WICKETS. |
| Wes Agar | 8 INNINGS – 8 WICKETS. |
SYT TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PLAYING 11 & PLAYERS STATS
TEAM NEWS
- Sydney Thunder team’s performance was very good in the previous season and won 7 matches out of 14 matches.
- In last season when Sydney Thunder played against Adelaide Strikers they lost both matches.
- Cameron Bancroft scored 357 runs in 11 innings with a 51 + average in the previous Big Bash season.
- Oliver Davies scored 334 runs in 13 innings in the previous season of Big Bash Season.
- Star pacer Daniel Sams took 18 wickets in 14 innings in the previous season of Big Bash.
- Both teams played 19 matches and won 7 matches and lost 11 matches against Brisbane Heat.
SQUADS
Batting – Blake Nikitaras, Alex Ross, Jason Sangha, David Warner, Alex Hales, Cameron Bancroft (wk), Matthew Gilkes (wk).
Bowling – Liam Hatcher, Nathan McAndrew, Gurinder Sandhu, Tanveer Sandhu, Zaman Khan.
All Rounder – Oliver Davies, Daniel Sams, Chris Green ©, Liam Doddrell, William Salzmann.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Matthew Gilkes (Wk), Alex Hales, Cameron Bancroft, Oliver Davies, Alex Ross, Daniel Sams, Chris Green ©, Nathan McAndrew, Liam Hatcher, Zaman Khan, Tanveer Sangha.
PLAYERS RECENT INNINGS
| PLAYERS NAME | RECENT 5 INNINGS |
| Matthew Gilkes | 3r, 0r, 10r, 30r, 56r. |
| Alex Hales | 0r, 1r, 2r, 8r, 4r. |
| Cameron Bancroft | 25r, 7r, 51r, 27r, 20r. |
| Oliver Davies | 35r, 4r, 81+0W, 62r, 67r. |
| Alex Ross | 2r, 2r, 1r, 0r, 52r. |
| Daniel Sams | 11+0W, 0W, 1W, 0W, 3W. |
| Chris Green | 30+1W, 0W, 61+1W, 2W, 1W. |
| Nathan McAndrew | 0W, 4W, 1W, 3W, 1W. |
| Liam Hatcher | 1W, 4W, 3W, 3W, 4W. |
| Zaman Khan | 2W, 0W, 3W, 0W, 3W. |
| Tanveer Sangha | 3W, 1W, 2W, 0W, 0W. |
PLAYERS STATS ON ADELAIDE OVAL (BBL)
| PLAYERS NAME | RECORDS ON THIS VENUE |
| Matthew Gilkes | 2 INNINGS – 16 RUNS. |
| Alex Hales | 11 INNINGS – 417 RUNS. |
| Cameron Bancroft | 4 INNINGS – 65 RUNS. |
| Oliver Davies | 3 INNINGS – 72 RUNS. |
| Alex Ross | 14 INNINGS – 299 RUNS. |
| Daniel Sams | 5 INNINGS – 33 RUNS – 11 WICKETS. |
| Chris Green | 9 INNINGS – 2 WICKETS. |
| Nathan McAndrew | 7 INNINGS – 4 WICKETS. |
| Liam Hatcher | 2 INNINGS – 2 WICKETS. |
| Zaman Khan | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Tanveer Sangha | 3 INNINGS – 3 WICKETS. |
PLAYERS LAST 5 INNINGS VS ADS (BBL)
| PLAYERS NAME | LAST 5 INNINGS VS ADS |
| Matthew Gilkes | 3r, 0r, 93r, 13r. |
| Alex Hales | 68r, 0r, 9r, 63r, 10r. |
| Cameron Bancroft | 7r, 45r, 12r, 19r, 22r. |
| Oliver Davies | 42r, 1r, 14r, 26r, 4r. |
| Alex Ross | 8r, 2r, 56r, 18r, 12r. |
| Daniel Sams | 0W, 2W, 0W, 1W, 4W. |
| Chris Green | 0W, 0W, 0W, 1W, 0W. |
| Nathan McAndrew | 2W, 1W, 0W, 1W, 1W. |
| Liam Hatcher | 2W, 2W, 0W. |
| Zaman Khan | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Tanveer Sangha | 2W, 1W, 0W. |
PLAYERS OVERALL RECORDS VS ADS (BBL)
| PLAYERS NAME | TOTAL RUNS/WICKETS VS ADS |
| Matthew Gilkes | 4 INNINGS – 109 RUNS. |
| Alex Hales | 9 INNINGS – 253 RUNS. |
| Cameron Bancroft | 9 INNINGS – 194 RUNS. |
| Oliver Davies | 5 INNINGS – 87 RUNS. |
| Alex Ross | 9 INNINGS – 205 RUNS. |
| Daniel Sams | 11 INNINGS – 17 WICKETS. |
| Chris Green | 16 INNINGS – 5 WICKETS. |
| Nathan McAndrew | 7 INNINGS – 5 WICKETS. |
| Liam Hatcher | 3 INNINGS – 4 WICKETS. |
| Zaman Khan | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Tanveer Sangha | 3 INNINGS – 3 WICKETS. |
HEAD TO HEAD RECORDS
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 19
- ADS WIN – 10
- SYT WIN – 09
- NO RESULT – 00
FANTASY TEAM/DREAM 11 TEAM
SMALL LEAGUE(SL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – C. Bancroft.
BATSMEN – A. Hales, J. Weatherald, O. Davies.
ALL-ROUNDERS – M. Short, J. Bazley, D. Short, D. Sams.
BOWLERS – W. Agar, T. Sangha, Z. Khan.
GRAND LEAGUE(GL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – C. Bancroft.
BATSMEN – C. Lynn, A. Hales, A. Hose, O. Davies.
ALL-ROUNDERS – J. Overton, M. Short, D. Short, D. Sams.
BOWLERS – W. Agar, Z. Khan.
BACK-UPS – D. Payne, M. Gilkes, C. Green.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (SL) – M. Short, D. Sams.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (GL) – D. Short, A. Hales.
POSSIBLE OUTCOME –
ADELAIDE STRIKERS MAY BE THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH.