MATCH NO – 12th MATCH
SERIES – Men’s Big Bash – 2023
DATE – 23rd December, 2023
TIME – 10:00 AM IST
VENUE – Lavington Sports Oval Oval, Albury
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.12th match of Men’s Big bash will be played between Melbourne Strs & Sydney Thunder.Melbourne Stars team have not won any trophy of Big Bash league.Whereas Sydney Thunder have won 1 trophy of Big Bash League.
MATCH PREVIEW
The 12th match played between Melbourne Stars (MLS) and Sydney Thunder(SYT) is going to be an exciting contest. Both teams have a strong line-up. In this season Melbourne Stars did not win any matches and lost both matches out of 2 matches whereas Sydney Thunder have n’t won any matches out of 2 matches in the previous match.
Last time when both teams Sydney Thunder and Melbourne Stars played between each other Melbourne Star scored just 119 runs & Sydney Thunder chased it successfully and won the match by 3 wickets.
Sydney Thunder, as the home team, will have the advantage of playing in familiar conditions.Sydney Thunder is a well-balanced team with a blend of experienced and talented players. But They have not proven themselves in this Men’s Big Bash season and lost both matches out of 2 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.
On the other hand, Melbourne Stars is a well-balanced team with a blend of experienced and talented players. But They have failed to prove themselves in this Men’s Big Bash season and lost both matches out of 2 matches.They have talented & aggressive batsmen like Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Hilton Cartwright, Harry Brook. Their bowling department is also well-equipped with bowlers like Haris Rauf, Usama Mir, Scott Boland, Nathan Coulter-Nile add 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 Melbourne Stars.
PITCH REPORT
The Lavington Sports oval is a new cricket stadium located in Albury, Australia. It is owned and operated by the Australian’s cricket association operated by Cricket Australia. It serves as the home ground for the Sydney Thunder team. This ground is totally new and only 1 Odi match and 1 Big Bash match played at this venue.Only Odi match was played in 1992 between Australian team & Zimbabwe team.
Lavington Sports Oval Cricket Ground is also known as Oval the one of the new grounds in the cricket world which is operated by the Australia Cricket Board. It has a seating capacity of 30000 and has hosted only 1 odi match and 1 Big Bash Match.
Overall, Lavington Sports 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 only one match of Men’s Big Bash League and in 1 match 1 times the first batting team won the match and 0 times second batting won the match. So toss is an important role for this match and the toss winner team will choose batting first.
Lavington Sports Ovall’s pitch is balanced for both departments. The last Big Bash season witnessed the batting first side crossing 228 runs by Sydney Thunder and that was successfully defended by Thunder Team. 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 1 match played on this ground 1 match batting 1st won and none match won by 2nd batting.
GROUND STATS (BBL)
| TOTAL MATCH | 01 |
| AVERAGE SCORE | 228+ |
| BATTING 1ST WON | 01 |
| BATTING 2ND WON | 00 |
| NO RESULT | 00 |
SCORING PATTERN
| BELOW SCORE 120 | 00 |
| BETWEEN 120 TO 139 | 00 |
| BETWEEN 140 TO 159 | 00 |
| ABOVE SCORE 160 | 01 |
BOWLERS STATS ON ALVINGTON SPORTS OVAL (BBL)
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 01
PACER WICKETS – 13
SPINNER WICKETS – 02
SYT TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PLAYING 11 & PLAYERS STATS
TEAM NEWS
- Sydney Thunder team’s performance was very poor in the previous season and lost both matches out of 2 matches.
- In last season when Sydney Thunder played against Melbourne Stars they lost both matchesIn last match Sydney Thunder scored 200 runs but failed to defend and lost the match by 6 wickets against Adelaide Strikers.
- Cameron Bancroft scored 74 runs in the last match against Adelaide Strikers.
- Oliver Davies scored 32 runs and Alex Ross scored 46 runs in the previous match against Adelaide Strikers.
- Daniel Sams, Zaman Khan & Sangha took 1-1 wickets each in the last match against Adelaide Strikers.
- Both teams played 19 matches and Sydney Thunder won 9 matches and lost 10 matches against Adelaide Strikers.
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 | 0r, 3r, 0r, 10r, 30r. |
| Alex Hales | 18r, 0r, 1r, 2r, 8r. |
| Cameron Bancroft | 74r, 25r, 7r, 51r, 27r. |
| Oliver Davies | 32r, 35r, 4r, 81+0W, 62r. |
| Alex Ross | 46r, 2r, 2r, 1r, 0r. |
| Daniel Sams | 1W, 11+0W, 0W, 1W, 0W. |
| Chris Green | 0W, 30+1W, 0W, 61+1W, 2W. |
| Nathan McAndrew | 22+0W, 0W, 4W, 1W, 3W. |
| Liam Hatcher | 0W, 1W, 4W, 3W, 3W. |
| Zaman Khan | 1W, 2W, 0W, 3W, 0W. |
| Tanveer Sangha | 1W, 3W, 1W, 2W, 0W. |
PLAYERS STATS ON LAVINGTON SPORTS OVAL (BBL)
| PLAYERS NAME | RECORDS ON THIS VENUE |
| Matthew Gilkes | 1 INNING – 33 RUNS. |
| Alex Hales | 1 INNING – 77 RUNS. |
| Cameron Bancroft | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Oliver Davies | 1 INNING – 65 RUNS. |
| Alex Ross | 1 INNING – 14 RUNS. |
| Daniel Sams | 1 INNING – 0 WICKET. |
| Chris Green | 1 INNING – 1 WICKET. |
| Nathan McAndrew | 1 INNING – 1 WICKET. |
| Liam Hatcher | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Zaman Khan | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Tanveer Sangha | NOT PLAYED YET. |
PLAYERS LAST 5 INNINGS VS MLS (BBL)
| PLAYERS NAME | LAST 5 INNINGS VS MLS |
| Matthew Gilkes | 20r, 0r, 7r, 56r, 44r. |
| Alex Hales | 16r, 28r, 10r, 71r, 46r. |
| Cameron Bancroft | 5r, 15r, 32r, 10r, 44r. |
| Oliver Davies | 8r, 11r, 2r. |
| Alex Ross | 14r, 28r, 77r, 17r, 18r. |
| Daniel Sams | 28+1W, 2W, 22+0W, 0W, 1W. |
| Chris Green | 2W, 17+1W, 0W, 0W, 12+4W. |
| Nathan McAndrew | 0W, 1W, 1W, 1W, 0W. |
| Liam Hatcher | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Zaman Khan | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Tanveer Sangha | 2W, 2W, 2W, 2W. |
PLAYERS OVERALL RECORDS VS MLS (BBL)
| PLAYERS NAME | TOTAL RUNS/WICKETS VS MLS |
| Matthew Gilkes | 6 INNINGS – 165 RUNS. |
| Alex Hales | 10 INNINGS – 210 RUNS. |
| Cameron Bancroft | 9 INNINGS – 179 RUNS. |
| Oliver Davies | 3 INNINGS – 21 RUNS. |
| Alex Ross | 12 INNINGS – 414 RUNS. |
| Daniel Sams | 11 INNINGS – 155 RUNS – 14 WICKETS. |
| Chris Green | 12 INNINGS – 69 RUNS – 16 WICKETS. |
| Nathan McAndrew | 8 INNINGS – 6 WICKETS. |
| Liam Hatcher | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Zaman Khan | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Tanveer Sangha | 4 INNINGS – 8 WICKETS. |
MLS TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PLAYING 11 & PLAYERS STATS
TEAM NEWS
- Melbourne Sars team’s performance was very poor this season and lost both matches in this season out of 2 matches.
- Glenn Maxwell may be available for this match against Sydney Thunder.
- In both matches this team scored only 111 runs & 101 runs against Perth Scorchers & Brisbane Heat
- In last match Thomas Rogers, Hilton Cartwright, And Liam Dawson scored 22 runs, 24 runs & 22 runs against Perth Scorchers.
- Joel Paris, Dawson & Usama Mir took 1-1 wickets each in the previous match against Perth Scorchers.
- Both teams played 19 matches and Melbourne Stars won 10 matches and lost 09 matches against Sydney Thunder.
SQUADS
Batting – Nick Larkin, Sam Harper (wk), Joe Burns, Beau Webster.
Bowling – Adam Zampa, Scott Boland, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Brydon Couch, Mark Steketee, Joel paris, Corey Rocchiccioli, Usama Mir, Haris Rauf.
All Rounder – Campbell Kellaway, Glenn Maxwell, Hilton Cartwright, Marcus Stoinis, Liam Dawson, Imad Wasim, Tom Rogers.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Marcus Stoinis, Thomas Rogers, Beau Webster, Sam Harper(wk), Nick Larkin, Glenn Maxwell ©/Jonathan Merlo, Hilton Cartwright, Haris Rauf, Liam Dawson,Usama Mir, Joel Paris .
PLAYERS RECENT INNINGS
| PLAYERS NAME | RECENT 5 INNINGS |
| Thomas Rogers | 22r, 1r, 7r, 14r, 35r. |
| Sam Harper | 1r, 4r, 151r, 4r, 12rr. |
| Beau Webster | 4r, 6+1W, 5+1W, 103+2W, 1W. |
| Glenn Maxwell | 23+1W, 104+0W, 12+0W, 2+1W,1r. |
| Marcus Stoinis | 13+0W, 2r, 17+1W, 45r, 7r. |
| Nick Larkin | 0r, 5r, 5r, 58r, 21r. |
| Hilton Cartwright | 24r, 33r, 132r, 8r, 10r. |
| Liam Dawson | 22+1W, 0W, 13+4W, 34+5W, 119+2W. |
| Usama Mir | 1W, 0W, 2W, 1W, 2W. |
| Haris Rauf | 0W, 0W, 3W, 1W, 3W. |
| Joel Paris | 1W, 1W, 3W, 2W, 2W.. |
PLAYERS STATS ON LAVINGTON SPORTS OVAL (BBL)
| PLAYERS NAME | RECORDS ON THIS VENUE |
| Thomas Rogers | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Sam Harper | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Beau Webster | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Glenn Maxwell | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Marcus Stoinis | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Nick Larkin | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Hilton Cartwright | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Liam Dawson | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Usama Mir | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Haris Rauf | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Joel Paris | NOT PLAYED YET. |
PLAYERS LAST 5 INNINGS VS SYT (BBL)
| PLAYERS NAME | LAST 5 INNINGS VS SYT |
| Thomas Rogers | 34r, 1r. |
| Sam Harper | 8r, 1r, 4r, 7r, 8r. |
| Beau Webster | 14+1W, 4+2W, 7r, 8r, 17r. |
| Glenn Maxwell | 40+1W, 16r, 23r, 39r, 4r. |
| Marcus Stoinis | 8r, 0r, 31r, 13r, 27r. |
| Nick Larkin | 5r, 25r, 6r, 52r, 15r. |
| Hilton Cartwright | 36r, 12r, 23r, 42r, 10r. |
| Liam Dawson | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Usama Mir | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Haris Rauf | 3W, 3W, 3W. |
| Joel Paris | 0W, 0W, 1W. |
PLAYERS OVERALL RECORDS VS SYT (BBL)
| PLAYERS NAME | TOTAL RUNS/WICKETS VS SYT |
| Thomas Rogers | 2 INNINGS – 45 RUNS. |
| Sam Harper | 10 INNINGS – 141 RUNS. |
| Beau Webster | 8 INNINGS – 71 RUNS – 3 WICKETS. |
| Glenn Maxwell | 14 INNINGS – 286 RUNS – 6 WICKETS. |
| Marcus Stoinis | 14 INNINGS – 411 RUNS – 5 WICKETS. |
| Nick Larkin | 10 INNINGS – 326 RUNS. |
| Hilton Cartwright | 9 INNINGS – 219 RUNS. |
| Liam Dawson | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Usama Mir | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Haris Rauf | 3 INNINGS – 9 WICKETS. |
| Joel Paris | 3 INNINGS – 1 WICKET. |
HEAD TO HEAD RECORDS
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 19
- MLS WIN – 10
- SYT WIN – 09
- NO RESULT – 00
FANTASY TEAM/DREAM 11 TEAM
SMALL LEAGUE(SL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – C. Bancroft.
BATSMEN – A. Hales, A. Ross, O. Davies, H.Cartwright.
ALL-ROUNDERS – L. Dawson, M. Stoinis, C. Green, D. Sams.
BOWLERS – H. Rauf, T. Sangha.
GRAND LEAGUE(GL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – C. Bancroft.
BATSMEN – H. Cartwright, A. Hales, A. Ross, O. Davies.
ALL-ROUNDERS – L. Dawson, M. Stoinis, B. Webster, D. Sams.
BOWLERS – T. Sangha, Z. Khan.
BACK-UPS – S. Harper, M. Gilkes, T. Rogers, N. McAndrew.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (SL) – M. Stoinis, C. Bancroft.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (GL) – D. Sams, T. Sangha.
POSSIBLE OUTCOME –
SYDNEY THUNDER MAY BE THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH.