Sydney Thunder have elected to bowl first on the MCG in opposition to the Melbourne Stars as they search to safe a BBL finals spot.
The Thunder must defeat the lowly Stars to ebook a spot within the match’s playoffs after the Hobart Hurricanes pulled off an unlikely win over Brisbane earlier on Wednesday.
A win might see the Thunder end as excessive as third, giving them a house closing, but when they lose the Hurricanes will end inside the highest 5 as a substitute with a 6-8 file.
The Thunder enter the conflict having misplaced their final 5 matches in an inconsistent marketing campaign, with the lowlight being bowled out for 15 by Adelaide in December.
The Stars are assured to complete backside of the ladder even when they rating an upset win after profitable simply three of 13 matches.
MELBOURNE STARS: Joe Clarke, Tom Rogers, Campbell Kellaway, Marcus Stoinis, Hilton Cartwright, Beau Webster, Nick Larkin, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Luke Wood, Liam Hatcher, Adam Zampa (capt).
SYDNEY THUNDER: David Warner, Matthew Gilkes, Jason Sangha, Ollie Davies, Alex Ross, Daniel Sams, Ben Cutting, Nathan McAndrew, Chris Green (capt), Gurinder Sandhu, Usman Qadir.
