Sydney Thunder are placed at the 3rd spot in the Big Bash League 2021-22 points table with 5 wins and 3 losses from their 8 matches of the league. The team has 19 points.Sam Billings is the top run-scorer for Sydney Thunder with 265 runs at a strike rate of 152. He has struck 22 fours and 11 sixes. Jason Sangha has also made 239 runs at a strike rate of 142.
Saqib Mahmood has been the best bowler for Sydney Thunder and has picked up 11 wickets while bowling at an average of 15 and an economy rate of 8.84.Perth Scorchers are placed at the top spot in the Big Bash League 2021-22 points table with 7 wins and one loss from their 8 matches of the league. The team has 25 points.
Colin Munro is the top run-scorer for Perth Scorchers with 308 runs at a strike rate of 148. He has struck 22 fours and 13 sixes. Mitchell Marsh has also made 255 runs at a strike rate of 144.Andrew Tye has been the best bowler for Perth Scorchers and has picked up 13 wickets while bowling at an average of 15 and an economy rate of 7.76.
The world is ready to witness yet another big battle of BBL T20. The 36th match of Big Bash League 2021-22 is scheduled to be played between Perth Scorchers and Sydney Thunder on Wednesday, 5th January 2022 at Carrara Oval, Queensland. We are posting safe, accurate, and secure today’s match prediction of BBL T20 free.
Perth Scorchers is the best performing team of this season of BBL T20. They had lost just one out of eight matches played right now. They have won seven matches and are leading the points table of Big Bash League season 11.
Sydney Thunder is the other team that has performed well in this tournament. They also had played eight matches and had won five matches. They have lost three matches and are situated at the third spot on the table.
PERTH SCORCHERS REVIEWS
Perth Scorchers had won their most recent match against Melbourne Stars with a handsome margin of 50 runs. They won the toss and decided to bat first. The performance of their batting order was just outstanding. They scored 180 runs in their 20 overs inning. Kurtis Patterson was the most successful and highest run-scorer from their side who scored 54 runs on 39 deliveries with the help of four boundaries and two huge sixes. Colin Munro also performed well and scored 40 runs. He faced just 20 balls and smashed one boundary and four huge sixes during his inning. The skipper, Ashton Turner scored 27 runs.
Like the batting, the bowling unit of Perth Scorchers also performed well and defended the target of 181 runs. They leaked 130 runs and sent the entire Melbourne Stars back to the pavilion in 18.5 overs. Tymal Mills was the most successful and highest wicket-taker from their side who picked three wickets in his 3.5 overs bowled out against 28 runs. Peter Hatzoglou and Andrew Tye picked one wicket each while Jason Behrendorff and Ashton Agar picked one wicket each.
SYDNEY THUNDER REVIEWS
Sydney Thunder is coming to this match on the back of a massive win over Adelaide Strikers in their previous match by the margin of 28 runs. They won the toss and decided to bat first. The way how their batting order performed in that match was just outstanding. They scored 172 runs in their 20 overs inning. Matthew Gilkes was the most successful and highest run-scorer from their side who scored 93 runs on 57 balls with the help of nine boundaries and three huge sixes. Ben was the other batter who put some runs on the board. He scored 34 runs.
The performance of the bowling unit of Sydney Thunder was also good. They defended the target of 173 runs and leaked 144 runs. Mohammad Hasnain, who was playing his very first match of Big Bash League, was the most successful and highest wicket-taker from their side who picked three wickets in his very first over without any run. Saqib Mahmood and Jason Sangha picked two wickets each while Daniel Sams and the skipper, Chris Green picked one wicket each in the previous match.
HEAD TO HEAD HISTORY BETWEEN PERTH SCORCHERS AND SYDNEY THUNDER
Total Matches: 14
Perth Scorchers Won: 07
Sydney Thunder Won: 07
KEY PLAYERS TO WATCH IN THIS MATCH
Kurtis Patterson, Colin Munro, and Matthew Gilkes are key players to watch in this match.
FAVORITE TEAM IN TODAY MATCH PREDICTION
Sydney Thunder is overall a strong team as compared to the Perth Scorchers at least on papers. According to our match prediction, Sydney Thunder is the favorite team who will win this match. There are many factors that make Sydney Thunder a favorite team to win this match. Some of the key factors are mentioned as under:
- Sydney Thunder had a decent record against Perth Scorchers
- Perth Scorchers have some players in good form
- The batting order of Perth Scorchers is very strong
- Both teams have a strong batting order in the side at least on papers
WINNING CHANCES OF TODAY MATCH FOR THE BOTH TEAMS
Sydney Thunder is full of experienced and young players of the t20 format. The batting order of this team is also strong and some well-known hitters of the t20 format are part of the squad of this team, so the winning chances of today’s match for Sydney Thunder have been increased. The equation of who will win today’s cricket match prediction and who will win the cricket match today is mentioned as under.
Sydney Thunder have a 58% chance to win this match
Perth Scorchers has a 42% chance to win this match
TOSS PREDICTION IN TODAY MATCH PREDICTION
The toss will play an important role in the decision of all matches of Big Bash League. Having a good total on the board is always a big advantage in these kinds of big matches. According to toss prediction, the team that will win the toss may choose to bat first.
PITCH REPORT AND CONDITIONS
The 36th match of Big Bash League 2021-22 is going to be held at Carrara Oval, Queensland. We had observed in the previous matches played here that the pitch here at this venue is good for batting. The track is slower than the others we have seen and helps the spinners quite a bit. We are hoping that the surface is bound to get slower and be a bit more difficult for batting in this match. A score of 185 is going to be tough to chase.
WEATHER REPORT FOR TODAY MATCH
The weather forecast in Queensland is predicting some clouds around on match day but the weather forecast does not predict rain. We should be able to have a full uninterrupted match.
SQUADS
SYDNEY THUNDER:
- Sam Billings (England)
- Jonathan Cook
- Ben Cutting
- Oliver Davies
- Brendan Doggett
- Matt Gilkes
- Chris Green
- Alex Hales (England)
- Baxter Holt
- Usman Khawaja
- Saqib Mahmood (England)
- Nathan McAndrew
- Alex Ross
- Daniel Sams
- Gurinder Sandhu
- Jason Sangha
- Tanveer Sangha
- Chris Tremain
- Mohammad Hasnain (Pakistan)
PERTH SCORCHERS:
- Ashton Turner (c)
- Ashton Agar
- Cameron Bancroft (wk)
- Jason BehrendorfF
- Laurie Evans
- Aaron Hardie
- Peter Hatzoglou
- Tymal Mills
- David Moody
- Lance Morris
- Colin Munro
- Kurtis Patterson
- Andrew Tye