Adelaide Strikers captain Peter Siddle has been handed match to tackle the Melbourne Stars, who’ve gained the bat flip and elected to bowl first of their BBL conflict.
Siddle missed the Strikers’ previous two video games – wins over the Renegades and Hurricanes – with again soreness.
The quick bowler replaces Colin de Grandhomme (hamstring pressure) within the Strikers’ line-up for Thursday evening’s MCG contest.
“Sids is good to go,” Strikers assistant coach Johan Botha stated.
“A senior bowler along with our young quicks, we’ll definitely need that. His experience at the MCG is huge.”
Chris Lynn can also be obtainable for the Strikers, regardless of sickness preserving him out of the sphere throughout Tuesday’s win over the Renegades.
Lynn, who missed two days of coaching as a precautionary measure, was named participant of the match after blasting 69 not out off 37 balls to steer the Strikers previous 200 in opposition to the Renegades.
The Strikers sit in third place with a 5-4 file and want to shore up their finals spot.
The last-placed Stars (2-7) are desperately in search of a win to maintain their faint finals hopes alive and have named an unchanged after Monday’s loss to the Hurricanes.
They are nonetheless with out Marcus Stoinis due to a low-grade hamstring harm, however may regain the facility hitter for Saturday evening’s derby in opposition to the Renegades.
The groups –
Melbourne Stars: Joe Clarke, Tom Rogers, Hilton Cartwright, Beau Webster, Nick Larkin, James Seymour, Clint Hinchliffe, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Luke Wood, Liam Hatcher, Adam Zampa (capt)
Adelaide Strikers: Matt Short, Ryan Gibson, Chris Lynn, Adam Hose, Thomas Kelly, Harry Nielsen, Ben Manenti, Cameron Boyce, Wes Agar, Henry Thornton, Peter Siddle (capt)
