Cricket Betting Tips and Fantasy Cricket Match Predictions: BBL|13 Match 34: Sydney Sixers vs Sydney Thunder 12, January 2024

Here are the Cricket Betting Tips and Fantasy Cricket Match Predictions for Sydney Sixers vs Sydney Thunder, 34th Match, Big Bash League at Sydney, 12, January 2024

 

 Match Analyst

It's a huge match for Sydney Sixers who will jump the Scorchers into 2^nd place in the BBL|13 Table with a win. A win for Sydney Thunder would mathematically keep their slim finals hopes alive, with a loss putting an end to their chances.

Recent Form Guide

Sydney Sixers: WLDDL

Sydney Sixers got back to winning ways against the Stars at the MCG, after rain disrupted their recent results. They were in a strong position in one of those washouts in the previous Sydney Smash at Showground Stadium until rain stopped them in their tracks with one over left to constitute a match.

Sydney Thunder: LLDLW

It's been a season to forget for the Thunder who have a less than one per cent chance of playing finals this season after winning just one of their seven games. Captain Chris Green says they haven't "played their best cricket for seven games" and they'll be out to restore some pride in their remaining three games of BBL|13. "We've had five close losses where if we polish up five per cent, we're probably sitting in a different position," he said.

 

Player Squads

Sydney Sixers: Sean Abbott, Jackson Bird, Joel Davies, Ben Dwarshuis, Jack Edwards, Ryan Hadley, Moises Henriques, Daniel Hughes, Hayden Kerr, Todd Murphy, Stephen O’Keefe, Kurtis Patterson, Mitch Perry, Josh Philippe, Jordan Silk, Steve Smith, James Vince

Sydney Thunder: Cameron Bancroft, Ollie Davies, Liam Doddrell, Matthew Gilkes, Toby Gray, Chris Green (c), Alex Hales, Liam Hatcher, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Nathan McAndrew, Alex Ross, Daniel Sams, William Salzmann, Gurinder Sandhu, Jason Sangha, Tanveer Sangha, David Warner

 

Players Form Guide

Sydney Thunder will be hoping David Warner can quickly turn on the runs after managing a top score of only 36no in six innings in BBL|12. Warner plans to fly in a helicopter direct from his brother's wedding to play in the Sydney Smash, subject to weather conditions.

Sydney Sixers’ Tom Curran is injured and has been ruled out of the rest of the season, capping a forgettable BBL campaign for the English allrounder after he was suspended for four matches earlier in the tournament for intimidating an umpire. Local replacement player Ryan Hadley returns to the Sixers squad, while Sam Konstas has departed Thunder camp to join Australia's under-19 World Cup squad in South Africa.

 

Head-to-Head

Overall: Sixers (16 wins), Thunder (7 wins), no result (1)

At the SCG: Sixers (8 wins), Thunder (2 wins)

Most runs: Daniel Hughes (497), Moises Henriques (492), Nic Maddinson (339), Jordan Silk (263), Alex Hales (259)

Most wickets: Sean Abbott (26), Daniel Sams (17), Ben Dwarshuis (17), Steve O'Keefe (15), Fawad Ahmed (13)

 

Historic Stat attack

Sydney Sixers have won their last four games in a row against the Sydney Thunder in the BBL, including a 125-run win when they last met on January 21, 2023. The Sixers have also won their last five games in a row against the Thunder at the SCG.

Sydney Thunder have lost six of their last seven games in the BBL, including their last three in a row. The last time they lost more than three successive games in the competition was a four-game stretch from December 2016 to January 2017.

No team has dropped fewer catches in the 2023-24 BBL season than the Sydney Thunder (2). In fact, the Thunder's 93 per cent catch success rate this season is their second highest in a single campaign in the history of the competition.

Sydney Sixers duo Daniel Hughes (497) and Moises Henriques (492) are three and eight runs shy respectively of becoming the first players to score 500 runs in BBL games between the Sixers and Sydney Thunder. Hughes has scored half-centuries runs in his last two innings against the Thunder, while Henriques averages 49.20 across his BBL career against the Thunder, his best record against any of his Big Bash opponents.

David Warner (Sydney Thunder) has logged scores of 50 and 16 against the Sydney Sixers in the BBL and has been caught out by Jordan Silk in both of those innings.

 

 

 Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions* - PrePlay

Who will win the toss? – Sydney Thunder

Who will win?- Sydney Sixes

Top Batter (Runs Scored) – Alex Hales (Sydney Thunder), James Vince (Sydney Sixers)

Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Nathan McAndrew (Sydney Thunder), Stephen O’Keefe (Sydney Sixers)

Most Sixes – Alex Hales (Sydney Thunder), Josh Philippe (Sydney Sixers)

Player of the Match- James Vince (Sydney Sixers)

Team Scores Batting first – Sydney Thunder 155+, Sydney Sixers 150+

Match Handicap: Sydney Sixers

*NB these predictions may be changed nearer the start of the match once the final starting teams have been announced and we will be running ‘In-Play’ features, so stay tuned

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