Sydney Thunder will bowl first as they seek for an important win towards the Melbourne Renegades of their BBL finals chase.
The Thunder enter the competition sitting outdoors the highest 5 however would break in with victory at Manuka Oval on Thursday night time.
The Renegades will lock in finals with a victory because the common season heads into its remaining week.
Sydney’s Blake Nikitaras will mark his debut batting at No.3, the 22-year-old changing Sam Whiteman.
The Renegades may also blood a brand new expertise with spinner Corey Rocchiccioli changing Ruwantha Kellapotha.
They’ll be trying to carry momentum from their thrilling comeback win towards cross-town rivals Melbourne Stars on Saturday night time
SYDNEY THUNDER: David Warner, Matthew Gilkes, Blake Nikitaras, Ollie Davies, Alex Ross, Daniel Sams, Ben Cutting, Nathan McAndrew, Chris Green (capt), Brendan Doggett, Usman Qadir.
MELBOURNE RENEGADES: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Martin Guptill, Sam Harper, Aaron Finch (capt), Matt Critchley, Jon Wells, Will Sutherland, Tom Rogers, Kane Richardson, Corey Rocchiccioli, Fawad Ahmed.
