The Melbourne Renegades have received the toss and can bat first of their bid to arrest a three-match shedding skid in opposition to BBL ladder leaders the Perth Scorchers.
Renegades veteran Shaun Marsh will miss the conflict in opposition to his former crew, rested after enjoying two matches within the area of three days on his return from harm.
Marsh has been changed by Mackenzie Harvey, who slots into the center order.
The Scorchers have misplaced left-arm spinner Ashton Agar after his call-up for Australia’s third Test in opposition to South Africa.
But former Test batsman Cameron Bancroft returns for his first match of the season.
The two sides enter the conflict with contrasting fortunes.
Perth (4-1) are flying on the again of three straight wins, whereas a trio of consecutive losses have undone the constructive begin the Renegades (3-3) made to the event.
Those defeats have come off the again of limp batting shows, with the Renegades posting scores of 114, 115 and 7-124 of their most up-to-date matches.
West Indian import Akeal Hosein backed the high-powered batting line-up – led by Martin Guptill, Nic Maddinson and Aaron Finch – to bounce again in opposition to the Scorchers with a easy method.
“It’s mainly around sticking to what we know best,” Hosein stated.
“We have some top quality batsmen, guys that are in the top five most runs of all-time in BBL as well, so it’s just about sticking together and being positive.
“We know we can turn it around and get the positive results we need.”
Renegades veteran Aaron Finch has 2988 profession runs within the BBL and is chasing a slice of historical past as he seeks to grow to be the second participant behind Chris Lynn to succeed in 3000.
MELBOURNE RENEGADES: Martin Guptill, Nic Maddinson (capt), Peter Handscomb, Aaron Finch, Jonathan Wells, Mackenzie Harvey, Akeal Hosein, Will Sutherland, Tom Rogers, Kane Richardson, Mujeeb Ur Rahman.
PERTH SCORCHERS: Adam Lyth, Faf du Plessis, Cameron Bancroft, Josh Inglis, Ashton Turner (capt), Aaron Hardie, Nick Hobson, Jhye Richardson, Andrew Tye, Jason Behrendorff, Peter Hatzoglou.
