Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions: Big Bash League 2022-2023 - Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Thunder - 57th Match - 25th January 2023

The 57th match of the Big Bash League 2022-2023 will take place between Melbourne Stars and Sydney Thunder on the 25th of January, 2023 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne.

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Melbourne Stars Form Guide:

Melbourne Stars are currently placed at the bottom most position on points table.

The top run scorer for Melbourne Stars is Joe Clarke with 377 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for Melbourne Stars is Luke Wood with 19 scalps under his belt.

Melbourne Stars have lost their previous match against Brisbane Heat by 3 wickets.

Melbourne Stars batted first and they posted a total of 159 for 7 in 20 overs. Joe Clarke and Hilton Cartwright lost their wicket early on in the innings. Beau Webster and Nick Larkin played valuable knocks of 36 and 58 runs respectively to help Melbourne Stars reach a competitive total of 159 in 20 overs of play.

During the chase, Brisbane Heat got off to a terrible start. They lost 4 wickets for just 58 runs and looked to be in all sorts of trouble. This is when Matt Renshaw came to his team's rescue. He smashed 90 not out in 56 balls to take his team home on the last ball of the match with 3 wickets in hand.

Sydney Thunder Form Guide:

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

The top run scorer for Sydney Thunder is Oliver Davies with 325 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for Sydney Thunder is Daniel Sams with 16 scalps under his belt.

Sydney Thunder have lost their previous match against Sydney Sixers by 125 runs.

Sydney Sixers batted first and posted a big total of 187 for 2 in 19 overs. Steven Smith smashed 125 not out in 66 balls. He hit 5 fours and 9 massive sixes. Moises Henriques also supported him well and scored 45 off 36 balls to help Sydney Sixers reach a massive total of 187 in 19 overs of play.

During the chase, Sydney Thunder kept losing wickets at regular intervals and never looked in the game. They were at one point 40 for 6 and there was no looking back for Sydney Sixers from there on as they wrapped Thunders innings at 62, thus winning the match by 125 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

Melbourne Stars - Trent Boult, Joe Burns, Hilton Cartwright, Joe Clarke, Brody Couch, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Liam Hatcher, Clint Hinchliffe, Nick Larkin, Glenn Maxwell (c), Marcus Stoinis, Beau Webster, Luke Wood, Adam Zampa, Campbell Kellaway

Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions* - PrePlay

Who will win the toss? – Melbourne Stars

Who will win?- Melbourne Stars

Top Batter (Runs Score) – Marcus Stoinis (Melbourne Stars), Oliver Davies (Sydney Thunder)

Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Adam Zampa (Melbourne Stars), Daniel Sams (Sydney Thunder)

Most Sixes – Marcus Stoinis (Melbourne Stars), Oliver Davies (Sydney Thunder)

Player of the Match- Marcus Stoinis (Melbourne Stars)

Team Scores Batting first – Melbourne Stars 170+, Sydney Thunder 160+

Match Handicap: Melbourne Stars

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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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