The Big Bash League breaks for Christmas with Sydney Thunder sitting easily at the top of the point table. They have Melbourne Renegades and Hobart Hurricanes alongside them with four points isolated just on net run rate. Shane Watson’s Thunder crushed Sydney Sixers on Monday as the Sixers slid to fifth place in the points table. With one win from two matches to their name, the Sixers will go up against Melbourne Stars who have played two matches and are yet to get off the stamp. Stars, in the wake of being terrible in their initial two matches, will be urgent to enlist a success here. Another misfortune from them could push them to the base of the table if Perth Scorchers figure out how to rescue a success in their next game.

 SYDNEY SIXERS

Notwithstanding the misfortune, the Sixers would have been truly upbeat to close the shortage to only 21 runs thinking about what they were five wickets down in seven overs. chasing 170 against Sydney Thunder, Sydney Sixers completed on 148 with Tom Curran top-scoring for them.

The Sixers, subsequent to being 56 for 6 out of 9 overs, saw the more seasoned Curran sibling and Shaun Abbot set up an outstanding battle before Tom Curran died for a well-made 62 which included eight fours and one six. Shaun Abbot contributed with 35. While they’ll be especially content with the manner in which their tailenders played out, the batting of best request will because of concern for the management.

For two consecutive matches now, have their main three failed to give them the begin they needed. They were three down inside the powerplay in their first match and had a surprisingly more dreadful begin against the Thunders previously Curran and Abbot took them to an aggregate where the harm to their net run rate was limited.

Earlier with the ball, Curran was instrumental in confining Thunder to 169 when they looked like getting significantly more. He kept things calm in 18th and 20th over of the match. Without Nathan Lyon, Steven O’ Keefe has been imperative to Sixers’ turn designs. He has picked five wickets in two matches and came back with the figures of 4-0-27-2. All things considered, the Sixers have done truly well with the ball in both their experience. Daniel Hughes and Jordan Silk safeguarded them out in the principal coordinate, however, they couldn’t rehash the accomplishment in the second diversion after their openers fizzled for one more time. On the off chance that their best request can contribute more with the bat, the Sixers will be an intense group to deal with.

MELBOURNE STARS

Glenn Maxwell’s Melbourne Stars proceeded with their poor show in Big Bash League as they slid down to the seventh spot in the point table with a misfortune against Hobart Hurricanes. The Stars neglected to apply any sort of strength at all in both the power plays which thusly had an unequivocal effect in the match.

Being put into bat by Hobart Hurricanes, Melbourne Stars neglected to get off to a begin they needed. They lost both their openers inside the powerplay. Ben Dunk attempted to move as he played a difficult thump of 10 which expending 18 conveyances all the while. Larkin and Maxwell resuscitated their innings with imperative innings of 45 and 47 separately, however, no genuine commitment from anybody towards the finish of the innings implied that their aggregate was confined to only 155.

Defending a modest total, it was basic for their bowlers to pick early wickets. Rather, it turned out badly for them as D’Arcy Short and Matthew Wade never enabled their bowlers to settle down. Short was truly serious against Dwayne Bravo as Hurricanes harvested 20 runs off his first finished. Sandeep Lamichhane was the main Stars’ bowler who appeared to cause any inconvenience at all for the Hurricanes. He got 3 for 24 in his four overs and will be the greatest danger for the Sixers in the up and coming match.

Teams:

Melbourne Stars (From): Ben Dunk(w), Nick Larkin, Glenn Maxwell(c), Marcus Stoinis, Dwayne Bravo, Evan Gulbis, Michael Beer, Adam Zampa, Jackson Bird, Scott Boland, Sandeep Lamichhane, Peter Handscomb, Jackson Coleman

Sydney Sixers (From): Jack Edwards, Joe Denly, Moises Henriques(c), Daniel Hughes, Jordan Silk, Josh Philippe(w), Tom Curran, Sean Abbott, Steve OKeefe, Ben Dwarshuis, Justin Avendano, Benjamin Manenti

OUR PREDICTION

Melbourne Stars have lost two matches in the Big Bash League up until now.Cricket is an unpredictable game, after analysing all the factors, players and team performances our experts have predicted that Sydney Sixers can win. For more betting tips of Big Bash 2018-2019 and news of this match stay tuned with Bhaiji. Bhaiji is one of the best online cricket betting tips and predictions provider. You can subscribe to our paid services to get more accurate results. You can get the best betting tips and prediction for Big Bash 2018-2019 matches.