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THU vs STA Today Match Prediction : Sydney Thunder will take on Melbourne Stars in their next match of Big Bash League 10 in Canberra. Sydney Thunder after losing the first game to Stars itself have won three back to back matches and will look to clinch fourth win a row. On the other side, Melbourne Stars are coming with a heart breaking loss against Sydney Sixers and they will look to bounce back.
Here we are going to discuss strengths and weakness of Sydney Thunder as well as of Melbourne Stars and will also make our THU vs STA Today Match Prediction
Strengths :
Sydney Thunder have a balanced side for this match. Their top order of Alex Hales, Usman Khawaja and Callum Ferguson have come among runs and then in the middle order young Olivier Davies is scoring quick runs and now they have Sam Billings as well for the finisher’s role and then in the bowling Nathan MacAndrew, young leggie Tanvir Sangha, Chris Green, Jonathan Cook, Adam Milne and Daniel Sams all have been good so far and once again the whole team will look to play in a unit.
On the other hand, Melbourne Stars’ strength is their bowling attack of Nathan Coulter Nile, Adam Zampa and Liam Hatcher who have taken a lot of wickets between them and then in the batting they have Marcus Stoinis in opening and explosive Glenn Maxwell and Nicholas Pooran in the middle order who all are match winners with bat.
Weaknesses :
Sydney Thunder’s weakness is the inconsistency of their opening pair as Usman Khawaja and Alex Hales have failed to give good starts on consistence basis and then in the lower order their batsmen have struggled and in bowling Chris Green has been the weak link.
On the other side, Melbourne Stars’ weakness is their top order as the likes of Andre Fletcher, Ben Dunk and Hilton Cartwright have struggled to score quick runs and it puts a lot of pressure on middle order.
Here we are going to discuss both Sydney Thunder and Melbourne Stars’s playing combination and probable playing XIs who will be useful for making THU vs STA Dream11 Team
Sydney Thunder will make a change as Sam Billings is set to play his first match of this season and On the other hand, Melbourne Stars might rest Nathan Coulter Nile for this match as he got injured in the last match against Sixers.
THU vs STA Prediction, Playing 11
Sydney Thunder :
A Hales, U Khawaja, C Ferguson (c), O Davies, S Billings, D Sams, B Cutting, C Green, N MacAndrew, A Milne, T Sangha
Melbourne Stars :
A Fletcher, M Stoinis, H Cartwright, G Maxwell, N Pooran (wk), N Larkin, N Coulter Nile / P Hinchcliffe, A Zampa, L Hatcher, B Stanlake, Z Khan
THU vs STA Today Match Prediction :
Here we are going to discuss about a few players from both sides who can be very good picks for THU vs STA Dream 11 Prediction teams
Glenn Maxwell : He has been in good form since the start of this Australian home season and in this BBL season he has scored 156 runs at 78.0 and has also taken couple of wickets with his spin bowling.
Daniel Sams : The bowling all rounder has been good so far in this season as he has 6 wickets and 87 runs in 4 matches to his name.
Nicholas Pooran : The wicket keeper batsman showed his talent in the last match against Sixers as he smashed 65 runs off 26 balls and it’s his first innings of this season.
Callum Ferguson : Captain of Sydney Thunder is a consistent batsman and this season he has scored 146 runs at 48.6 in 4 innings with 2 fifties.