After a two-day Christmas break, the 2023-24 Big Bash League (BBL) will resume on Tuesday with a double-header. The first match will see Sydney Sixers taking on Melbourne Stars at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Having completed three matches each in the tournament so far, the two teams are maintaining a serious social distance in the points table. The sixers have won all their games and are placed second in the standings with 6 points. On the other hand, Stars have lost all their matches and are at the bottom of the points table.
Match Details
Match: Sydney Sixers vs Melbourne Stars, Match 14, Big Bash League (BBL) 2023-24
Date & Time: Tuesday, 26th December 2023, 12:35 PM (IST)
Venue: Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Live Coverage: Star Sports India and Disney Hotstar
SIX vs STA: Pitch Report
The pitch at the Sydney Cricket Ground is expected to favour batters. Pace bowlers will get good bounce here but the surface is known to assist spinners more. The average first innings score at this ground in T20Is is 160.
SIX vs STA: Probable Playing XI
Sydney Sixers: Josh Phillipe (wk), James Vince, Daniel Hughes, Moises Henriques (c), Jordan Silk, Jack Edwards, Joel Davies, Ben Dwarshius, Jackson Bird, Todd Murphy, Steve O’Keefe
Melbourne Stars: Sam Harper (wk), Thomas Rogers, Beau Webster, Glenn Maxwell (c), Marcus Stoinis, Hilton Cartwright, Jonathan Merlo, Liam Dawson, Usama Mir, Mark Stekette, Haris Rauf
SIX vs STA: Dream 11 Fantasy Team
Grand League:
Wicketkeepers: S Harper and Josh Philippe
Batters: James Vince, Hilton Cartwright, Jordan Silk, T Fraser Ross
Allrounders: Moises Henriques, Glenn Maxwell, and Marcus Stoinis
Bowlers: Ben Dwarshuis and Haris Rauf.
Head to Head:
Wicketkeepers: S Harper and Josh Philippe
Batters: D Hughes, Hilton Cartwright, and Jordan Silk
Allrounders: Moises Henriques, Glenn Maxwell, and Marcus Stoinis
Bowlers: Ben Dwarshuis, Usama Mir, and Haris Rauf
SIX vs STA: Full Squads
Sydney Sixers: James Vince, Josh Philippe (wk), Steven Smith, Jack Edwards, Kurtis Patterson, Moises Henriques (c), Hayden Kerr, Tom Curran, Sean Abbott, Ben Dwarshuis, Jackson Bird, Todd Murphy, Izharulhaq Naveed, Joel Davies, Mitchell Perry, Jordan Silk, Daniel Hughes, and Steve O’Keefe.
Melbourne Stars: Scott Boland, Joe Burns, Hilton Cartwright, Brody Couch, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Liam Dawson, Sam Harper, Campbell Kellaway, Nick Larkin, Glenn Maxwell, Jono Merlo, Usama Mir, Joel Paris, Haris Rauf, Corey Rocchiccioli, Tom Rogers, Mark Steketee, Marcus Stoinis, Olly Stone, Imad Wasim, Beau Webster