MATCH NO – 30th MATCH
SERIES – Men’s Big Bash – 2023
DATE – 08th January, 2024
TIME – 01:45 PM IST
VENUE – Sydney Showground Stadium, Sydney
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, David Warner, Nathan Lyon 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.30th match of Men’s Big bash will be played between Perth Scorcher & Sydney Thunder. Most Successful team of Big Bash history Perth Scorchers team have won 5 trophies of Big Bash league. Whereas Sydney Thunder have not won any trophy of Big Bash League.
MATCH PREVIEW
The 30th match played between Sydney Thunder (SYT) and Perth Scorchers (PRS) is going to be an exciting contest. Both teams have a strong line-up. In this season Sydney Thunder have won only 1 match out of 6 matches whereas Perth Scorchers won only 4 out of 6 matches and lost 1 match. Perth Scorchers is 3rd position in point table whereas Sydney Thunder is 7th Position in point table.
Last time when both teams Sydney Thunder and Perth Scorcher played between each other Sydney Thunder scored 111 runs & Perth Scorchers chased it and won the match by 9 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 4 matches out of 6 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, One of the most successful teams in big bash history Perth Scorchers is a well-balanced team with a blend of experienced and talented players. They have proven themselves in this Men’s Big Bash season unbeaten yet and won 4 matches out of 5 matches.They have talented & aggressive batsmen like Mitchell Marsh, Ashton Turner, Aaron Hardie, Laurie Evans, Sam Whiteman, Zak Crawley, Josh Inglis. Their bowling department is also well-equipped with bowlers like Ashton Agar, Jhye Richardson, Jason Behrendorff, Andrew Tye & Lance Morris, 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 Perth Scorchers.
PITCH REPORT
Sydney Showground stadium is the second cricket stadium located in Sydney, 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 for International matches and did not play any international match on this ground. But this pitch is used for many big bash matches.
Sydney Showground Stadium Cricket Ground is also known as Showground the one of the new grounds in the domestic cricket world which is operated by the Australia Cricket Board. It has a seating capacity of 25000 and has hosted 33 Big Bash Matches.
Overall, Sydney Showground 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 Sydney.
This pitch has served 34 matches of Men’s Big Bash League and in 34 matches 17 times the first batting team won the match and 16 times second batting won the match. So toss is not an important role for this match..
Sydney Showground’s pitch is balanced for both departments. The last Big Bash season witnessed the batting first side crossing 151 runs by Sydney Thunder and but match was cancelled due to rain. However, the ground does not have huge straight boundaries ranging 70 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. It is clear that the pacers will get a good amount of help with the new ball, and they will trouble the batters. The outfield here is quite fast, and the boundaries are not that big as well. In 34 matches played on this ground 17 matches batting 1st won and 16 matches won by 2nd batting.
GROUND STATS (BBL)
| TOTAL MATCH | 33 |
| AVERAGE SCORE | 150+ |
| BATTING 1ST WON | 17 |
| BATTING 2ND WON | 16 |
| NO RESULT | 01 |
SCORING PATTERN
| BELOW SCORE 150 | 14 |
| BETWEEN 150 TO 169 | 11 |
| BETWEEN 170 TO 189 | 07 |
| ABOVE SCORE 190 | 02 |
BOWLERS STATS ON SYDNEY SHOWGROUND (BBL)
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 34
PACER WICKETS – 231
SPINNER WICKETS – 97.
SYT TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PLAYING 11 & PLAYERS STATS
TEAM NEWS
- Sydney Thunder team’s performance was very poor in the previous season and lost 4 out of 6 matches.
- Last match played between Sydney Thunder & Perth Scorchers, Sydney Thunder scored 111 runs and Perth team chased successfully and won the match by 9 wickets.
- Cameron Bancroft has scored 202 runs in 6 innings in this big bash season and is the highest run scorer for Sydney Thunder.
- Oliver Davies has scored 148 runs in 6 innings in this big bash season for Sydney Thunder.
- Daniel Sams has taken 11 wickets in just 6 innings with 1 fifer and highest wicket taker in this big bash season.
- Both teams played 17 matches and Sydney Thunder won 9 matches and lost 8 matches against Perth Scorchers.
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
Alex Hales, Cameron Bancroft (wk), Tom Kohler Cadmore, Oliver Davies, Alex Ross, Daniel Sams, Chris Green ©, Nathan McAndrew, Gurinder Sandhu, Liam Hatcher/Zaman Khan, Tanveer Sangha.
PLAYERS RECENT INNINGS
| PLAYERS NAME | RECENT 5 INNINGS |
| Alex Hales | 3r, 26r, 28r, 40r, 18r. |
| Cameron Bancroft | 21r, 6r, 48r, 30r, 74r. |
| Tom Kohler Cadmore | 0r, 4r, 13r, 36r, 43r. |
| Oliver Davies | 20r, 15r, 23r, 23r, 32r. |
| Alex Ross | 14r, 44r, 19r, 17r, 46r. |
| Daniel Sams | 25+1W, 30r, 5W, 22+4W, 1W. |
| Chris Green | 33+0W, 17+1W, 1W, 1W, 0W. |
| Nathan McAndrew | 1W, 0W, 0W, 0W, 22+0W. |
| Gurinder Sandhu | 0W, 0W, 1W, 5W, 1W. |
| Liam Hatcher | 0W, 1W, 0W, 1W, 4W. |
| Tanveer Sangha | 1W, 1W, 0W, 1W, 3W. |
PLAYERS STATS ON SYDNEY SHOWGROUND (BBL)
| PLAYERS NAME | RECORDS ON THIS VENUE |
| Alex Hales | 11 INNINGS – 249 RUNS. |
| Cameron Bancroft | 6 INNINGS – 232 RUNS – 58 AVG. |
| Tom Kohler Cadmore | 1 INNING – 4 RUNS. |
| Oliver Davies | 5 INNINGS – 82 RUNS. |
| Alex Ross | 12 INNINGS – 280 RUNS. |
| Daniel Sams | 19 INNINGS – 153 RUNS – 27 WICKETS. |
| Chris Green | 23 INNINGS – 92 RUNS – 18 WICKETS. |
| Nathan McAndrew | 10 INNINGS – 5 WICKETS. |
| Gurinder Sandhu | 17 INNINGS – 11 WICKETS. |
| Liam Hatcher | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Tanveer Sangha | 2 INNINGS – 2 WICKETS. |
PLAYERS LAST 5 INNINGS VS PRS (BBL)
| PLAYERS NAME | LAST 5 INNINGS VS PRS |
| Alex Hales | 0r, 26r, 13r, 5r, 0r. |
| Cameron Bancroft | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Tom Kohler Cadmore | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Oliver Davies | 52r, 58r, 19r, 36r. |
| Alex Ross | 3r, 41r, 6r, 6r, 22r. |
| Daniel Sams | 0W, 1W, 1W, 1W, 1W. |
| Chris Green | 0W, 1W, 1W, 2W, 0W. |
| Nathan McAndrew | 21+1W, 3W, 0W, 3W, 1W. |
| Gurinder Sandhu | 4W, 0W, 1W, 1W, 0W. |
| Liam Hatcher | 2W. |
| Tanveer Sangha | 0W, 0W, 1W. |
PLAYERS OVERALL RECORDS VS PRS (BBL)
| PLAYERS NAME | TOTAL RUNS/WICKETS VS PRS |
| Alex Hales | 9 INNINGS – 238 RUNS. |
| Cameron Bancroft | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Tom Kohler Cadmore | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Oliver Davies | 4 INNINGS – 165 RUNS. |
| Alex Ross | 11 INNINGS – 170 RUNS. |
| Daniel Sams | 10 INNINGS – 6 WICKETS. |
| Chris Green | 11 INNINGS – 9 WICKETS. |
| Nathan McAndrew | 7 INNINGS – 10 WICKETS. |
| Gurinder Sandhu | 9 INNINGS – 9 WICKETS. |
| Liam Hatcher | 1 INNING – 2 WICKETS. |
| Tanveer Sangha | 3 INNINGS – 1 WICKET. |
PRS TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PLAYING 11 & PLAYERS STATS
TEAM NEWS
- Perth Scorchers team is one of the most successful teams of the big bash league season. Perth Scorchers team have won 5 Big bash trophies.
- Last match played between Sydney Thunder & Perth Scorchers, Sydney Thunder scored 111 runs and Perth team chased successfully and won the match by 9 wickets.
- In the last match against Adelaide Strikers Pert team only scored 153 and lost the match by 9 wickets.
- Aaron Hardie scored 251 runs in 6 innings in this Big Bash season and highest run scorer for Perth Scorchers team.
- Laurie Evans scored 138 runs in 3 innings in this Big Bash Season.
- Jason Behrendroff took 9 wickets in 6 innings in this big bash season.
- Lance Morris took 9 wickets in 4 innings in this big bash season.
- Andrew Tye took 7 wickets in 6 innings in this big bash season.
- Both teams played 17 matches and Perth Scorchers won 08 matches and lost 09 matches against Sydney Thunder.
SQUADS
Batting – Nick Hobson, Laurie Evans, Zak Crawley, Sam Fanning, Josh Inglis(wk), Sam Whiteman(wk), Stephen Eskinazi (wk).
Bowling – Lance Morris, Andrew Tye, Jhye Richardson, Jason Behrendroff, Matthew Kelly, Liam Haskett, Cameron Gannon.
All Rounder – Aaron Hardie ©, Cooper Connolly, Ashton Turner, Mitchell Marsh, Ashton Agar.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Zak Crawley, Sam Whiteman, Aaron Hardie ©, Josh Ingis (wk), Laurie Evans, Cooper Connolly, Ashton Agar, Jhye Richardson, Andrew Tye, Lance Morris, Jason Behrendroff.
PLAYERS RECENT INNINGS
| PLAYERS NAME | RECENT 5 INNINGS |
| Zak Crawley | 8r, 10r, 1r, 65r, 0r. |
| Sam Whiteman | 0r, 31r, 10r, 137r, 10r. |
| Aaron Hardie | 35r, 34r, 57r, 85r, 20+1W. |
| Josh Inglis | 39r, 26r, 64r, 17r, 3r. |
| Laurie Evans | 29r, 85r, 24r, 13r, 44r. |
| Cooper Connolly | 23+0W, 14+0W, 0r, 5r, 20+1W. |
| Ashton Agar | 0W, 0W, 0W, 1W, 48+1W. |
| Jhye Richardson | 0W, 2W, 1W, 0W, 2W. |
| Andrew Tye | 0W, 2W, 2W, 2W, 1W. |
| Jason Behrendroff | 0W, 1W, 1W, 4W, 3W. |
| Lance Morris | 1W, 5W, 2W, 1W, 2W. |
PLAYERS STATS ON SYDNEY SHOWGROUND (BBL)
| PLAYERS NAME | RECORDS ON THIS VENUE |
| Zak Crawley | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Sam Whiteman | 3 INNINGS – 44 RUNS. |
| Aaron Hardie | 1 INNING – 11 RUNS. |
| Josh Inglis | 1 INNING – 18 RUNS. |
| Laurie Evans | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Cooper Connolly | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Ashton Agar | 4 INNINGS – 68 RUNS – 4 WICKETS. |
| Jhye Richardson | 2 INNINGS – 2 WICKETS. |
| Andrew Tye | 4 INNINGS – 10 WICKETS. |
| Jason Behrendroff | 3 INNINGS – 7 WICKETS. |
| Lance Morris | 1 INNING – 2 WICKETS. |
PLAYERS LAST 5 INNINGS VS SYT (BBL)
| PLAYERS NAME | LAST 5 INNINGS VS SYT |
| Zak Crawley | 12r. |
| Sam Whiteman | 6r, 16r. |
| Aaron Hardie | 11r, 4+1W, 19r. |
| Josh Inglis | 6r, 0r, 20r, 4r, 18r. |
| Laurie Evans | 20r 12r. |
| Cooper Connolly | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Ashton Agar | 1W, 22+0W, 0W, 0W, 2W. |
| Jhye Richardson | 2W, 4W, 0W, 1W, 0W. |
| Andrew Tye | 3W, 0W, 2W, 1W, 2W. |
| Jason Behrendroff | 1W, 1W, 2W, 1W, 1W. |
| Lance Morris | 2W, 0W, 0W, 0W. |
PLAYERS OVERALL RECORDS VS SYT (BBL)
| PLAYERS NAME | TOTAL RUNS/WICKETS VS SYT |
| Zak Crawley | 1 INNING – 12 RUNS. |
| Sam Whiteman | 2 INNINGS – 22 RUNS. |
| Aaron Hardie | 3 INNINGS – 34 RUNS – 1 WICKET. |
| Josh Inglis | 6 INNINGS – 106 RUNS. |
| Laurie Evans | 2 INNINGS – 32 RUNS. |
| Cooper Connolly | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Ashton Agar | 7 INNINGS – 126 RUNS – 5 WICKETS. |
| Jhye Richardson | 7 INNINGS – 9 WICKETS. |
| Andrew Tye | 11 INNINGS – 15 WICKETS. |
| Jason Behrendroff | 10 INNINGS – 14 WICKETS. |
| Lance Morris | 4 INNINGS – 2 WICKETS. |
HEAD TO HEAD RECORDS
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 17
- PRS WIN – 08
- SYT WIN – 09
- NO RESULT – 00
FANTASY TEAM/DREAM 11 TEAM
SMALL LEAGUE(SL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – C. Bancroft, J. Inglis.
BATSMEN – A. Hales, O. Davies, L. Evans.
ALL-ROUNDERS – C. Green, D. Sams, D. Sams.
BOWLERS – J. Behrendorff, A. Tye, L. Morris.
GRAND LEAGUE(GL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – C. Bancroft, J. Inglis.
BATSMEN – A. Ross, L. Evans, O. Davies.
ALL-ROUNDERS – D. Sams, A. Hardie.
BOWLERS – A. Tye, J. Richardson, L.Morris, T. Sangha.
BACK-UPS – A. Agar, G. Sandhu, N. McAndrew, L. Hatcher.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (SL) – D.Sams, A. Hardie.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (GL) – L. Morris, J. Inglis.
POSSIBLE OUTCOME –
PERTH SCORCHERS MAY BE THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH.