Big Bash League Cricket Match Prediction 2023-24 | Match 40 | Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Renegades – Will the THU see the second victory of the season after losing the REN? | Jan 17

Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Renegades Match Analysis

This match will conclude the BBL season’s group stage, and both Sydney Thunder and Melbourne Renegades will be looking to cap extremely disappointing seasons with a bang.

Apart from a no-result on December 30, Sydney Thunder has lost all their other games in this competition. They have only won their third encounter. When they see Alex Hales, Cameron Bancroft, and David Warner in the top order, many cricket fans will be especially astonished by this!

The Renegades are up on Thunder by two points going into this match. If they lose this game, though, they’ll finish the season at the bottom of the standings.

Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Renegades Team Preview & Squads

Sydney Thunder

Sydney Thunder suffered a devastating 9-wicket defeat in their last encounter of the tournament, and we would be astonished if they did not make at least one change for this match. Furthermore, their season is done, and there isn’t much of a difference between placing seventh or eighth in the BBL table, so they might as well give some younger guys a chance.

They do, however, have a lot of seasoned players in the side, and if Alex Hales, Warner, and Bancroft, who are batting first, can all contribute, they should be difficult to beat.

Both Liam Hatcher and Nathan McAndrew have had difficulty getting wickets. However, they need to be more dangerous with the ball given that Tanveer Sangha was the only one to claim a wicket in their six-man bowling attack against the Adelaide Strikers. 

Sydney Thunder Squads

Sydney Thunder Squads

Chris Green (c), Matthew Gilkes (wk), Alex Hales, Cameron Bancroft, David Warner, Oliver Davies, Gurinder Sandhu, Alex Ross, Daniel Sams, Liam Hatcher, and Tanveer Sangha.

Melbourne Renegades

Melbourne Renegades have had a forgettable season, but they have also been able to acknowledge the important contributions that two superstars of the game have made to both their team and Australian cricket. Shaun Marsh will play his final match as a professional cricketer this weekend, and Aaron Finch will play in his last BBL match in the Melbourne derby.

Marsh will be a significant loss for the Renegades, as he is one of the few cricketers on the club who is in good form! He was named Player of the Match in the Melbourne derby after scoring 64 not out from 49 balls, and he has three half-centuries from five innings this season. Jake Fraser-McGurk, who is only 22 years old, is another in the Red Rangers who has been batting well.

This pitch will change on Wednesday evening, and the twin-spin assault of Akeal Hosein and Adam Zampa will be difficult to deal with. It will also be a hard test for Dutch goalie Scott Edwards, who we expect to play.

Melbourne Renegades Squads

Melbourne Renegades Squads

Will Sutherland (c), Scott Edwards (wk), Shaun Marsh, Akeal Hosein, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Jonathan Wells, Tom Rogers, Kane Richardson, Fergus O’Neill, and Adam Zampa.

Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Renegades outfield report 

Sydney Showground Stadium

At this location, teams batting second have won Sixteen Twenty20 matches, while teams batting first have won Fifteen of them. We anticipate that both captains will choose to field first in this match if they win the toss because the statistics don’t indicate otherwise.

The weather in Sydney is expected to stay cloudy, with a high possibility of rain. We could even witness a rain-shortened game.

The pitch at Sydney Showground Stadium isn’t ideal for batting. With the new ball, the seamers will be able to generate a significant amount of pace and movement, making life tough for the batsmen. On this field, the average first-inning score is roughly 140. The spinners should expect some assistance throughout the game.

Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Renegades Head-to-Head Stats of Last 5 Matches

The Sydney Thunder have won four of their last five encounters while the Melbourne Renegades have won just one.

Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Renegades Prediction

Winning the toss

• Sydney Thunder

Player of the Match

• Sydney Thunder – David Warner

Most runs

• Sydney Thunder – David Warner
• Melbourne Renegades – Shaun Marsh

Most wickets

• Sydney Thunder – Daniel Sams
• Melbourne Renegades – Tom Rogers

Most sixes

• Sydney Thunder – David Warner
• Melbourne Renegades – Shaun Marsh

Team Scores Batting First

• Sydney Thunder – 150+
• Melbourne Renegades – 140+

According to cricket analysts, Sydney Thunder have a 51.6% chance of winning.

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