BBL7 - Stars v Thunder Preview (Plus The Lurker's {Pick and Bank)
Melbourne Stars (1-6) v Sydney Thunder (3-5) @ MCG
Head to Head History - Sydney Thunder 4, Melbourne Stars 3
Last 5 - Sydney Thunder 3, Melbourne Stars 2
Melbourne Stars 13-Man Squad - John Hastings (c), Ben Dunk, James Faulkner, Evan Gulbis, Glenn Maxwell, Kevin Pietersen , Daniel Worrall, Seb Gotch, Liam Bowe, Ben Hilfenhous, Dan Fallins Peter Handscomb
Sydney Thunder 13-Man Squad - Shane Watson (c), Kurtis Patterson, Callum Ferguson, Usman Khawaja, Jay Lenton, Ben Rohrer, Chris Green, Fawad Ahmed, Arjun Nair, Mitch McClenaghan, Gurinder Sandhu, Andrew Fekete, James Vince
Preview - The Sydney Thunder need a victory against the Melbourne Stars to keep their slim finals chances alive in BBL7 when they clash at the MCG tonight, The Thunder are 305 and need 2 wins and a results to go their way to snake in to 4th place whilst the Stars are simply playing for pride, sitting at the bottom of the table at 1-6.
Big Batting Batting - Usman Khawaja - Glenn Maxwell - Both Khawaja and Maxwell would have ambitions to get back into the Australian 50 Over side so their so strong performance in the BBL would have been put them back on the radar with the Australian side struggling for form at the moment.
Big Bowling Battle - Daniel Worrell v Gurinder Sandhu - Two players their year who started the season out of favour but have worked their way into their respective sides. Worrall and Sandhu are both capable or swinging the new ball and will be looking to pick up early wickets for their side.
Ground Dynamic - MCG The Stars have put in 3 rotten performances at the MCG this season having lost each game by large margins with a highest team score of 157. With the big square boundries expect both sides seamers and spinners to bowl back of a length.
THE PROPHET'S PICK (16-16) Sydney Thunder - "I have given up on the Stars, they don't look interested"
THE PROPHETS 10 UNIT BANK (-56 Units)
5 Units Sydney Thunder to win by 1-20 runs or 1-4 wickets @ $5.50
5 Units on Sydney Thunder to win by 21-40 runs or 5-7 wickets @ $4.50