Australian T20 League 2022 

Match 23- STR vs STA 

Preview

It's the 23rd Match of the Australian T20 League between STR and STA on 31st December 2022 in Adelaide Oval Stadium at 01:30 PM IST. The year-ending battle between these two will be exhilarating to watch—the table position of both the teams stating their campaign till now. STR stands in the second position with three wins and losses in five matches, and STA has only one win in their tally.

STR began their tournament on a very high note, with three consecutive wins, but they lost both of their previous games. In the first three matches, STR beat SIX in their first game and bashed THU twice. But they failed to par HEA by just six runs. The last encounter with SCO was a low-scoring encounter where they scored 133/7 in 20 overs with the help of Chris Lynn’s 35 in 34 balls. 

STA had an unfortunate tournament, as they succeeded in only one match against HUR. They lost the season opener thriller against THU by one wicket. After that, they prevailed against HUR by 38 runs in a high-scoring match. But in the last three matches, STA failed to repeat their performance.

For the STR, their batting hero is undoubtedly Matthew Short (177 runs) and Chris Lynn (152 runs), who scored the highest number of runs for them. In the bowling department, STR prove their threat by bowling out THU in just 15 runs. Right-arm pacer Henry Thornton is the leading wicket-taker for STR having 14 wickets in his bag in 5 games.

Talking about STA, their batting revolves around Joe Clarke (190 runs), their highest scorer. However, Luke Wood (11 wickets in five games) is the highest wicket-taker for STA. Wood has excellent assistance from Captain Adam Zampa and Nathan Coulter Nile, who grabbed 6 wickets each till now.

This will be a crucial match for STA as they are willing to revive their chances in the tournament, whereas STR wants to clinch the points tally by winning this match.

Match Details

Match: STR VS STA, 23rd Match, Aus T20 League 2022-23

Date: Saturday, December 31, 2022

Time: 01:30 PM IST

Venue: Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

Pitch and Weather Report

The pitch and ground dimensions of Adelaide are always batting-friendly. The square boundaries of this ground help batters to play for free-hand. In the ongoing edition of the league, the average first-batting score is 167 runs which can be chased down as the pitch goes lenient for batting.

The match day weather will be a bright sunny day with the highest and lowest temperature of 30 and 20 degrees Celsius. The wind speed will be around 10 km/h, assisting hard-length seamers like Coulter Nile and Thornton.

Form Guide

STR: W W W L L 

STA: L W L L L 

Head-to-Head

Team                  Matches Won 

(i) STR                       8

(ii) STA                      7  

Squads

STR: Wes Agar, Cameron Boyce, Alex Carey, Harry Conway, Colin de Grandhomme, Ryan Gibson, Travis Head, Adam Hose, Henry Hunt, Thomas Kelly, Rashid Khan, Chris Lynn, Harry Nielsen, Matt Short, Jake Weatherald, Henry Thorton, Peter Siddle, Ben Manenti

STA: Trent Boult, Joe Burns, Hilton Cartwright, Joe Clarke, Brody Couch, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Liam Hatcher, Clint Hinchliffe, Nick Larkin, Glenn Maxwell (c), Marcus Stoinis, Beau Webster, Luke Wood, Adam Zampa, Campbell Kellaway

Probable Playing XIs

STR: Henry Hunt, Matthew Short, Chris Lynn, Adam Hose, Colin De Grandhomme, Thomas Kelly, Harry Nielsen (WK), Rashid Khan, Wes Agar, Henry Thornton, Peter Siddle (C)

STA: Joe Clarke (WK), Thomas Rogers, Beau Webster, Nick Larkin, Hilton Cartwright, Campbell Kellaway, James Seymour, Luke Wood, Liam Hatcher, Trent Boult, Adam Zampa (C)

Hot Fantasy Picks 

Wicket Keepers

Joe Clarke: Joe Clarke is the top scorer for STA. He bats in the top order and can play steady innings like he played in the previous game. He can give some initial points to your fantasy 11. 

Harry Neilson: Harry Neilson hasn’t got enough chance to bat till now. But as we saw against HEA (he scored 24 in 17 with three 4s), he has the potential to play a good knock if he gets the chance to score. In addition, he will be a good batting option if the top order collapses.

Batsmen

Hilton Cartwright: Cartwright is one of the top run-getters from STA. He is batting at a good strike rate of around 120. He can be a good pick for your Real11 Fantasy team.

Matthew Short: Matthew Short is in his peak form right now. He has two ‘Man of the Match’ awards in five matches. Undoubtedly the pick for C/VC in this game.

All Rounders

Beau Webster: Despite having a batting role in the team, Webster outplayed the opponent brilliantly with his bowling. He is the second-highest scorer for STA and has three wickets in his account with an economy of 5.73 in 5 matches.

Colin De Grandhomme: Grandhomme bats in the lower order and contributes some crucial runs for the team. He also assists the team with his economical bowling performance. He could be a good pick for your team.

Bowlers

Henry Thornton: Henry Thornton will be the favorite pick in the bowling section, even on this batting pitch. He can amaze any batting line-up with his hard-line and fast pace. Thornton can be an excellent C/VC option as well for the team.

Luke Wood: The English Left-arm medium pacer is doing brilliantly this season. As a medium pacer, he has a variety of slower ones and fast balls, which will be beneficial as the square boundaries are short in dimension. He is also the highest wicket-taker for his STA, having 11 wickets in his column.

Match Prediction

It will be an exotic clash between these two as both have something to achieve on the series table. According to the current form and team combination, we are backing STR to win this game.

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