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Sydney Thunder v Melbourne Renegades: All you need to know

Monday, 30-Dec-2024, 03:43 AM
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In the 16th match of the ongoing Big Bash League, Sydney Thunder and Melbourne Renegades will be fighting against each other on Monday at Sydney Showground Stadium, Sydney. Both sides are eying their third victory, having won two games each from their last three games. 

Sydney Thunder have brought in Hugh Weibgen in place of Tanveer Sangha, who is out due to an injury. They are sitting on the fourth place in the points table with four points and the positive NRR of +0.349. 

Melbourne Renegades, on the other hand, six on the second place in the points table with four points and the positive NRR of +1.496. Sydney Thunder thrashed Melbourne Stars in their last game, while Melbourne Renegades registered victory over Perth Scorchers in their last match. High on confidence, both teams would hope to clinch their third victory of the tournament. 

HEAD-TO-HEAD
Matches: 18
No Result: 1
Sydney Thunder WON: 7
Melbourne Renegades WON: 10

SYDNEY THUNDER PROBABLE XI:  David Warner (c), Cameron Bancroft, Jason Sangha, Oliver Davies, Sherfane Rutherford, Sam Billings (wk), Daniel Sams, Chris Green, Tom Andrews, Lockie Ferguson, Wes Agar

MELBOURNE RENEGADES PROBABLE XI: Josh Brown, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Tim Seifert (wk), Jacob Bethell, Laurie Evans, Mackenzie Harvey, Will Sutherland (c), Fergus O Neill, Thomas Stewart Rogers, Adam Zampa, Kane Richardson


 

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