Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions: Big Bash League 2022-2023 - Adelaide Strikers vs Sydney Thunder - 9th match - 20 December 2022

The 9th match of the Big Bash League 2022-2023 will take place between Adelaide Strikers and Sydney Thunder on the 20th of December, 2022 at the Adelaide Oval, Adelaide.

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Sydney Thunder Form Guide:

Sydney Thunder are currently placed at the 5th position on points table.

The highest run scorer for Sydney Thunder in the tournament is Alex Ross with 69 runs to his name.

The highest wicket taker for Sydney Thunder in the tournament is Daniel Sams with 7 scalps under his belt.

Sydney Thunder have lost their previous match against Melbourne Renegades by 4 wickets.

Sydney Thunder batted first and they posted a total of 174 for 6 in 20 overs. Alex Hales and Matthew Gilkes lost their wicket early on in the innings. Rilee Rossouw at number 3 played superbly and smashed 53 runs off 38 deliveries. Alex Ross and Oliver Davies also played nice knocks of 39 and 33 runs respectively to take Sydney Thunder to a respectable total of 174 in 20 overs of play.

During the chase, Melbourne Renegades lost Sam Harper early on in the innings. Nic Maddinson and Jake Fraser-Mcgurk scored 39 and 24 runs respectively to instill hope for a successful chase. Aaron Finch in the middle order played a match winning innings of 70 not out in 43 balls to take Melbourne Renegades home in the 20th over with 4 wickets in hand.

Adelaide Strikers Form Guide:

Adelaide Strikers are placed at the first position on points table.

The top run scorer for Adelaide Strikers is Matthew Short with 93 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for Adelaide Strikers is Henry Thornton with 9 scalps under his belt.

Adelaide Strikers have won their previous match against Sydney Thunder by 124 runs.

Adelaide Strikers batted first and they posted a total of 139 for 9 in 20 overs. Chris Lynn played well for his knock of 36 in 27 balls. Colin de Grandhomme also flexed his muscles and smashed 33 runs off 24 balls to help Adelaide Strikers reach a competitive total of 139 in 20 overs of play.

During the chase, Sydney Thunder lost their way right from the word go. They lost 5 wickets in the 3rd over itself at the total of 9 runs. There was no recovery for them thereon. Henry Thornton went on to pick 5 wickets while Wes Agar effected 4 dismissals as Sydney Thunder were bowled out for a small total of 15, losing the match by a big margin of 124 runs.

Let’s have a look at the squads:

Sydney Thunder - Oliver Davies, Brendan Doggett, Matthew Gilkes, Chris Green, Alex Hales, Baxter Holt, Nathan McAndrew, Alex Ross, Rilee Rossouw, Daniel Sams, Jason Sangha, Tanveer Sangha, David Warner, Fazalhaq Farooqi (replacing David Willey, first nine matches only), Ben Cutting, Usman Qadir, Gurinder Sandhu

Adelaide Strikers - Wes Agar, Cameron Boyce, Alex Carey, Harry Conway, Colin de Grandhomme, Ryan Gibson, Travis Head, Adam Hose, Henry Hunt, Thomas Kelly, Rashid Khan, Chris Lynn, Harry Nielsen, Matt Short, Jake Weatherald, Henry Thorton, Peter Siddle, Ben Manenti

Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions* - PrePlay

Who will win the toss? – Adelaide Strikers

Who will win?- Adelaide Strikers

Top Batter (Runs Scored) – Adam Hose (Adelaide Strikers), Jason Sangha (Sydney Thunder)

Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Rashid Khan (Adelaide Strikers), Fazalhaq Farooqi (Sydney Thunder)

Most Sixes – Adam Hose (Adelaide Strikers), Jason Sangha (Sydney Thunder)

Player of the Match- Adam Hose (Adelaide Strikers)

Team Scores Batting first – Adelaide Strikers 155+, Sydney Thunder 140+

Match Handicap: Adelaide Strikers

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*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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