PS VS SDT: Perth Scorchers and Sydney Thunders will square off at Sydney Showground Stadium, Sydney on January 02 in the seventeenth fixture of Big Bash League 2018. Scorchers will be eyeing their second win of the tournament and start the year on a high. They are placed bottom-second in the league table with just one win and three defeats in four encounters.
With two wins and two defeats, Sydney Thunder are placed fourth in the ladder. Thunder started their campaign with 15 runs win under the DLS method against Melbourne Stars followed by 21 runs victory over Sydney Sixers in the second fixture. However, they failed to carry the momentum forward and faced two consecutive defeats against Hobart Hurricanes and Adelaide Strikers in next two encounters.
Perth Scorchers vs Sydney Thunders PLAYING 11
PS Playing 11:
Wicket-keeper– Cameron Bancroft
Batsmen – Michael Klinger, Hilton Cartwright, Ashton Turner
All-rounder–David Willey, William Bosisto, Ashton Agar
Bowlers –Nathan Coulter-Nile, Andrew Tye, Jason Behrendorff, Jhye Richardson
SDT Playing 11:
Wicket-keeper –Jos Buttler
Batsmen –Shane Watson (c), Callum Ferguson, Joe Root, Jason Sangha
All-rounder – Arjun Nair, Daniel Sams
Bowlers – Sam Rainbird, Chris Green, Jonathan Cook, Fawad Ahmed
PS VS SDT SQUADS
Perth Scorchers – A Turner, A Agar, C Bancroft, Will Bosisto, J Behrendorff H Cartwright, N Couler-Nile, Ushman Qadir, M Klinger, J Richardson, Andrew Tye, S Whiteman, D Willey
Sydney Thunders- Shane Watson (c), Fawad Ahmed, Jos Buttler, Jono Cook, Callum Ferguson, Chris Green, Nathan McAndrew, Arjun Nair, Joe Root, Sam Rainbird, Daniel Sams, Gurinder Sandhu, Jason Sangha