Hobart Hurricanes v Adelaide Strikers: match preview

Match facts

Who: Hobart Hurricanes v Adelaide Strikers

What: Match 24, KFC BBL|14

Where: Ninja Stadium, Bellerive

When: Sunday, January 5. 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: Sharad Patel and Ben Treloar (field), Gerard Abood (third), Muhammad Quereshi (fourth), Kepler Wessels (match referee)

Match squads

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

The Hurricanes have named an unchanged squad after handing Sydney Sixers their first defeat of the season. They will be hoping to have the services of their skipper Nathan Ellis again after he missed the last game with illness.

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, and much like the hosts, awaiting the return of their captain, Matt Short. Short has continued to be included in the 14-player squad but has missed the last two games with a toe injury. His fitness will be assessed ahead of the game.

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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

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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

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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

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Local knowledge

Rapid stats

• Adelaide Strikers have won three of the past four games against Hobart Hurricanes but the Hurricanes defeated them in their last meeting on December 27, 2024.
• The last time Hobart Hurricanes defeated the Adelaide Strikers at Ninja Stadium was on January 2, 2023. Ben McDermott and Caleb Jewell both made half centuries opening the batting in that game.
• Mitch Owen has scored the most runs of any player from either side this season (152) heading into this game. D'Arcy Short is next best with 151.
• Henry Thornton has the most wickets of any player from either side this season (10) heading into this game. Jamie Overton and Lloyd Pope are next best with nine.

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 HUR	10	7	2	0	1	-0.12	0	15
2 Sydney Sixers Men SIX	10	6	2	0	2	0.156	0	14
3 Sydney Thunder Men THU	10	5	3	0	2	0.34	0	12
4 Melbourne Stars Men STA	10	5	5	0	0	0.135	0	10
5 Perth Scorchers Men SCO	10	4	6	0	0	0.219	0	8
6 Melbourne Renegades Men REN	10	4	6	0	0	0.139	0	8
7 Brisbane Heat Men HEA	10	3	6	0	1	-0.831	0	7
8 Adelaide Strikers Men STR	10	3	7	0	0	-0.122	0	6

Legend

M: Matches played

W: Wins

L: Losses

T: Ties

N/R: No results

NRR: Net Run Rate

Ded.: Deductions

PTS: Total points