The Melbourne Stars are set to face the Sydney Thunder in the 14th match of the Big Bash League (BBL) 2025-26 at Manuka Oval in Canberra on Sunday, December 28.
Preview
In the 14th game of the BBL 2025-26, Melbourne Stars (STA) are set to face Sydney Thunder (THU). Melbourne Stars had an outstanding start to this season as they won all three games so far. In the last game, they won by 7 wickets against the Sydney Sixers. In which Sam Harper performed brilliantly and scored a brilliant hundred. While Tom Curran and Peter Siddle took three wickets each in bowling.
On the other hand, the runner-up of the last season Thunder didn’t have a good start as they lost both games so far. However, they performed well in the previous game against the Brisbane Heat and won by 34 runs. In which Sam Konstas and Matthew Gilkes played well and scored 63 and 76 runs, respectively. While Shadab Khan did well in bowling by taking four wickets.
Match Information
Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Thunder, Match 14
Big Bash League, 28 Dec 2025, Sun, 1:45 PM IST ,Canberra
Probable PlayingXI
Melbourne Stars
JM Clarke, TK Curran, Campbell Kellaway, MP Stoinis(C), HWR Cartwright, GJ Maxwell, J Merlo, SB Harper, Mitchell Swepson, PM Siddle, Haris Rauf
Bench: Hamish McKenzie, Liam Hatcher, Tom Rogers, Austin Anlezark, SM Boland, A Sharma, Tom Whitney
Sydney Thunder
DR Sams, David Warner(C), S Konstas, SH Khan, N McAndrew, CT Bancroft, Sam Billings, M Gilkes, Chris Green, Tanveer Sangha, RJW Topley
Bench: WA Agar, R Hadley, TD Andrews, LH Ferguson, Oliver Davies, Blake Nikitaras, AP O’Connor, Nic Maddinson, Charlie Anderson
Pitch Report
Sam Harper STA | wk
Sam Harper is currently performing well. Moreover, he has scored 110 runs in the last game against the Sydney Sixers. His brilliant performance in the top order will definitely affect the team’s performance this season.- 6.5
Matthew Gilkes THU | wk
Matthew Gilkes is an excellent wicket-keeper batter who performed brilliantly in the recent past. Moreover, he also scored 76 runs in 48 balls in the previous game against the Brisbane Heat.
Liam Hatcher- STA | BOWL- 8.5
Jonathan Merlo- STA | ALL
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