Melbourne Stars tomorrow will play their first ever Big Bash Final against Sydney Thunders. Kevin Peterson who made 62 runs to reach his team to Final of the 2015-16 season. The match will be played on 24 Jan 2016, Sunday at Melbourne Cricket Ground. So Stars have the benefit of home ground. The kickoff time of the match is 7:20 Australian Local time. Who will win the toss? Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Thunder Final Match Prediction. Stars defeated Scorchers in yesterday semi-final match by 7 wickets. This is 5th Semi-Final of Scorchers and 4th for Stars. Thunder on the other hand, never ever reached to
Stars defeated Scorchers in yesterday semi-final match by 7 wickets. This is 5th Semi-Final of Scorchers and 4th for Stars. Thunder on the other hand, never ever reached the semi-final stage of Big Bash in any season. This is their first ever Semi-Final and Final entry in KFC Big Bash t20 league.
Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Thunder Final Match Prediction:
Stars:
In the yesterday Semi-Final, they won the toss and elected to field first. They keep their squad unchanged for Semi-Final against Scorchers as they beat the scorchers in Round 8 before going into Semi-Finals. So they have benefit of playing at home and last match win against Perth. This helped them to reach to Finals.
Kevin Peterson is back in form after leading his team to win the Semi-Final. He is the player to watch in Finals as well. He scored 62 runs on 36 balls against Scorchers. Stars faced Thunder in Round 2 game which lost by 1 run which is definitely not a big defeat. That match is played at MCG.
Stars 13 Man Squad: David Hussey (c ), Michael Beer, Jackson Coleman, Seb Gotch, Evan Gulbis, Peter Handscomb, Ben Hilfenhaus, Kevin Pietersen, Rob Quiney, Marcus Stoinis, Daniel Worrall, Luke Wright, Adam Zampa
Stars vs Scorchers Highlights:
Thunder:
Usman Khwaja is the key player for Thunder in this season. He hits 2 centuries and 1 fifty to helped his team to lead to the finals. In the last match against Strikers, Khawaja Century helped his team to win. So he is the player to watch against Stars. South African All-Rounder Jacques Kallis returned to the squad for BBL Final.
Thunder 13 Man Squad: Mike Hussey (c), Fawad Ahmed, Aiden Blizzard, Jake Doran, Chris Green, Chris Hartley, Jacques Kallis, Nathan McAndrew, Usman Khawaja, Clint McKay, Ben Rohrer, Andre Russell, Shane Watson
Stars vs Thunder Head to Head in Big Bash:
BBL01- Thunder won by 6 wickets
BBL02- Stars won by 13 runs
BBL03- Stars won by 7 wickets
BBL04-Stars won by 8 wickets
BBL05- Thunder won 1 by 1 run
Who will win the Toss Prediction: It is difficult to say who will win toss but We think Stars win the toss and field first.
