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Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Stars Big Bash League Tips - Stars bowling attack sees them advance to the Challenger

Jeremy Darke

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Last updated: 21 Jan 2025

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Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Stars tips
Match start is 7:30 PM AEDT on Wednesday, January 22 at ENGIE Stadium
The Stars will advance on the back of big performances from Marcus Stoinis and Mark Steketee
Preview, stats, head-to-head, team news & more

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Melbourne Stars bowling attack too deep for the Thunder. (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)

Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Stars Big Bash League Expert Tips

The Sydney Thunder are the last team to beat the Melbourne Stars, however, the Victorians will get their revenge and advance to the Challenger, as Marcus Stoinis and Mark Steketee go over the batting and bowling totals in the match.

Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Stars Big Bash League Expert Tips
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Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Stars Frequently Asked Questions

The Stars won five straight matches to book their place in the finals of BBL14 knocking off both the top-two teams in the league in the process in the Sixers and Hurricanes.

The depth of the Stars bowling attack with Mark Steketee, Peter Siddle, Usama Mir and Joel Paris will prove to be too dangerous for the Thunder batting order, who rely too heavily on the performance of David Warner to win them matches.

The Stars' Glenn Maxwell lives for these moments and the stability of Marcus Stoinis will give Melbourne a strong batting performance where they will find the required runs to get past the Thunder in Western Sydney.

Melbourne Stars have won their last 5 consecutive matches.
Glen Maxwell has the fourth highest batting average in the BBL at 59.40.
Mark Steketee has taken 12 wickets in his past 3 matches for the Stars.
Marcus Stoinis scored over 21.5 runs in 7 of 10 matches in BBL14

Head to Head

Last 5 Matches

28-Dec-2024: Thunder won by 18 runs

23-Dec-2023: Thunder won by 5 wickets (with 10 balls remaining)

25-Jan-2023: Thunder won by 3 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)

13-Dec-2022: Thunder won by 1 wicket (with 0 balls remaining)

12-Dec-2021: Stars won by 6 wickets (with 17 balls remaining)

BBL14 Last 5 Betting Trends

Sydney Thunder	Stats	Melbourne Stars
3-2	W-L	5-0
318.2	Avg Match Total	324.6
1-4	Bat Flip	2-3
2-2	Bat First W-L	3-0

BBL14 Last 5 Stats

Thunder Batting	Stats	Stars Fielding
14.8	Fours	10.6
3.4	Sixes	5.2

Thunder Fielding	Stats	Stars Batting
11	Fours	13.8
6.8	Sixes	7.8

Sydney Thunder Form

The Sydney Thunder finished the BBL14 season in third place and are awarded a home Knockout at the Sydney Cricket Ground for their fine form through the middle third of season around the holiday period where they took 4 of their five wins within a 5-game span either side of Chrstmas and the New Year.

Since then it has been a mixed bag of results to close out the year with a couple of no results, a couple of losses and a win against the Scorchers that booked their place in the finals bracket.

David Warner has been phenomenal and has at times carried the Thunder on his back. The former Aussie opener is currently in second on the ‘Most Runs’ list, hitting 346 runs in 9 matches, 5 runs less than Perth’s Cooper Connolly who played an extra match.

Chris Green tops the Thunder wicket takers with 11, with Wes Agar taking 9 and Lockie Ferguson taking 8. That is seen as a positive for the Thunder who have found wickets through multiple bowlers in their attack, not relying on their gun paceman to claim all the opposition scalps.

Sydney Thunder Home Stats

Thunder Batting	Stats	Thunder Fielding
14.3	Fours	9
5	Sixes	6.3

Melbourne Stars Form

Defining the term ‘a tale of two halves’, there is now a picture of the Melbourne Stars in the Aussie dictionary. After losing their first 5 matches of the season it was time to put a line through the Stars, however, they turned things around and won their final 5 games of the round-robin to book a spot in the finals of BBL14.

The Stars had to do it the hard way on the final day of the season, needing a win over first-placed Hobart to book their spot and of course it was none other than Glenn Maxwell who stepped up with 76* runs from 32 balls setting an unreachable total of 219 for the Hurricanes.

Maxwell finished the season with 297 runs and a top-five average of 59.40. Marcus Stoinis has also been a rock for the Stars with both bat and ball, scoring 297 runs in 10 innings with an average of 29.60.

Mark Steketee is the third highest wicket taker in BBL14, claiming 15 wickets at a tight economy of 6.97, getting supported by veteran Peter Siddle who has claimed 11 wickets. Usama Mir and Joel Paris both have 9 wickets.

Melbourne Stars Away Stats

Stars Batting	Stats	Stars Fielding
15.6	Fours	12.4
5.8	Sixes	6

Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Stars Frequently Asked Questions

What time does Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Stars start?

First ball between Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Stars is at 7:30 PM AEDT on Wednesday, January 22 at ENGIE Stadium

What channel is Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Stars on?

You can watch Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Stars on Channel Seven, Fox Cricket, Kayo Sports

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