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Melbourne Renegades v Adelaide Strikers: match preview

The Big Bash season reaches its halfway point as the Renegades host the Strikers at Marvel Stadium

Match facts

Who: Melbourne Renegades v Adelaide Strikers

What: Match 20, KFC BBL|14

Where: Marvel Stadium, Melbourne

When: Thursday, January 2. Bat flip at 6.30pm AEDT, first ball at 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: Shawn Craig and Eloise Sheridan (field), Phillip Gillespie (third), Daryl Brigham (fourth), Bob Stratford (match referee)

Match squads

Melbourne Renegades: Will Sutherland (c), Jacob Bethell (England), Josh Brown, Laurie Evans (England), Jake Fraser-McGurk, Mackenzie Harvey, Fergus O'Neill, Kane Richardson, Tom Rogers, Gurinder Sandhu, Tim Seifert (New Zealand), Callum Stow, Jon Wells, Adam Zampa

The Renegades have named an unchanged squad for the fourth game in a row.

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

The Strikers are also unchanged with captain Matt Short named in the 14-player squad to face the Renegades after missing their loss to Perth Scorchers on New Year's Eve with a broken toe. Short will be given every chance to play with the final XI to be named at the bat flip.

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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

  • Melbourne Renegades' Jonathan Wells (2954) is 46 away from becoming the fifth men's player to reach 3000 runs in the Big Bash League.
  • Adelaide Strikers captain Matthew Short (90) is 10 away from registering 100 sixes in the Big Bash League.

What's on the line?

It's starting to get desperate for the Strikers who are sitting second last in the BBL|14 standings halfway through their home-and-away fixtures. Another loss against the Renegades on Friday would make it difficult to reach the finals. For the 'Gades, a third win of the season would keep them inside the top four.

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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