Big Bash League Cricket Match Prediction 2023-24 | Match 7 | Melbourne Stars vs Perth Scorchers – Let’s see who will win. | Dec 13

Melbourne Stars vs Perth Scorchers Match Analysis

Wednesday night’s 2023 Big Bash League match between the Melbourne Stars and Perth Scorchers will take place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Perth Scorchers’ initial match against Melbourne Renegades was abandoned after 6.5 overs, and the Stars lost by 103 runs to Brisbane Heat in their debut match of the competition. The match begins at 19:15 local time.

The Melbourne Stars were the poorest team in the league the previous season, so their first-round loss by more than 100 runs will not instill much confidence in the group. It will be difficult to defeat Perth Scorchers with Glenn Maxwell back on the physio’s table.

After the pitch’s problems, the Perth Scorchers would have been happy to leave Geelong without suffering any injuries. But, their bowlers should be extremely rested going into this match because they would have had the evening off from bowling.

Melbourne Stars vs Perth Scorchers Team Preview & Squads

Melbourne Stars

In addition to suffering a significant defeat at the hands of Brisbane Heat on Thursday, the Melbourne Stars also suffered injuries that sidelined captain Glenn Maxwell and Nathan Coulter-Nile. After playing for the Prime Minister’s XI the previous week, Beau Webster and Mark Steketee will return to the team, and Olly Stone is anticipated to be replaced by Haris Rauf.

Hilton Cartwright The middle-order batsman against Brisbane Heat scored 33 runs in 16 balls with lightning speed, and we should see him in the top five this game. Marcus Stoinis Because Maxwell is out of the game, the powerful all-rounder becomes even more crucial to this Melbourne Stars team. With the bat and the ball, he can win a game. 

Haris Rauf the Pakistani player leads the T20 cricket league in bowling averages (5/27), with a strike rate of 16.1 in T20Is. He’ll bowl with excellent accuracy and pace. Liam Dawson the England international all-rounder has been in outstanding form recently when playing white-ball cricket. In his T20 career, he has claimed 191 wickets.

Melbourne Stars Squads

Melbourne Stars Squads

Beau Webster (c), Sam Harper (wk), Marcus Stoinis, Joe Burns, Usama Mir, Liam Dawson, Joel Paris, Hilton Cartwright, Haris Rauf / Olly Stone, Thomas Rogers, Mark Steketee

Perth Scorchers

Ashton Agar is uncertain for this game again because of a calf injury, while the Scorchers are also without Lance Morris and Mitch Marsh because they are both away for Test duty, and Zak Crawley hasn’t returned from England’s ODI tour of the Caribbean yet. The squad is now free of additional injuries.

Aaron Hardie, the tournament’s top run scorer from the previous year, hit four fours in his 20 runs without out on a pitch when no other batter scored more than six runs. With a high T20 score of 118 not out, Josh Inglis, the keeper-batter, has now cemented himself as Australia’s best ODI keeper-batter.

Jhye Richardson, a 27-year-old speed bowler with a 15.51 strike rate throughout his BBL career, should be able to deliver a full length with lots of swing against the Stars. With the top stats in the BBL at 4/22, just six bowlers have claimed more wickets than towering left-arm quick Jason Behrendorff.

Perth Scorchers Squads

Perth Scorchers Squads

Ashton Turner (c), Josh Inglis (wk), Cooper Connolly, Laurie Evans, Jhye Richardson, Nick Hobson, Andrew Tye, Aaron Hardie, Hamish McKenzie, Stephen Eskinazi, Jason Behrendorff

Melbourne Stars vs Perth Scorchers outfield report 

Melbourne Cricket Ground

We forecast that both captains will opt to field first because the first half of the game is predicted to have the best bowling conditions.

Throughout the game, the temperature will be in the mid-20s, but there may be some disruptions because Melbourne is expected to have a high possibility of thunderstorms on Wednesday night. 

We anticipate a total to be par in this game since the average T20 score at the MCG over the last two seasons has been slightly over 170. This pitch will provide help for the quick bowlers.

Melbourne Stars vs Perth Scorchers Head-to-Head Stats of Last 5 Matches

In their last five matches, the Perth Scorchers won all matches against the Melbourne Stars.

Melbourne Stars vs Perth Scorchers Prediction

Winning the toss

• Perth Scorchers

Player of the Match

• Perth Scorchers – Aaron Hardie

Most runs

• Melbourne Stars – Hilton Cartwright
• Perth Scorchers – Aaron Hardie

Most wickets

• Melbourne Stars – Haris Rauf
• Perth Scorchers – Jhye Richardson

Most sixes

• Melbourne Stars – Hilton Cartwright
• Perth Scorchers – Aaron Hardie

Team Scores Batting First

• Melbourne Stars – 160+
• Perth Scorchers – 170+

According to cricket analysts, Perth Scorchers have a 64.5% chance to win.

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