Acting Adelaide Strikers captain Matt Short has gained the toss and chosen to bowl first within the BBL match in opposition to the Hobart Hurricanes at Adelaide Oval.
Short will assume the captaincy mantle for the following two video games with common skipper Peter Siddle dominated out with a decrease again grievance.
The Strikers shall be out to arrest a four-game shedding streak and acquire revenge on the Hurricanes who beat them comfortably by seven wickets at Blundstone Arena on Monday.
Golden Arm chief Henry Thornton returns to the Strikers’ line-up after being rested for that match, whereas Ryan Gibson will play his first BBL match in 12 months, changing Henry Hunt on the prime of the order.
The Hurricanes will leapfrog the Strikers into the highest 5 with a win.
They have made one change to their XI, Englishman Zak Crawley changing out-of-form batter D’Arcy Short, who has been relegated to twelfth man duties.
Adelaide Strikers: Matt Short (capt), Wes Agar, Harry Conway, Colin de Grandhomme, Ryan Gibson, Adam Hose, Thomas Kelly, Rashid Khan, Chris Lynn, Harry Nielsen, Henry Thornton.
Hobart Hurricanes: Matthew Wade (capt), Asif Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Zak Crawley, Tim David, Paddy Dooley, Nathan Ellis, Caleb Jewell, Ben McDermott, Riley Meredith, Mitch Owen.
