STA vs SIX Dream11 Prediction, Fantasy Stats, Venue Report, Recent Performances, Probable XIs, Head To Head, Toss Based Analysis, C/VC Choices - Match 28

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Stars vs Sixers - 28th Match of the Big Bash League 2024-25, at Melbourne Cricket Ground

Weather Forecast
Cloudy - 31°C

1. TOURNAMENT STATS AND INFO

(i) Points Table Scenario

MS - 7 - 2w/5l (8th)
SS - 6 - 4w/1l/1nr (1st)

(ii) Toss Based Analysis

Melbourne Stars (MS)

1. Sam Harper
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(4), 46(36), 12(12)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 48(44), 4(3), 8(11), 1(1)

2. Ben Duckett
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 68(29)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(1), 67(49), 0(1), 67(49)

3. Joe Clarke
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(9), 32(23)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

4. Marcus Stoinis (C)
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 37(33), 26(17)&1w, 20(19)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 27(19)&0w, 22(17), 62(48)&0w, 48(35)&0w

5. Glenn Maxwell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 32(17)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 15(5)&1w, 6(4)&0w, 0(1), 20(10)*

6. Tom Fraser Rogers
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 14(15), 1(4), 12(6)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(3), 6(7), 1(5)

7. Beau Webster
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 19(13), 28(19)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3(5), 20(16)&3w

8. Campbell Kellaway
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

9. Hilton Cartwright
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 18(17), 15(14), 15(11)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(9), 17(12), 1(3)*, 24(12)*

10. Jonathan Merlo
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 8(6)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3(4)

11. Tom Curran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 37(19)&1w, 3(4)&0w, 15(14)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 25(22)&0w

12. Peter Siddle
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 12(5)*&2w, 2w, 1w, 2w

13. Brody Couch
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 8(9)*&0w

14. Mark Steketee
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 1w

15. Joel Paris
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5(4)*&1w, 1w, 2w

16. Adam Milne
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w

17. Scott Boland
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

18. Hamish McKenzie
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(4)&0w, 7(3)*&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

19. Doug Warren
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3(4)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3(3)*&1w

20. Usama Mir
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(2)&2w, 1w, 1w

21. Blake MacDonald
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

22. Dan Lawrence
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 64(38)*&1w, 2(6)&0w

Sydney Sixers (SS)

1. James Vince
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 40(29), 13(14), 101(58)*, 10(9), 11(10)

2. Jack Edwards
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 37(28)&1w, 28(18)&0w, 0w, 1(3)&1w

3. Steven Smith
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

4. Josh Philippe
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5(5), 35(27), 42(23), 66(41)*, 6(7)

5. Jordan Silk
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(4), 36(25)*, 34(19)*, 20(20)

6. Moises Henriques (C)
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 52(27)*, 17(22), 11(9), 29(27)*&0w, 22(19)

7. Kurtis Patterson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 32(20), 9(9)

8. Hayden Kerr
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(7)&1w, 1w, 2w, 2(3)&1w

9. Sean Abbott
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 1w

10. Ben Dwarshuis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 14(6)*&2w, 20(8)*&2w, 2w, 4w, 9(6)&0w

11. Todd Murphy
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 14(10)*&0w

12. Benjamin Manenti
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

13. Akeal Hosein
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 1w, 1w, 10(13)&0w

14. Lachlan Shaw
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 8(7)

15. Joel Davies
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 10(5)&1w, 0w

16. Jafer Chohan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

17. Jackson Bird
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 0w, 4w

18. Mitchell Perry
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

(iii) Powerplay Study (Last 5 Matches)

Melbourne Stars (MS)

Over 1 - Paris, Paris, Paris, Maxwell, Milne

Over 2 - Steketee, Steketee, Maxwell, Siddle, Siddle

Over 3 - Siddle, Paris, Couch, Stoinis, Milne

Over 4 - Steketee, Steketee, Siddle, Curran, Maxwell

Powersurge Over 1 - Siddle, Stoinis, Siddle, Siddle, Curran

Powersurge Over 2 - Paris, Siddle, Paris, Maxwell, Siddle

Over 17 - Mir, Lawrence, Webster, Mir, Stoinis

Over 18 - Siddle, Steketee, Siddle, Stoinis, Warren

Over 19 - Steketee, Mir, Paris, Warren, Milne

Over 20 - Siddle, Siddle, Webster, NA, Curran

Sydney Sixers (SS)

Over 1 - Hosein, Hosein, Bird, Hosein, Dwarshuis

Over 2 - Bird, Bird, Hosein, Dwarshuis, Edwards

Over 3 - Edwards, Dwarshuis, Dwarshuis, Hosein, Abbott

Over 4 - Dwarshuis, Bird, Hosein, Abbott, Edwards

Powersurge Over 1 - Kerr, Kerr, Kerr, Abbott, Dwarshuis

Powersurge Over 2 - Dwarshuis, Dwarshuis, Dwarshuis, Dwarshuis, Abbott

Over 17 - Edwards, Hosein, Hosein, Dwarshuis, Dwarshuis

Over 18 - Bird, Bird, Dwarshuis, Davies, Davies

Over 19 - Dwarshuis, Kerr, Bird, Abbott, Abbott

Over 20 - Edwards, Dwarshuis, Kerr, Edwards, Kerr

(iv) Wickets in Powerplay

Melbourne Stars (MS)

Batting - 2w(2), 3w(2), 0w(1), 1w(1), 1w(2), 1w(1), 2w(1)

Bowling - 2w(1), 2w(1), 1w(2), 0w(2), 1w(1), 0w(2), 2w(2)

Sydney Sixers (SS)

Batting - 2w(2), 1w(2), 0w(2), 1w(2), 1w(2)

Bowling - 0w(1), 1w(1), 1w(1), 2w(1), 2w(1)

2. VENUE AND PITCH INFO

Venue - Melbourne Cricket Ground

(i) Total Matches - T20s

Overall - 103

Avg 1st Innings - 163
Avg 2nd Innings - 141

Highest total - 273/2 (Melbourne Stars vs Hobart Hurricanes - 19th January'2022)

Times won Batting First - 44
Times won Batting Second - 57
Times No Result - 1

(ii) Performance of both teams on this ground

MS - 66 - 35w/31l
SS - 12 - 7w/5l

(iii) Top Performers on this venue from the current squads - T20s

MS

Glenn Maxwell - Highest run scorer (1456), Avg (37.33) - 51M/50I
Marcus Stoinis - 2nd highest run scorer (1203), Avg (34.37) - 47M/45I
Hilton Cartwright - 9th highest run scorer (597), Avg (45.92) - 26M/23I
Beau Webster - 23rd highest run scorer (313), Avg (28.45) - 20M/16I
Tom Fraser Rogers - 26th highest run scorer (276), Avg (27.60) - 12M/12I
Sam Harper - 39th highest run scorer (187), Avg (15.58) - 13M/12I

Glenn Maxwell - 10th highest wicket taker (17), SR (28.2) - 51M/37I
Marcus Stoinis - 10th highest wicket taker (17), SR (20.8) - 47M/26I
Peter Siddle - 24th highest wicket taker (11), SR (14.5) - 8M/8I
Dan Lawrence - 45th highest wicket taker (6), SR (9) - 4M/4I
Mark Steketee - 45th highest wicket taker (6), SR (17) - 5M/5I
Beau Webster - 45th highest wicket taker (6), SR (33) - 20M/13I

SS

James Vince - 21st highest run scorer (325), Avg (36.11) - 10M/10I
Moises Henriques - 22nd highest run scorer (315), Avg (22.50) - 16M/16I
Jordan Silk - 29th highest run scorer (263), Avg (65.75) - 10M/9I
Joshua Philippe - 42nd highest run scorer (180), Avg (25.71) - 8M/8I

Sean Abbott - 8th highest wicket taker (18), SR (15.3) - 13M/13I
Jackson Bird - 13th highest wicket taker (15), SR (23) - 17M/17I
Ben Dwarshuis - 16th highest wicket taker (14), SR (16.7) - 10M/10I

(iv) Recent Matches on this venue

1) Melbourne Renegades vs Melbourne Stars - 4th January'2025
168/7 vs 171/5 (MS won by 5 wkts)

Pacers - 5w+4w=9w
Spinners - 1w+0w=1w

2) Melbourne Stars vs Brisbane Heat - 18th December'2024
162/6 vs 163/2 (BH won by 8 wkts)

Pacers - 4w+1w=5w
Spinners - 2w+1w=3w

3) Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Stars - 15th January'2024
187/8 vs 180/4 (HH won by 7 runs)

Pacers - 2w+4w=6w
Spinners - 6w+0w=6w

4) Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Sixers - 6th January'2024
156/4 vs 160/3 (SS won by 7 wkts)

Pacers - 2w+3w=5w
Spinners - 2w+0w=2w

5) Melbourne Renegades vs Melbourne Stars - 2nd January'2023
97/7 vs 101/2 (MS won by 8 wkts - Match Reduced to 14 overs)

Pacers - 3w+2w=5w
Spinners - 4w+0w=4w

6) Melbourne Stars vs Perth Scorchers - 13th December'2023
101/10 vs 102/3 (PS won by 7 wkts)

Pacers - 7w+1w=8w
Spinners - 3w+2w=5w

7) Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Thunder - 25th January'2023
119/7 vs 120/7 (ST won by 3 wkts)

Pacers - 2w+3w=5w
Spinners - 5w+6w=11w

8) Melbourne Stars vs Brisbane Heat - 16th January'2023
159/7 vs 160/7 (BH won by 3 wkts)

Pacers - 6w+3w=9w
Spinners - 1w+3w=4w

9) Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne Stars - 12th January'2023
108/10 vs 109/1 (MS won by 9 wkts)

Pacers - 6w+0w=6w
Spinners - 3w+0w=3w

10) Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Sixers - 6th January'2023
173/5 vs 176/4 (SS won by 6 wkts)

Pacers - 3w+3w=6w
Spinners - 2w+1w=3w

SUMMARY

Pacers
1st Innings - 40w
2nd Innings - 24w

Spinners
1st Innings - 29w
2nd Innings - 13w

Overall
64w:42w (Pacers:Spinners)
 

(v) POWERPLAY STUDY

IN BBL 2024-25

1st Innings - 1w, 2w

2nd Innings - 0w, 2w

IN BBL 2023-24

1st Innings - 2w, 1w, 0w, 0w

2nd Innings - 1w, 1w, 1w, 2w

(vi) Toss Based Analysis on this venue

Melbourne Stars (MS)

1. Sam Harper
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 5(2), 30(16), 12(8), 63(52), 19(16), 0(1), 1(2), 46(36)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(2), 7(7), 1(4), 1(1)

2. Ben Duckett
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 51(42)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 67(49)

3. Hilton Cartwright
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 59(40), 58(56)*, 30(17)*, 38(19)*, 42(30)&0w, 23(20), 41(29), 17(13), 36(31), 7(6), 36(36), 24(18), 29(22)*, 15(14)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(1), 12(6)*, 23(13)*, 17(11), 16(7)*, 20(21), 16(14)*, 14(8)*, 24(12)*

4. Jonathan Merlo
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

5. Doug Warren
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

6. Glenn Maxwell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 82(50), 3(7)&0w, 17(12)&1w, 11(7)&0w, 12(9), 50(39), 33(23)&0w, 28(16)&0w, 1(3), 19(22), 3(4)&1w, 82(43)&1w, 5(2)*&0w, 25(23)&1w, 4(6)*&0w, 37(28)&2w, 66(41), 16(16)&0w, 103(57)&0w, 7(9)&0w, 154(64)*, 29(21), 31(14)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 28(24)&0w, 19(12)&0w, 8(3)*&1w, 25(10)*, 2(5)&0w, 0(2)&0w, 12(6)&0w, 23(15)&0w, 66(44)&1w, 2(8)&2w, 22(18), 56(32)*&1w, 1(2)&1w, 1(3), 39(26), 33(22)&0w, 40(32)*&0w, 59(37)*&0w, 1(2)&0w, 16(19)&1w, 20(19)&1w, 0(4)&0w, 37(30)&2w, 48(39)*&0w, 32(15)*&1w, 32(18)&0w, 20(10)*

7. Dan Lawrence
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 36(34)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 7(6)&2w, 15(12)&4w, 2(6)&0w

8. Mark Steketee
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 1w, 1w, 1w

9. Tom Fraser Rogers
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 20(13), 48(33), 26(23), 35(36), 22(17), 19(16), 1(4)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(6), 51(45)*, 42(34)*, 10(7), 1(5)

10. Marcus Stoinis (C)
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 15(7), 25(19)&0w, 8(9)*&0w, 5(8)&3w, 0(1)&0w, 4(5)&0w, 24(24)*&0w, 4(5), 43(29)&4w, 34(23), 147(79)*, 6(7), 83(54)&0w, 13(26), 12(9), 13(13), 3(5), 75(31)*, 17(10)&0w, 0(2), 52(28), 8(7), 13(20)&0w, 34(30)*, 26(17)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 10(9)&2w, 27(19), 7(14)&1w, 10(16)&0w, 8(6)&0w, 44(41)&1w, 18(12)*&1w, 1(4)&0w, 0w, 78(49)*&2w, 68(55)*, 50(44), 17(11), 5(6)&1w, 43(32)&0w, 14(11)&1w, 29(10)*, 8(4)*, 6(10), 0w, 48(32)&0w, 48(35)&0w

11. Usama Mir
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

12. Beau Webster
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 19(19), 29(25), 2(2)&0w, 54(35)*&0w, 4(2)*, 24(22)&0w, 8(10)&1w, 36(34)&0w, 14(14)&1w, 4(6), 0(4)&1w, 28(19)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 14(20)*, 8(9)&1w, 0w, 14(18)&1w, 55(43)*

13. Peter Siddle
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 2w, 4w, 2w, 0w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 2w

14. Joel Paris
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 1w, 0w, 2w

Sydney Sixers (SS)

1. Joshua Philippe
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 34(28)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 9(8), 6(4), 12(8), 1(2), 99(61)*, 10(13), 9(8)

2. James Vince
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 21(21), 12(14)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 40(29), 6(5), 16(16), 5(9), 46(32), 9(9), 91(59)*, 79(57)

3. Lachlan Shaw
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

4. Moises Henriques
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 21(18)&0w, 20(12)&0w, 7(4)&0w, 17(10), 16(15)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 24(16)&0w, 2(4)&0w, 20(16)&1w, 1(1)*, 5(4), 41(25)&0w, 43(25), 38(29), 29(20)&0w, 23(14), 8(5)"

5. Jordan Silk
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 37(34)*, 25(21)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3(8), 32(31), 78(49), 35(25)*, 25(19)*, 15(10), 13(8)*

6. Sean Abbott
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 0w, 7(11)&3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 1w, 0w, 33(17)*&1w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 3w, 0w

7. Kurtis Patterson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 20(17)

8. Akeal Hosein
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 6(6)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

9. Hayden Kerr
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 0w

10. Todd Murphy
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 2w

11. Jack Edwards
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

12. Joel Davies
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

13. Ben Dwarshuis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 0w, 7(7)&1w, 42(17)*&0w, 2w, 3w, 1w, 1w

14. Mitchell Perry
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

3. HEAD TO HEAD

(i) Overall
23 - 15w/8l (In favor of SS)

(ii) Last 5 Matches
5 - 4w/1l (In favor of SS)

(iii) On This Venue
11 - 7w/4l (In favor of SS)

(iv) Top Performers from current squads when both these teams have met each other

MS

Glenn Maxwell - Highest run scorer (751), Avg (44.18) - 19M/19I
Marcus Stoinis - 5th highest run scorer (395), Avg (35.91) - 13M/13I
Hilton Cartwright - 8th highest run scorer (312), Avg (44.57) - 11M/11I
Beau Webster - 12th highest run scorer (127), Avg (25.40) - 6M/6I

Glenn Maxwell - 5th highest wicket taker (11), SR (19.55) - 19M/15I

SS

James Vince - 2nd highest run scorer (563), Avg (51.18) - 14M/14I
Moises Henriques - 3rd highest run scorer (502), Avg (27.89) - 22M/22I
Joshua Philippe - 4th highest run scorer (404), Avg (28.86) - 15M/15I
Jordan Silk - 6th highest run scorer (364), Avg (52) - 20M/17I

Ben Dwarshius - Highest wicket taker (21), SR (16.95) - 16M/16I
Sean Abbott - 2nd highest wicket taker (19), SR (15.79) - 15M/15I
Jackson Bird - 6th highest wicket taker (10), SR (20.40) - 11M/11I
Hayden Kerr - 11th highest wicket taker (6), SR (15) - 5M/5I
Todd Murphy - 14th highest wicket taker (5), SR (14.40) - 3M/3I

(v) Recent Head to Head Matches

1) Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Sixers - 26th December'2024
194/9 vs 198/2 (SS won by 8 wkts)

Ben Duckett - 68(29)
Glenn Maxwell - 32(17)
Marcus Stoinis - 20(19)
Usama Mir - 1w
James Vince - 101(58)*
Josh Philippe - 42(23)
Jordan Silk - 34(19)*
Jackson Bird - 3w
Ben Dwarshuis - 2w
Todd Murphy - 2w
Akeal Hosein - 1w
Hayden Kerr - 1w

2) Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Sixers - 6th January'2024
156/4 vs 160/3 (SS won by 7 wkts)

Marcus Stoinis - 34(30)*
Glenn Maxwell - 31(14)
Hilton Cartwright - 29(22)*
Tom Fraser Rogers - 19(16)
Beau Webster - 1w
James Vince - 79(57)
Todd Murphy - 2w
Ben Dwarshuis - 1w

3) Sydney Sixers vs Melbourne Stars - 26th December'2023
154/8 vs 155/6 (MS won by 4 wkts)

James Vince - 83(55)
Jack Edwards - 30(23) & 1w
Josh Philippe - 19(15)
Sean Abbott - 2w
Hilton Cartwright - 47(30)*
Beau Webster - 35(32)
Tom Rogers - 20(19)
Marcus Stoinis - 1w

4) Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Sixers - 6th January'2023
173/5 vs 176/4 (SS won by 6 wkts)

Marcus Stoinis - 52(28)
Tom Fraser Rogers - 48(33)
Hilton Cartwright - 36(31)
Beau Webster - 1w
James Vince - 91(59)*
Moises Henriques - 23(14)
Sean Abbott - 3w
Todd Murphy - 1w

5) Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Sixers - 26th December'2022
150/5 vs 151/3 (SS won by 7 wkts)

Beau Webster - 78(51) & 1w
Hilton Cartwright - 20(20)*
Moises Henriques - 52(32)*
James Vince - 33(28)
Jordan Silk - 30(30)*
Kurtis Patterson - 24(21)
Hayden Kerr - 2w
Sean Abbott - 1w

(vi) Toss Based Analysis (H2H)

Melbourne Stars (MS)

1. Tom Fraser Rogers
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(2), 48(33), 19(16), 12(6)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 20(19)

2. Sam Harper
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 5(2), 12(12)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 17(11)

3. Hilton Cartwright
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 59(40), 14(12), 38(19)*, 23(20), 20(20)*, 36(31), 29(22)*, 15(11)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 21(10), 10(9), 47(30)*

4. Marcus Stoinis (C)
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 34(23), 147(79)*, 12(9), 3(5), 52(28), 34(30)*, 20(19)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(3), 10(8), 62(37), 5(6)&1w, 10(4), 6(6)&1w

5. Glenn Maxwell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 28(16)&0w, 84(47), 82(43)&1w, 5(2)*&0w, 71(47)*&1w, 66(41), 103(57)&0w, 31(14)&0w, 32(17)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 8(11)&1w, 12(13)&0w, 16(19)&1w, 5(4)&2w, 4(9)&1w, 12(8)

6. Ben Duckett
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 68(29)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

7. Joel Paris
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

8. Doug Warren
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3(4)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

9. Usama Mir
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

10. Jonathan Merlo
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 8(6)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(1)*

11. Dan Lawrence
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 36(34)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

12. Peter Siddle
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

13. Beau Webster
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(2)*, 78(51)&1w, 8(10)&1w, 0(4)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(4), 35(32)&0w

14. Mark Steketee
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

Sydney Sixers (SS)

1. James Vince
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 41(22)*, 12(14), 2(9), 44(29), 83(55)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 6(5), 16(16), 0(2), 46(32), 9(9), 33(28), 91(59)*, 79(57), 101(58)*

2. Jackson Bird
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 1w, 0w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 0w, 6(4)*&0w, 0w, 1w, 3w

3. Jordan Silk
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 37(34)*, 35(28), 41(37)*, 25(21)*, 27(15)*, 1(2)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3(8), 32(31), 9(10), 35(25)*, 25(19)*, 30(30)*, 15(10), 13(8)*, 34(19)*

4. Joel Davies
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 7(4)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

5. Kurtis Patterson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 18(11)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 28(18), 24(21)

6. Ben Dwarshuis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 3w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 42(17)*&0w, 1w, 3w, 1w, 1w, 2w

7. Jack Edwards
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(2), 30(23)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(2), 0w, 0w

8. Todd Murphy
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 2w, 2w

9. Moises Henriques
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 7(4)&0w, 41(34), 9(15), 72(31), 16(15), 7(6), 76(38)*, 5(11)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 20(16)&1w, 1(1)*, 21(13)&0w, 5(4), 41(25)&0w, 38(29), 29(20)&0w, 52(32)*, 23(14), 8(5)*, 11(9)

10. Lachlan Shaw
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

11. Hayden Kerr
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 2w, 0w, 1w

12. Akeal Hosein
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

13. Mitchell Perry
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

14. Josh Philippe
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 7(6), 10(14), 34(28), 52(29), 83(47), 19(15)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 9(8), 6(4), 22(19), 1(2), 99(61)*, 1(5), 10(13), 9(8), 42(23)

15. Ben Manenti
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

16. Sean Abbott
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3(4)&0w, 7(7)&1w, 22(16)&0w, 7(11)&3w, 0w, 3w, 1(2)*&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 33(17)*&1w, 2w, 0w, 1(7)&1w, 2w, 1w, 3w, 0w

(vii) PLAYERS WHO HAVE PLAYED AGAINST THE OTHER AS PART OF DIFFERENT TEAMS IN THE PAST (in case data-set is small above)

1. Sam Harper vs Sydney Sixers - Runs (167), Avg (18.67) - 10M/9I

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 5(2), 45(24), 18(15)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(1), 31(24), 36(17), 18(15), 15(7), 17(11)

2. Peter Siddle vs Sydney Sixers - Wickets (5), SR (48.8) - 12M/12I

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 2w

3. Mark Steketee vs Sydney Sixers - Wickets (12), SR (15) - 10M/9I

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 4w, 1w

4. Joel Paris vs Sydney Sixers - Wickets (6), SR (16) - 5M/5I

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w

4. PLAYER BATTLES - T20s

(i) MS BATTING vs SS BOWLING

1. Tom Fraser Rogers
vs Dwarshuis - 0r, 3b, 1w
vs Kerr - 12r, 7b, 0w
vs Hosein - 9r, 8b, 1w
vs Murphy - 12r, 9b, 1w
vs Edwards - 7r, 5b, 0w
vs Abbott - 14r, 13b, 0w

2. Sam Harper
vs Dwarshuis - 51r, 23b, 3w
vs Kerr - 2r, 2b, 0w
vs Henriques - 6r, 5b, 0w
vs Edwards - 5r, 5b, 1w
vs Abbott - 19r, 13b, 0w
vs Murphy - 3r, 5b, 1w
vs Hosein - 1r, 2b, 0w

3. Glenn Maxwell
vs Dwarshuis - 134r, 65b, 4w
vs Kerr - 47r, 21b, 0w
vs Hosein - 19r, 10b, 0w
vs Murphy - 1r, 4b, 1w
vs Henriques - 26r, 21b, 1w
vs Edwards - 1r, 3b, 0w
vs Abbott - 104r, 62b, 4w

4. Marcus Stoinis
vs Dwarshuis - 73r, 47b, 4w
vs Kerr - 16r, 6b, 0w
vs Hosein - 27r, 21b, 1w
vs Murphy - 16r, 19b, 1w
vs Henriques - 11r, 6b, 0w
vs Abbott - 20r, 19b, 1w

5. Hilton Cartwright
vs Dwarshuis - 48r, 39b, 3w
vs Kerr - 19r, 23b, 2w
vs Hosein - 11r, 14b, 0w
vs Murphy - 9r, 11b, 0w
vs Henriques - 2r, 3b, 0w
vs Edwards - 11r, 8b, 0w
vs Abbott - 63r, 39b, 1w

6. Ben Duckett
vs Dwarshuis - 13r, 6b, 0w
vs Kerr - 10r, 14b, 1w
vs Hosein - 48r, 25b, 0w
vs Murphy - 10r, 6b, 0w
vs Edwards - 2r, 3b, 0w
vs Abbott - 0r, 2b, 1w

7. Dan Lawrence
vs Dwarshuis - 10r, 6b, 0w
vs Murphy - 6r, 7b, 0w
vs Abbott - 22r, 14b, 1w
vs Edwards - 6r, 1b, 0w

8. Beau Webster
vs Abbott - 27r, 18b, 3w
vs Dwarshuis - 21r, 21b, 1w
vs Kerr - 12r, 8b, 1w
vs Hosein - 3r, 4b, 1w
vs Murphy - 2r, 6b, 1w
vs Edwards - 16r, 11b, 0w

(ii) SS BATTING vs MS BOWLING

1. James Vince
vs Stoinis - 21r, 20b, 0w
vs Siddle - 91r, 45b, 1w
vs Maxwell - 56r, 35b, 2w
vs Lawrence - 32r, 18b, 1w
vs Mir - 458r, 42b, 1w
vs Paris - 45r, 25b, 1w
vs Steketee - 16r, 7b, 1w
vs Warren - 16r, 7b, 0w
vs Webster - 43r, 33b, 0w

2. Josh Philippe
vs Stoinis - 9r, 7b, 1w
vs Siddle - 41r, 35b, 0w
vs Maxwell - 39r, 26b, 0w
vs Lawrence - 9r, 3b, 0w
vs Paris - 38r, 32b, 1w
vs Steketee - 17r, 11b, 1w
vs Warren - 3r, 3b, 0w
vs Mir - 11r, 3b, 0w
vs Webster - 34r, 20b, 0w

3. Jack Edwards
vs Stoinis - 1r, 1b, 0w
vs Siddle - 13r, 13b, 0w
vs Mir - 2r, 2b, 0w
vs Paris - 6r, 6b, 0w
vs Steketee - 6r, 6b, 0w
vs Webster - 4r, 5b, 0w

4. Moises Henriques
vs Stoinis - 1r, 2b, 1w
vs Siddle - 44r, 39b, 1w
vs Maxwell - 60r, 44b, 2w
vs Mir - 12r, 10b, 2w
vs Paris - 22r, 14b, 0w
vs Steketee - 22r, 15b, 1w
vs Webster - 26r, 14b, 0w

5. Kurtis Patterson
vs Siddle - 14r, 11b, 0w
vs Maxwell - 45r, 28b, 1w
vs Paris - 24r, 21b, 1w
vs Steketee - 25r, 19b, 0w
vs Webster - 5r, 4b, 1w

6. Jordan Silk
vs Siddle - 53r, 35b, 0w
vs Maxwell - 28r, 23b, 1w
vs Mir - 3r, 4b, 1w
vs Paris - 5r, 4b, 1w
vs Steketee - 23r, 12b, 2w
vs Warren - 5r, 3b, 0w
vs Stoinis - 16r, 8b, 0w
vs Webster - 9r, 10b, 0w

5. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING

A) MELBOURNE STARS (MS) SQUAD:

Injury - Tom Curran

IN - Dan Lawrence

Probable XI

1) Ben Duckett ✈️ - LHB, WK
Last 10 - 67, 0, 67, 68, 0, 11, 4, 0, 92, 46, 27, 18,

2) Tom Fraser Rogers - LHB, RM
Last 10 - 1, 6, 12, 2, 1, 14, 11, 14, 18, 69, 76, 1
/
Sam Harper

3) Beau Webster - RHB, RM, Offbreak
Last 10 - 20r 3w, 3, 28r 0w, 19, 61r 3w, 49r 2w, 1w, 42r 0w, 5r 3w, 46r 3w, 33r 0w, 61r 1w

4) Dan Lawrence ✈️ - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 2r 0w, 64r 1w, 26r 0w, 33r 0w, 6, 57, 1, 0*, 27r 0w

5) Glenn Maxwell - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 20*, 0, 6r 0w, 32r 0w, 15r 1w, 21r 0w, 43, 0, 16

6) Marcus Stoinis (C) - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 48r 0w, 62r 0w, 22, 20r 0w, 27r 0w, 26r 1w, 37, 10, 0r 1w

7) Hilton Cartwright - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 24*, 1*, 17, 15, 4, 15, 20, 44r 0w, 18, 33r 0w, 10, 78r 1w, 15r 2w, 1w, 153r 0w

8) Usama Mir ✈️ - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 4w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 7r 0w

9) Mark Steketee - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 2w, 44r 3w, 53r 3w, 18r 3w, 5r 1w, 2r 3w, 18r 2w, 4r 3w, 14r 1w, 0w, 32r 0w, 10r 0w

10) Peter Siddle - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 2w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 12r 2w, 1w, 5r 2w, 1w, 1w, 8r 1w, 1w

11) Joel Paris - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 2w, 1w, 5r 1w, 5w, 29r 1w, 4r 3w, 0w, 4w, 21r 2w, 2w, 6r 1w, 26r 1w, 8r 2w, 8r 2w

BENCH

12) Doug Warren - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 7r 2w, 3w, 2w, 12r 1w, 3w, 1w, 0w

13) Jonathan Merlo - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 3, 8*, 4, 12, 2r 0w, 78r 0w, 30r 0w, 11r 0w, 28, 3, 13r 0w, 14*

14) Sam Harper - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 1, 8, 4, 12, 48, 46, 1, 8, 10, 0, 33, 10, 0

UNANNOUNCED IN FINAL SQUAD

15) Blake MacDonald - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 16, 59, 33, 40, 6, 18, 54, 13, 7, 15

16) Austin Anlezark - LHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 5w, 2w, 2w, 2w, 7r 1w

17) Tom Curran ✈️ - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 15r 1w, 25r 0w, 3r 0w, 37r 1w, 2w, 22r 0w, 1r 1w, 86r 1w, 5r 1w, 6r 1w, 24r 0w, 2w

18) Campbell Kellaway - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 0w, 3, 30, 0, 122, 26, 0, 11, 6, 80, 55, 5, 4, 21r 0w, 1, 53, 29

19) Hamish McKenzie - LHB, LWS
Last 10 - 7r 1w, 0w, 22r 1w, 6r 0w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 9r 1w

20) Scott Boland - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 2w, 3w, 0w 1w, 0w, 7r 1w, 2w, 0w, 4w, 4w, 3w, 5w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 1w

21) Brody Couch - LHB, RFM
Last 10 - 8r 0w, 0w, 1w, 3w, 8r 0w, 18r 0w, 2w, 3w, 3w, 15r 4w, 1w, 31r 0w, 1w

Safe C/VC Choices
Marcus Stoinis, Dan Lawrence

B) SYDNEY SIXERS (SS) SQUAD:

Injury - Josh Hazlewood
OUT - Daniel Hughes

Note - James Vince shall be replaced by Steven Smith after this game, and Akeal Hosein shall also be playing his final game of this season.

Probable XI

1) Josh Philippe - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 6, 66*, 42, 35, 5, 10, 23, 55, 25, 4, 38

2) James Vince ✈️ - RHB
Last 10 - 11, 10, 101*, 13, 40, 8, 37, 1, 20

3) Kurtis Patterson - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 9, 32, 167*, 99, 33, 71, 91, 66, 13, 7, 13*, 17

4) Moises Henriques (C) - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 22, 29r 0w, 11, 17, 53*, 6, 18r 0w, 27r 0w, 3, 12r 0w, 5, 52, 22r 1w, 0, 29*

5) Jordan Silk - RHB
Last 10 - 20, 34*, 36*, 2, 18, 65, 7, 74, 18, 17, 10, 11r 0w

6) Jack Edwards - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 1r 1w, 0w, 28r 0w, 37r 1w, 5w, 30r 5w, 1, 5r 1w, 2r 1w, 2w, 38r 4w, 35r 0w, 88r 1w, 16r 1w

7) Hayden Kerr - RHB, LFM
Last 10 - 2r 1w, 2w, 1w, 4r 1w, 6r 0w, 5r 2w, 4r 0w, 5r 2w, 1r 1w, 0w, 86r 0w

8) Ben Dwarshuis - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 9r 0w, 4w, 2w, 20r 2w, 10r 2w, 1w, 20r 2w, 40r 2w, 1w, 1w

9) Sean Abbott - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 2w, 30r 2w, 12r 4w, 30r 0w, 13r 1w, 0r 5w, 33r 2w, 10r 0w, 2r 0w, 0w, 2w

10) Akeal Hosein ✈️ - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 10r 0w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 31r 1w, 2w, 17r 1w, 0w, 1

11) Todd Murphy - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 14r 0w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 7r 0w, 0w, 10r 1w, 14r 3w, 4w, 7r 1w, 4w, 0w, 1w

BENCH

12) Joel Davies - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 0w, 10r 1w, 15, 0, 0w, 7, 10, 0w, 9, 44

13) Mitchell Perry - LHB, RFM
Last 10 - 5r 5w, 23r 1w, 0w, 15r 1w, 9r 1w, 58r 3w, 37r 1w, 0r 1w, 6r 0w, 4r 2w, 1w, 1w, 38r 3w, 6r 0w, 4r 0w, 9r 2w, 33r 3w, 0r 0w

14) Lachlan Shaw - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 8, 27, 25, 13, 51

UNANNOUNCED IN FINAL SQUAD

15) Jackson Bird - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 4w, 0w, 3w, 3w, 13r 3w, 6r 3w, 0w, 7w, 4w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 7r 0w, 1w, 3w

16) Ben Manenti - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 3r 1w, 0w, 73r 0w, 21r 0w, 29r 0w, 0w, 0w, 20r 5w, 62r 1w, 7r 0w, 20r 0w, 1w, 4r 0w, 2r 2w, 17r 2w

17) Jafer Chohan ✈️ - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 3w, 1w, 11r 2w, 1w, 4w, 5w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 3w

Safe C/VC Choices
Ben Dwarshuis, James Vince

Differential GL C/VC choices

MS - Glenn Maxwell, Ben Duckett, Beau Webster

SS - Hayden Kerr, Josh Philippe, Sean Abbott

 

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India batter suffered a knee injury on the eve of the match
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Harshit Rana and Ravindra Jadeja picked up three wickets each to restrict England to a very gettable 248
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 18:13:05 GMT
Adil Rashid lost his spot as the leader in the bowling charts, while Jofra Archer dropped four places to tenth
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:57:11 GMT
They are also set to tour India for two Tests in 2025
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:11:31 GMT
Javagal Srinath and Nitin Menon "mutually agreed" with the ICC that they would not undertake any officiating assignments in Pakistan
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 16:05:56 GMT
Two weeks ahead of the Champions Trophy, both teams have an air of vulnerability
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 15:49:33 GMT
Captain says the league will help players fine-tune their game and improve their fitness in the free window after the tournament
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:57:13 GMT
India's captain also hinted that Rahul could edge Pant as wicketkeeper for the England ODIs
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 07:34:48 GMT
The change was made to free up Mooney, who is Giants' designated wicketkeeper as well as opener
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 23:59:20 GMT
"You know a bowler of his calibre, to be able to play consistently for the long term, that's where I'm trying to put in all my efforts and energy," says LSG mentor
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 14:20:41 GMT
He was the Player of the Series in India's 4-1 victory in the T20Is against England
Mon, 03 Feb 2025 03:41:01 GMT
Abhishek's crisp shots and high-intent game in Mumbai left England without any answer and set up India's colossal victory
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 22:16:40 GMT
England captain says team won't veer from aggressive style despite chastening defeat at Wankhede
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 18:27:08 GMT
Coach says India "don't want to fear losing a game of cricket" after batters go all out to finish off 4-1 series result against England
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 17:10:08 GMT
He scored 38 more runs than England's collective total to complete India's 4-1 series win
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 12:29:28 GMT
The defending champions steamrolled past South Africa, with their spinners ruling the roost
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 10:57:25 GMT
With the series already wrapped up, India's captain will be keen on marking his Mumbai homecoming with a big performance
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 03:15:28 GMT
Defending champions India will look to extend their dominance as SA set sights on the team to bring home a first women's title
Sat, 01 Feb 2025 17:16:04 GMT
Bumrah and Mandhana take top awards, while R Ashwin, who retired from international cricket last year, received a special award
Sat, 01 Feb 2025 15:07:42 GMT
"These guys are still hungry, and still have the passion to play for the country and deliver for the country"
Sat, 01 Feb 2025 05:20:17 GMT
"Either Shivam Dube has put on about 25mph with the ball or Harshit has really improved his batting," says the England captain
Sat, 01 Feb 2025 03:02:35 GMT
England were favourites at a point but then went on to lose six wickets to India's spinners
Fri, 31 Jan 2025 13:43:29 GMT
R Ashwin, who retired from international cricket last year, is set to receive a special award
Fri, 31 Jan 2025 10:04:55 GMT
Vaishnavi also shone with the ball, as England lost 6 for 11 in a middle-order collapse against India
Fri, 31 Jan 2025 15:36:02 GMT
However, the PCB will host an event in Lahore on February 16 to mark the start of the tournament
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