STA vs THU Dream11 Team:
In the third match of the KFC Big Bash League-T20, Melbourne Star take on Sydney Thunder at the Manuka Oval on Saturday. Melbourne Stars look to go a step further this season, after winning their first outing in this tournament. They have retained the same core consisting of Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, and Adam Zampa while making shrewd acquisitions as well. Their opponents, on the other side, Sydney Thunder will be playing their maiden game of the season. The Thunders were one of the first teams to get their squad right up. Now, let’s look at the STA vs THU Prediction.
Fixture: Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Thunder; KFC Big Bash League T20
When: 12th December, 10:35 AM IST
Venue: Manuka Oval
The average score at the venue: 145 Live Stream Online: Watch Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Thunder; KFC Big Bash League-T20 live cricket streaming on FanCode
STA Team News:
Injuries, unavailability: Players involved in the three-day warm-up game against India are unavailable to play this game.
Playing combination: Andre Fletcher will don the wicket-keeping gloves for Melbourne. Hilton Cartwright, Ben Dunk and Glenn Maxwell are the main batters. Nick Larkin, Nathan Coulter-Nile and Billy Stanlake will be the all-rounders. Clint Hinchcliffe, Adam Zampa and Dilbar Hussain will do the heavy lifting in the bowling department.
STA Playing 11:
Andre Fletcher (WK), Marcus Stoinis, Ben Dunk, Hilton Cartwright, Glenn Maxwell (C), Nick Larkin, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Billy Stanlake, Clint Hinchcliffe, Adam Zampa, Dilbar Hussain
THU Team News: Players involved in the three-day warm-up game against India are unavailable to play this game.
Playing combination: Baxter Holt will don the wicket-keeping gloves for Sydney. Usman Khawaja, Alex Hales, Callum Ferguson are the main batters. Ben Cutting, Arjun Nair, Daniel Sams. Matt Kuhnemann, Chris Tremain, Chris Green, Adam Milne will do the heavy lifting in the bowling department.
THU Playing 11: Usman Khawaja, Alex Hales, Callum Ferguson (C), Alex Ross, Baxter Holt (WK), Ben Cutting, Arjun Nair, Daniel Sams, Chris Tremain, Chris Green, Adam Milne.
STA vs THU Dream11 Match prediction
In STA vs THU Dream11 prediction, the batting of Melbourne revolves around Andre Fletcher, Marcus Stoinis, Ben Dunk and they rely on Adam Zampa and Dilbar Hussain to get the wickets. For Sydney, form of Usman Khawaja and Alex Haleswill set the tone in the batting department while in bowling department, they will bank on the performance of Chris Green and Adam Milne.
STA vs THU Dream11 Fantasy team combination:
Wicket-keepers: Baxter Holt
Batsmen: Alex Hales, Callum Ferguson, Hilton Cartwright
All-rounder: Marcus Stoinis, Daniel Sams, Glenn Maxwell, Ben Cutting
Bowlers: Chris Green, Dilbar Hussain, Nathan Coulter-Nile
Captain and vice-captain:
Glenn Maxwell: Maxwell is an impact player. In the ODI and T20I series against India, he smashed 167 in the ODI series at a strike-rate of 194.19 while in the T20Is, he mustered 78 runs at a strike-rate of 150.
Alex Hales: He is a must-have player in the team. Hales was the second-highest run-scorer for his team in recent PSL as well. So expect him to shine in today match prediction.
Daniel Sams: Sams will be looking to get going in this match. He finished last season as the top wicket-taker.
Nathan Coulter-Nile: Coulter-Nile is showing his class in this form of cricket. He picked a match-winning 4 wickets in the very first game at the Manuka Oval.
Dream11 Teams Today Match Prediction STA vs THU Who will win today match
In Dream 11 Prediction, though Sydney Thunder is a very good team and have some good players in the team, the Melbourne Stars are more balanced. They are also filled with match-winners who can single-handedly change the course of the match. So in the STA vs THU Dream11 Match Prediction, we expect the Melbourne-based side to win after a tight contest.