Preview for STA vs SIX Dream11 Contest: Melbourne Stars will be hosting defending champions Sydney Sixers for Match 13 of the Big Bash League (BBL) 2021-22 on Wednesday (December 15). Stars will be facing the last year’s winners at their home ground at MCG, with a victory here important to their tournament fortunes. Stars, like […]
Melbourne Stars will be hosting defending champions Sydney Sixers for Match 13 of the Big Bash League (BBL) 2021-22 on Wednesday (December 15).
Stars will be facing the last year’s winners at their home ground at MCG, with a victory here important to their tournament fortunes.
Stars, like Sixers, have won 2 and lost 1 of their three games in the competition so far with only NRR separating the two teams from third and first spot in the eight-team points table.
Melbourne Stars – Marcus Stoinis, Joe Clarke (wk), Nick Larkin, Glenn Maxwell (c), Hilton Cartwright, Andre Russell, Beau Webster, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Adam Zampa, Qais Ahmad, Brody Couch
Sydney Sixers – Josh Philippe (wk), James Vince, Daniel Hughes, Moises Henriques (c), Jordan Silk, Daniel Christian, Tom Curran, Chris Jordan, Sean Abbott, Hayden Kerr, Steve OKeefe
Weather Update: Partly cloudy; 22 degrees C; wind 29 km/h
Pitch Report: MCG’s previous BBL game of the season saw Stars coming out on top against Sydney Thunder with their middling score of 165/4 proving enough by 4 runs. Usually, the MCG plays flatter than that. Generally, the ground aids scores in excess of 170 or more. Expect the scores to reflect the true nature of the track this time.
Can the Stars stop the Sixers in the much-awaited STA vs SIX BBL 2021-22 game?
Melbourne Stars are in for a stiff challenge at their home ground with the game against Sydney Sixers, the defending champions who, despite their defeat in the last game, are standing at the top of the points table. The Sixers do have an edge, even though they also will have to be at the top of their game to beat the Stars in their own den.
1. Josh Phillippe (9.5 credits) – Phillipe was Sixers’ stand-out performer with the bat last match. The in-form opening batter made a fighting 72 off 46 balls even as his team went down heavily against the Hurricanes on DLS method. After being one of the leading run-getters last summer, Philippe is currently the second-highest run-maker of BBL 2021-22 with 160 runs from the last 3 matches.
2. Glenn Maxwell (10 credits) – Maxwell showed encouraging signs of a return to his best form in the last match against the Thunder on Sunday. The explosive batter made a 25-ball 40 with 3 fours and 2 sixes to push his team to a victory. Maxwell can be a very fruitful captaincy pick if he continues in this vein.
3. Andre Russell (10.5 credits) – More than even Maxwell, it is the return of Russell to top gear with the bat that would’ve pleased Stars a lot. The dangerous West Indies allrounder displayed his brute force and six-hitting again in the game against the Thunder, scoring 43 runs off just 22 balls with 5 sixes.
1. Qais Ahmed (8.5 credits) – Qais, the young Afghanistan legspinner, has played 2 games of BBL 2021-22 for Stars so far. He has picked up 3 wickets and even more importantly, conceded just 5.71 runs per over. Qais bowled an impressive spell of 2/17 in the win over Thunder.
2. Brody Couch (8.5 credits) – right-arm pace bowler Couch was the other of Stars’ heroes with the ball last game. He took 2 wickets for just 26 runs off his 4 overs and played his part in keeping the Thunder down to 151/5.
3. Hayden Kerr (8 credits) – Kerr, the Sixers left-arm pacer, is currently his team’s second-highest wicket-taker of BBL 2021-22. He has picked 4 wickets from his 3 matches while giving away just 5.80 runs per over.
Josh Philippe (wk), James Vince, D Hughes, Marcus Stoinis, Moises Henriques, Glenn Maxwell (c), Andre Russell (vc), H Kerr, Steve O’Keefe, Qais Ahmed, Brody Couch
Josh Philippe (c & wk), James Vince, D Hughes, Marcus Stoinis, Moises Henriques, Glenn Maxwell (vc), Andre Russell, H Kerr, Steve O’Keefe, Qais Ahmed, Brody Couch
