In the 39th game of the BBL 12, Sydney Thunder vs Perth Scorchers will be played at Sydney Showground Stadium (Sydney) this Friday (13th January) night.
It will be their second meeting this season after Thunder beat Scorchers by six wickets on 4th January.
In the latest BBL 2022/23 points table, Scorchers are leading with 14 points in nine games (seven wins and two losses), and Thunder are in the fourth position with 10 points in nine matches (five wins and four losses).
THU vs SCO Match Overview
Competition: Big Bash League (BBL)
Season: 2022/23 (BBL 12)
Stage: League
Tournament Match no: 39
Match: Sydney Thunder vs Perth Scorchers
Format: T20
Date and Time: Friday, 13th January, 13:00 IST (18:30 local time)
Venue: Sydney Showground Stadium, Sydney
Live Broadcasting/Streaming: (In Australia) Channel 7, Kayo, Fox Cricket and SEN Radio
(In India) Sony Sports Network; Sony LIV
THU vs SCO Weather Forecast
The weather.com claims that the game time temperature will stay between 26°C and 22°C. The match may be played under a cloudy sky, but there is no major threat of rain.
THU vs SCO Pitch Report
It will be the fourth game at Sydney Showground Stadium (Sydney) in the ongoing BBL season. In this BBL 12, after Strikers defended 139 runs target against Thunder by bundling them out for the record-breaking 15 runs, this venue has experienced two comfortably successive chasings of 122 runs and 134 runs respectively.
Toss prediction: Win the toss and bowl first.
THU vs SCO complete available squad
Sydney Thunder: Ben Cutting, Joel Davies, Oliver Davies, Brendan Doggett, Matthew Gilkes, Chris Green (C), Baxter Holt, Blake Nikitaras, Nathan McAndrew, Ross Pawson, Usman Qadir, Alex Ross, Daniel Sams, David Warner, Sam Whiteman.
Perth Scorchers: Ashton Turner (C), Ashton Agar, Cameron Bancroft, Jason Behrendorff, Cooper Connolly, Stephen Eskinazi, David Payne, Aaron Hardie, Peter Hatzoglou, Nick Hobson, Josh Inglis (vc), Matt Kelly, Lance Morris, Andrew Tye
THU vs SCO Predicted XIs
Sydney Thunder Predicted XI: Matthew Gilkes (wk), David Warner, Sam Whiteman, Oliver Davies, Daniel Sams, Alex Ross, Nathan McAndrew, Ben Cutting, Chris Green (C), Brendan Doggett, Usman Qadir
Perth Scorchers Predicted XI: Stephen Eskinazi, Cameron Bancroft, Aaron Hardie, Josh Inglis (wk), Ashton Turner (C), Nick Hobson, Matt Kelly, Ashton Agar, Andrew Tye, Jason Behrendorff, Lance Morris
THU vs SCO Dream11 Team Prediction #1:
Wicketkeeper(s): J Inglis (vc)
Batters: D Warner, A Turner, A Ross, O Davies
All-rounder(s): D Sams, A Hardie (C)
Bowlers: J Behrendorff, A Tye, C Green, N McAndrew
THU vs SCO Dream11 Team Prediction #2:
Wicketkeeper(s): J Inglis, M Gilkes
Batters: D Warner (C), A Turner, C Bancroft, O Davies
All-rounder(s): A Agar, A Hardie
Bowlers: J Behrendorff, A Tye (vc), N McAndrew