Adelaide Strikers Vs Melbourne Stars, 20th Match of BBL 2023 - 24 dream11 prediction today match
Match Preview
Match : Adelaide Strikers Vs Melbourne Stars, 20th Match of BBL 2023 - 24
Vanue : Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Date & Time : 31st December, Sunday at 1:45 PM IST
H2H Record :
Total matches - 17
ADS won - 08
MLS won - 09
NR - 00,
Tie - 00,
Pitch Report :
The Adelaide Oval wicket is a reasonably balanced track for both bowlers and batters. The fast bowlers generally get some early movement off the surface, and the spinners enter the fray in the middle phase of the match. This is a balanced track and is expected to help the both batters & bowlers equally one again and can get slower as the match progresses. Although the bowlers have a chance to limit the number of runs the batters score, they can do so if they bowl well. There are opportunities for both bowlers and hitters to succeed on this field. After winning the toss both teams looking for bat first because of chasing team won just 60% games here.
The average first innings scored here is 140 runs.
Weather Report :
The temperature is expected to hover around 20°C on the Sunday with 75% humidity and 6 - 10 km/hr wind speed. There are 20% chances of rain during the game.
Probable XI :
Adelaide Strikers :
D Arcy Short, Matthew Short (c), Chris Lynn, Jake Weatherald , Adam Hose, Jamie Overton, James Bazley, Harry Nielsen (wk), Wes Agar, David Payne, Cameron Boyce.
Melbourne Stars :
Thomas Rogers, Sam Harper (wk), Beau Webster, Glenn Maxwell (c), Marcus Stoinis, Hilton Cartwright, Imad Wasim, Jonathan Merlo, Usama Mir, Haris Rauf, Joel Paris.
Preview :
Adelaide Strikers (STR) will take on Melbourne Stars (STA) in the 20th match of the BBL 2023-24 on Sunday (December 31) at the Adelaide Oval in Adelaide. Strikers have won one out of four matches so far and are in fifth position in the points table. Stars have won two out of five matches and are ranked fourth in the points tally.
Strikers and Stars have played 17 matches so far in BBL. The Strikers have won eight matches, while the Stars have been victorious on nine occasions. Stars won both the matches against the Strikers last season.
Stars faced Hobart Hurricanes in their last match and elected to bowl after winning the toss. Hurricanes were bundled out for 155 runs in 19.4 overs. Caleb Jewell, Macalister Wright, and Nikhil Chaudhary played crucial roles for the team with the bat. Jewell was the highest scorer for the team with 45 runs off 37 deliveries. Haris Rauf and Glenn Maxwell took three wickets each for the Stars. The second innings got reduced to seven overs and the revised target was 67 runs. Maxwell remained unbeaten on 35 runs off 18 deliveries and helped the team cross the line along with Thomas Rogers. Rogers made 21 runs off 14 deliveries. Stars won the match in 6.3 overs with seven wickets in hand.
Strikers faced Melbourne Renegades in their last game and elected to bat after winning the toss. They posted a total of 177 runs for the loss of six wickets in 20 overs. D Arcy Short and Chris Lynn scored a half-century each for the team. Mujeeb ur Rahman was the pick of the bowlers and took three wickets for 20 runs in four overs. Jake Fraser-McGurk and Shaun Marsh helped the Renegades win their first game of the season by four wickets in 18.4 overs. McGurk scored 70 runs off 37 deliveries and Marsh scored 54 runs off 33 deliveries.
Team Guide
Makes various team combinations with the help of these information
*Adelaide Strikers*
Matthew Short :
Matt Short is the leading run-scorer for the Strikers and has scored 145 runs in three games at an average of 48.33 and a strike rate of 147.95. Short has scored two half-centuries so far and also scalped three wickets. Short had a spectacular tournament last year for Adelaide Strikers, hammering 458 runs in 14 matches at an average of 35.23 and even making an impact with the ball, picking up 11 wickets. The Strikers skipper has 113 runs at an average of 14.1 and a strike rate of 131.4 in nine BBL innings against Stars. Default c/vc pick.
D’Arcy Short :
D’Arcy Short started the season with match winning 66 vs Thunder & scored another half-centuries (54 off 47) in the last game. D’Arcy has 285 runs at an average of 25.9 and a strike rate of 130.1 in 13 BBL innings against Stars. He also has a fifty against them. Good pick.
Chris Lynn :
Chris Lynn is an experienced top order batter hit 416 runs across the 2022-23 BBL and is the all time leading run scorer in the tournament with over 3400 runs. Lynn has an excellent career record against the Stars. He has smashed 431 runs at an average of 33.2 and strike rate of 145.6, including three fifties. Default c/vc pick.
Jamie Overton :
Jamie Overton is one to watch with bat and ball. He is the leading wicket-taker for the Strikers and has taken six wickets in just three matches at an average of 13.50. With the bat, Overton has scored 60 runs at a strike rate of 139.53. He was player of the tournament in the 2023 Hundred, where he smashed 202 runs at a strike rate of 181.98. Must have pick.
Henry Thornton :
Henry Thornton is the right-arm quick bowler has taken 30 wickets from 17 games and he will enjoy playing on this pitch in Adelaide which will offer assistance for his style of bowling. Punt pick.
Wes Agar :
Wes Agar is the 26 year old fast bowler has taken 75 T20 wickets and returned figures of 4/6. Wes Agar has taken 10 wickets in eight matches against the Stars at an average of 25.5 and economy of 8.79. He will fancy his chances of picking up wickets against this Stars line-up. Good pick.
*Melbourne Stars*
Sam Harper :
Sam Harper is fresh off one of the most memorable Sheffield Shield centuries. He hit 151 (104) when Victoria were 67/5 against South Australia back on November 28 and also he was played some crucial innings in last season. Harper has fine record against the Strikers with 224 runs at an average of 22.4 and strike rate of 118.5, in 10 matches against the Adelaide Strikers. Good pick.
Tom Fraser Rogers :
Tom Fraser Rogers was one of the three batters to score 300 plus runs for Melbourne Stars last edition, adding 324 runs in 14 matches at an average of 24.92 with a strike rate of 122.72. He has scored 85 runs in five innings so far at an average of 21.25 and a strike rate of 125 this season for the Stars. Punt pick.
Glenn Maxwell :
Glenn Maxwell is in rare form. He has scored 100 runs in four matches at a strike rate of 151.51. He has taken four wickets at an average of 18.25. So, he is well placed to overturn his outstanding T20 record against the Adelaide strikers, he has 285 runs at an average of 28.5 and a strike rate of 154.1 in 13 BBL innings against Strikers. He also has 5 wickets at 29.8 balls apiece in 9 BBL innings against them. Default c/vc pick.
Marcus Stoinis :
Marcus Stoinis is the star allrounder who loves playing against the Stars. The all-rounder has smashed 316 runs at an average of 31.6 and strike rate of 122.5, also scalped four wickets against them. He also has three fifties against them. Another safest c/vc pick.
Hilton Cartwright :
Hilton Cartwright is in superb form. He is the Stars’ leading run-scorer this season with 128 at an average of 32.00 and strike rate of 164.10. He was player of the match against the Sixers in a match ago (47* off 30 balls). Cartwright has excellent numbers for Stars against the Strikers. He has smashed 183 runs at an average of 26.1 and strike rate of 124.5. Good pick.
Nick Larkin :
Nick Larkin has just 49 runs at an average of 12.2 and a strike rate of 86.0 in 5 innings against Adelaide Strikers in the Big Bash League. Punt pick.
Nathan Coulter-Nile :
Nathan Coulter-Nile has picked up 15 wickets in 9 innings vs Strikers, at an avg - 15.3 & economy is 6.97. In 11 matches last season, he picked up 16 wickets at an economy of 6.79. Must have pick.
Scott Boland :
Scott Boland has 12 wickets at an average of 25.3 and a strike rate of 17.0 in 9 innings against the Strikers in the Big Bash League. Must have pick.
Haris Rauf :
Haris Rauf gets back to back three-wicket haul in the past two games. He was also bowled well in the previous game took 3/24. Rauf also pick three wickets in as many as many matches against the Strikers. Good pick.
Usama Mir :
Usama Mir is coming off a three-wicket haul against the Sydney Sixers (3/19) in a game ago, while bowled economical. Will be best punt pick for this game.
Details Analysis
Cheat Sheet
Adelaide Strikers
WK :
Alex Carey -
1dwn, 2dwn, 1dwn, 2dwn, Open, open, open, 3dwn, 4dwn,
65(47), 1(5), 54(35), 2(3), 1(2), 23(14), 67(45), 3(7), 1(6),
Harry Nielsen -
6dwn, 6dwn, DNB, 5dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, DNB, DNB, DNB, DNB, 6dwn, 5dwn,
17(5)*, 2(2)*, DNB, 20(14)*, 8(13), 40(33), DNB, DNB, DNB, DNB, 11(8), 24(17),
Batter :
Chris Lynn -
1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, Open, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, Open, Open, Open,
56(34), 37(17), 14(17), 19(19), 4(4), 27(26), 35(25), 62(35), 33(23), 3(9), 21(21), 1(3), 24(23), 9(15),
Travis Head - Left Arm Off break
Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open
28(18), 31(16), 35(18), 91(48), 18(17), 6(3), 19(32), 9(6),
Adam Hose -
3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 1dwn, 3dwn
2(3), 5(5), 28(9)*, 15(12), 15(6), 33(26), 5(7), 41(19), 18(17), 7(4)*,
Jake Weatherald -
2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, Open, Open, Open, Open DNB, 3dwn, 3dwn, 1dwn,
0(2), 6(6), 5(4), 0(1), 7(9), 10(10), 1(3), DNB, 17(23), 8(6), 35(31),
Thomas Kelly -
1dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 5dwn, DNB, 5dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn,
9(13) 8(11), 6(10), 1(1), DNB, 3(2)*, 0(1), 18(15),
Henry Hunt -
Open, Open, Open, Open, open, open, open, open,
3(10), 49(40), 0(1), 15(9), 27(23), 25(26), 12(9), 18(14),
All-rounder :
Matt Short - Orthodox
Open, Open, Open, 4dwn, 4dwn, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open,
8(9), 55(48), 82(41), 16(11), 22(19), 19(10), 12(11), 0(1), 66(30), 20(11), 0(1),
0/20(2), 2/13(2), 1/43(3), DNB, 0/10(1), DNB, 1/13(1), DNB, 0/13(1), DNB, 0/13(1),
D'Arcy Short - Left Arm chinaman
Open, Open, Open, 4dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn, Open,
54(47), 2(11), 66(47), 15(11), 15(13), 18(16), 8(6), 27(22)*, 2(6),
0/16(1), DNB, DNB, DNB, 0/7(1), DNB, 0/10(1), 0/28(3), 0/34(2),
Jamie Overton - Right Arm Fast
4dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 5dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn,
29(15)*, 31(28)*, 0(0)*, 28(19), 7(3)*, 10(8), 2(3), 11(10), 83(30)*,
1/29(4), 3/23(4), 2/29(4), 0/14(10B), 0/31(20B), 0/14(10B), 1/5(5B), 0/15(15B), DNB,
James Bazley - Right Arm Fast Medium
5dwn, 5dwn, DNB, 6dwn, 6dwn, DNB, DNB, 6dwn, DNB, 6dwn,
4(5), 8(4), DNB, 5(6), 2(10)*, DNB, DNB, 10(9)*, DNB, 13(6)*,
1/21(3), 1/9(2), 0/16(1), 0/42(4), 0/6(2), 0/35(3), 1/3(1), 1/20(4), 0/15(1), 1/21(3),
Bowler :
David Payne - Left Arm Fast Medium
3/37(4), 1/48(4), 2/35(4), 1/53(20B), 2/17(20B), 1/10(10B), 2/11(15B), 1/33(20B), 1/27(20B), 0/27(10B),
Wes Agar - Right Arm Fast
0/17(2), 0/37(4), 1/44(4), 1/35(4), 2/30(4), 1/29(4), 0/41(3), 3/18(4), 1/32(4), 0/6(1), 2/48(4),
Cameron Boyce - Leg break
1/37(3), 0/25(4), 1/32(4), 0/28(4), 2/12(3), 1/25(4), 2/29(4), 0/24(3), 0/35(4), 5/21(4), 2/37(4), 1/30(4),
Brendan Doggett - Right Arm Fast Medium
1/18(3), 0/28(3), 0/23(2), 1/23(4), 1/28(4), 4/35(4),
Henry Thornton - Right Arm Fast
0/29(3), 0/25(3), 0/41(3), 2/46(4), 2/46(4), 1/37(4), 2/18(3), 5/3(3), 4/20(4),
Ben Manenti - Orthodox
0/20(2), 0/12(1), 0/23(3), 0/16(3), 2/50(4), 1/22(3), 1/18(3), 0/22(2),
Melbourne Stars
Wk :
Sam Harper -
Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn
0(1), 17(11), 5(7), 1(2), 4(2), 22(21), 1(4), 3(6), 8(10), 51(36), 63(36),
Batter :
Tom Fraser Rogers -
3dwn, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open,
21(14)*, 20(19), 21(16), 22(17), 1(2), 35(36), 41(20), 26(23), 27(23), 51(45)*,
Joe Burns -
1dwn, 1dwn, 4dwn, 2dwn, 1dwn, 2dwn,
22(23), 18(16), 25(26), 17(19), 20(17), 9(14),
Hilton Cartwright -
2dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn,
2(3), 47(30)*, 22(11), 24(18), 33(16), 36(36), 7(6), 12(8), 16(14)*, 57(47), 36(31),
Nick Larkin -
4dwn, 5dwn, DNB, 3dwn, 3dwn, DNB, 3dwn,
0(3), 5(7)*, DNB, 58(36), 21(19)*, DNB, 9(11),
Campbell Kellaway -
1dwn, 1dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn,
13(12), 25(23), 2(1)*, 5(8), 9(4), 3(3),
All-rounders :
Glenn Maxwell - Off break
Open, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 1dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn,
35(18)*, 12(8), 30(26), 23(14), 104(48)*, 12(8), 32(23), 10(9), 19(12),
3/29(4), DNB, DNB, 1/44(3), 0/30(1), 0/38(2), 0/28(2), 0/9(1), 2/20(3),
Marcus Stoinis - Right Arm Medium
1dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn, 3dwn, DNB, 3dwn,
0(3), 6(6), 9(7), 13(20), 2(3), 17(21), 45(25), 7(6)*, 37(21)*, DNB, 6(9),
0/14(1), 1/13(2), 0/14(2), 0/19(2), DNB, DNB, 1/27(3), 0/36(3), 2/39(4), DNB, 3/18(3),
Imad Wasim - Left Arm Orthodox
DNB, 5dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn,
DNB, 14(10), 43(33)*, 15(26), 41(24), 0(1), 18(26),
1/16(3), 0/34(4), 0/20(2), 1/25(4), 2/24(4), 3/25(4), 0/20(4),
Beau Webster - Off break
DNB, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 4dwn, DNB, 1dwn, 1dwn, DNB,
DNB, 35(32), 59(44), 4(6), 14(14), DNB, 36(34), 29(18), DNB,
0/16(1), 0/12(2), 4/29(4), DNB, 1/8(3), 0/21(4), 0/22(2), 0/18(3), 0/3(1),
Liam Dawson - Left Arm Orthodox
6dwn, 6dwn, 5dwn, 7dwn, 6dwn, DNB, 6dwn, DNB,
2(3), 22(22)*, 7(10), 1(5), 24(14), DNB, 1(2), DNB,
1/35(4), 1/30(4), 0/25(3), 1/31(15B), 1/20(20B), 2/19(20B), 0/41(20B), 2/28(20B),
Jonathan Merlo - Right Arm Medium Fast
DNB, 6dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, ABN, 3dwn, 5dwn,
DNB, 1(1)*, 2(4), 5(6), 15(9), 1(3), ABN, 4(9), 2(3),
DNB, DNB, DNB, DNB, 0/5(1), 0/4(1), ABN, DNB, DNB,
Bowler :
Haris Rauf - Right Arm Fast
3/24(3), 3/38(4), 0/20(3), 0/14(2), 0/33(4), 3/29(4), 1/21(4), 0/19(4), 0/15(2), 2/20(4),
Nathan Coulter-Nile - Right Arm Fast
1/35(4), 1/29(4), 1/29(4), 1/22(4), 3/17(4), 2/22(3), 1/20(4),
Scott Boland - Right Arm Fast Medium
1/32(4), 1/45(4), 1/20(4), 2/23(4), 0/48(4), 4/41(4),
Joel Paris - Left Arm Fast Medium
1/31(4), 0/35(4), 1/17(2), 1/46(4), 1/29(4), 1/32(3), 2/15(4), 1/36(3), 0/35(3), 2/10(3),
Mark Steketee - Right Arm Fast Medium
0/43(3), 1/35(3), 2/59(4), 0/48(4), 0/26(3), 4/34(4), 2/23(4),
Olly Stone - Right Arm Fast
0/38(4), 0/1(1), 0/31(2), 4/28(4), 2/31(4), 1/29(4), 4/21(4),
Brody Couch - Right Arm Medium
2/40(3), 3/30(4), 0/12(1), 0/25(4), 1/24(4), 0/7(1),
Usama Mir - Leg break
1/24(4), 3/19(4), 0/28(3), 1/22(4), 0/20(2), 2/12(4), 0/45(4), 4/19(4), 0/26(2), 2/27(4), 0/22(2), 2/20(4),
Corey Rochhiccioli - Off break
0/21(3), 1/36(4), 2/42(4), 2/25(4),
Cheat Sheet
Team
