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Adelaide Strikers v Hobart Hurricanes: match preview

Adelaide Strikers and Hobart Hurricanes will be out to get their second wins of BBL|14

Match facts

Who: Adelaide Strikers v Hobart Hurricanes

What: Match 13, KFC BBL|14

Where: Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

When: Friday, December 27. Bat flip at 6:00pm local (6:30pm AEDT), first ball at 6:45pm local (7:15pm AEDT)

How to watch: Channel Seven, 7plus, Fox Cricket, Kayo Sports 

Buy tickets: Tickets are on sale here

Live scores: Match Centre 

Highlights, news and reactions after the match: cricket.com.au, the CA Live and Big Bash apps

Officials: Samuel Nogajski and Sharad Patel (field), Troy Penman (third), Mary Waldron (fourth), Steve Davis (match referee)

Match squads

Adelaide Strikers: Matt Short (c), James Bazley, Cameron Boyce, Brendan Doggett, Liam Haskett, Chris Lynn, Harry Manenti, Jamie Overton (England), Lloyd Pope, Ollie Pope (England), Alex Ross, Liam Scott, D'Arcy Short, Henry Thornton.

Jake Weatherald was originally welcomed into the squad, although, the top order bat failed to regain full fitness ahead of the match, leading to Harry Manenti being brought back into the squad. 

Hobart Hurricanes: Nathan Ellis (c), Nikhil Chaudhary, Tim David, Paddy Dooley, Peter Hatzoglou, Shai Hope (West Indies), Caleb Jewell, Chris Jordan (England), Ben McDermott, Riley Meredith, Mitch Owen, Waqar Salamkheil (Afghanistan), Billy Stanlake, Charlie Wakim

 

Ins: Paddy Dooley. Outs: Matthew Wade (calf injury)

Charlie Wakim retains his spot in the squad with Matthew Wade recovering from a calf injury. If selected, Wakim will make his debut for the Hurricanes and will be presented with Cap No.97.

Paddy Dooley has also been recalled by the Hurricanes and is in line to play his first game for BBL|14.

Club news

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Top performers

Most Runs
BBL|14 BKT Golden Bat
Player Total
1 Mitchell Owen M Owen
452
2 David Warner D Warner 405
3 Cooper Connolly C Connolly 351
4 Glenn Maxwell G Maxwell 325
5 Marcus Stoinis M Stoinis 311
6 Matthew Renshaw M Renshaw 280
7 Sam Billings S Billings 271
8 Max Bryant M Bryant 259
Most Wickets
BBL|14 BKT Golden Arm
Player Total
1 Jason Behrendorff J Behrendorff
17
2 Riley Meredith R Meredith 16
3 Tom Rogers T Rogers 16
4 Mark Steketee M Steketee 15
5 Lance Morris L Morris 15
6 Lloyd Pope L Pope 15
7 Ben Dwarshuis B Dwarshuis 14
8 Spencer Johnson S Johnson 13
Most sixes scored
BBL|14
Player Total
1 Mitchell Owen M Owen
36
2 Glenn Maxwell G Maxwell 27
3 Cooper Connolly C Connolly 19
4 Tim David T David 17
5 Matthew Renshaw M Renshaw 17
6 Max Bryant M Bryant 14
7 Josh Brown J Brown 12
8 Jake Fraser-McGurk J Fraser-McGurk 12

Local knowledge

Rapid stats

  • Adelaide Strikers have won their last three consecutive BBL games against the Hobart Hurricanes, equalling the longest winning run of either team in the history of this fixture; indeed, they've not lost at home to the Hurricanes since January 2020.
  • Adelaide Strikers have won their last three straight BBL games at Adelaide Oval after winning only three of their previous seven games at the venue, while the Hobart Hurricanes have won only two of their last 15 games outside Tasmania.
  • Adelaide Strikers have a bating strike rate of 219.4 during the Power Surge this BBL season, the highest of any team in the competition; though, only the Perth Scorchers (6.6) have a better bowling economy than the Hobart Hurricanes (8.5) during this period.
  • Adelaide Strikers' Jamie Overton (96 runs and 5 wickets) is one of only two players to have scored 50-plus runs and taken 3-plus wickets this BBL season (also Will Sutherland). Overton has scored 181 runs across eight career innings in the competition and has been dismissed only twice.
  • No player has scored more runs from sweep shots this BBL campaign than the Hobart Hurricanes' Mitch Owen (12), with a league-high 45 of his total 111 runs coming via slog shots this campaign.

KFC BBL|14 standings

Team
Matches played
M
Wins
W
Losses
L
Ties
T
No results
N/R
Net Run Rate
NRR
Deductions
Ded.
Total points
PTS
1 Hobart Hurricanes Men Hobart Hurricanes Men HUR 10 7 2 0 1 -0.12 0 15
2 Sydney Sixers Men Sydney Sixers Men SIX 10 6 2 0 2 0.156 0 14
3 Sydney Thunder Men Sydney Thunder Men THU 10 5 3 0 2 0.34 0 12
4 Melbourne Stars Men Melbourne Stars Men STA 10 5 5 0 0 0.135 0 10
5 Perth Scorchers Men Perth Scorchers Men SCO 10 4 6 0 0 0.219 0 8
6 Melbourne Renegades Men Melbourne Renegades Men REN 10 4 6 0 0 0.139 0 8
7 Brisbane Heat Men Brisbane Heat Men HEA 10 3 6 0 1 -0.831 0 7
8 Adelaide Strikers Men Adelaide Strikers Men STR 10 3 7 0 0 -0.122 0 6

M: Matches played

W: Wins

L: Losses

T: Ties

N/R: No results

NRR: Net Run Rate

Ded.: Deductions

PTS: Total points

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