Melbourne Stars and Adelaide Strikers will face each other at Melbourne Cricket Ground (Melbourne) on Friday (15th January) during the 40th match of the Big Bash League 2020/21 (BBL 10).
In the latest BBL 10 points table, Adelaide Strikers are in the fourth position with 20 points in 10 matches. On the other hand, Melbourne Stars are standing in the seventh position with 16 points in 9 games.
The upcoming match will be the second meeting between Stars and Strikers in this BBL season. While they earlier met on 11th January 2021 at Adelaide, Strikers won that match by 5 wickets.
Big Bash League 2020-21 (BBL 10), Match 40: Melbourne Stars vs Adelaide Strikers (STA vs STR) – Complete Squads
Melbourne Stars: Glenn Maxwell (C), Hilton Cartwright, Sam Elliott, Andre Fletcher, Seb Gotch, Liam Hatcher, Clint Hinchliffe, Zahir Khan, Nick Larkin, Nic Maddinson, Ed Newman, Tom O’Connell, Sam Rainbird, Haris Rauf, Billy Stanlake, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa
Adelaide Strikers: Alex Carey (C), Wes Agar, Danny Briggs, Harry Conway, Ryan Gibson, Harry Nielsen, Liam O’Connor, Spencer Johnson, Matt Renshaw, Phil Salt, Liam Scott, Matt Short, Peter Siddle, Cameron Valente, Jake Weatherald, Jon Wells, Daniel Worrall
Big Bash League 2020-21 (BBL 10), Match 40: Melbourne Stars vs Adelaide Strikers (STA vs STR) – Latest Inclusion(s) And Exclusion(s)
Melbourne Stars
(Inclusion)
- Ed Newman joined as the replacement player of Will Pucovski.
Adelaide Strikers
(Inclusion)
- Peter Siddle re-joined after recovering from thumb injury. However, he has to prove his match fitness ahead of this match.
(Exclusion)
- Rashid Khan travelled to Abu Dhabi to serve for his national team Afghanistan.
Big Bash League 2020-21 (BBL 10), Match 40: Melbourne Stars vs Adelaide Strikers (STA vs STR) – Fantasy Cricket Tips
Melbourne Stars
(Top run-scorers in BBL 10)
| Player | Matches (Innings) | Runs | Highest Score | 100s/50s | Rank*
(Top 10) |
| Marcus Stoinis | 8 (8) | 277 | 97* | 0/2 | 5th most run-scorer |
| Glenn Maxwell | 9 (8) | 255 | 71* | 0/2 | 9th most run-scorer |
| Hilton Cartwright | 9 (8) | 132 | 46* | 0/0 | – |
| Nicholas Pooran (Unavailable) | 6 (5) | 127 | 65 | 0/1 | – |
(Special Note(s): Rank* – Top 10 performers in the BBL10)
(Top wicket-takers in BBL 10)
| Player | Matches (Innings) | Wickets | Best Bowling figures | 4wk/5wk | Rank* (Top 10) |
| Adam Zampa | 7 (7) | 12 | 3/49 | 0/0 | Joint 10th most wicket-taker |
| Liam Hatcher | 7 (7) | 10 | 3/28 | 0/0 | – |
| Billy Stanlake | 8 (8) | 9 | 3/25 | 0/0 | – |
(Special Note(s): Rank* – Top 10 performers in the BBL10)
Adelaide Strikers
(Top run-scorers in BBL 10)
| Player | Matches (Innings) | Runs | Highest Score | 100s/50s | Rank*
(Top 10) |
| Alex Carey | 8 (8) | 279 | 82 | 0/2 | 4th most run-scorer |
| Jake Weatherald | 10 (10) | 244 | 68* | 0/2 | – |
| Phil Salt | 10 (10) | 221 | 59 | 0/2 | – |
| Jon Wells | 10 (10) | 204 | 66 | 0/1 | – |
| Matt Renshaw | 10 (10) | 175 | 35 | 0/0 | – |
(Special Note(s): Rank* – Top 10 performers in the BBL10)
(Top wicket-takers in BBL 10)
| Player | Matches (Innings) | Wickets | Best Bowling figures | 4wk/5wk | Rank* (Top 10) |
| Wes Agar | 10 (10) | 17 | 3/23 | 0/0 | 3rd most wicket-taker |
| Rashid Khan
(Unavailable) |
10 (10) | 16 | 3/18 | 0/0 | Joint 4th most wicket-taker |
| Peter Siddle | 9 (9) | 13 | 5/16 | 0/1 | Joint 7th most wicket-taker |
| Daniel Worrall | 8 (8) | 9 | 2/12 | 0/0 | – |
(Special Note(s): Rank* – Top 10 performers in the BBL10)
Captain and Vice-Captain Selection:
Captain – Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carey
Vice-captain – Wes Agar, Peter Siddle, Adam Zampa
Suggested Playing XI for Fantasy Cricket (1):
Wicket-keeper(s) – Alex Carey (vc)
Batsmen – Phil Salt, Jake Weatherald, Hilton Cartwright, Nic Maddinson
All-rounder(s) – Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell (C)
Bowlers – Daniel Worrall, Wes Agar, Peter Siddle, Adam Zampa
Suggested Playing XI for Fantasy Cricket (2):
Wicket-keeper(s) – Alex Carey, Ben Dunk
Batsmen – Phil Salt, Jake Weatherald, Hilton Cartwright
All-rounder(s) – Marcus Stoinis (C), Glenn Maxwell
Bowlers – Daniel Worrall, Wes Agar (vc), Billy Stanlake, Adam Zampa
