The Sydney Thunder are set to face the Melbourne Renegades in the 33rd game of the Big Bash League (BBL) 2025-26 at the Sydney Showground Stadium in Sydney on Monday, January 12.
Preview
In the 33rd game of the BBL 2025-26, Sydney Thunder (THU) are set to face Melbourne Renegades (REN). Sydney Thunder didn’t perform well this season as they won just one out of the eight games and placed at the bottom of the points table. They also lost the last match against the Brisbane Heat by 7 wickets. However, David Warner batted well and scored 82 runs off 56 balls. While Daniel Sams, Chris Green, and Wes Agar took one wicket each in the bowling department.
On the other hand, Melbourne Renegades also didn’t perform well this season as they won three games out of seven. Moreover, they lost the previous game against the Melbourne Stars by 8 wickets. Josh Brown played a good innings and scored 80 runs. While Hassan Khan did well in the bowling and took a wicket as well.
Match Information
Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Renegades, Match 33
Probable PlayingXI
Sydney Thunder
DR Sams, David Warner(C), Nic Maddinson, DJ Willey, M Gilkes, CT Bancroft, Sam Billings, Chris Green, Tanveer Sangha, R Hadley, WA Agar
Bench: N McAndrew, S Konstas, SH Khan, TD Andrews, LH Ferguson, Oliver Davies, Blake Nikitaras, AP O’Connor, RJW Topley, Charlie Anderson, Pat Cummins
Melbourne Renegades
Tim Seifert, J Fraser-McGurk, JP Behrendorff, Josh Brown, CP Jewell, W Sutherland(C), Mohammad Rizwan, Hassan Khan, Gurinder Sandhu, Brendan Doggett, A Zampa
Bench: Callum Stow, Fergus ONeill, Nathan Lyon, O Peake, T Rogers, Harry Dixon, Matthew Spoors, AJ Tye, Sam Elliott
Injury News – (Will be added when there is an update)
Pitch Report
Captains
David Warner THU | bat – 9
David Warner is an exceptional batter who has performed brilliantly in recent times. Moreover, he scored 82 runs in 56 balls in the previous game against the Brisbane Heat.
Josh Brown REN | bat – 7.5
Josh Brown is currently in excellent form and has scored 312 runs in the last 10 games. Moreover, he also scored 80 runs in the last game. Fans will expect many excellent innings from him this season.
Top
Sam Billings THU | WK – 8.5
Sam Billings is an excellent wicket-keeper batter who performed brilliantly in the recent past. Moreover, he scored 34 runs in the last game against the Brisbane Heat.
Tim Seifert REN | WICKETKEEPER – 8
Seifert is an excellent top-order batter, capable of delivering match-winning performances with the bat. Moreover, he scored 240 runs in the last 10 games.
Budget
Daniel Sams THU | ALL-ROUNDER – 8.5
Daniel Sams is an excellent bowling all-rounder and is currently in excellent form. Moreover, he took 12 wickets in the previous 8 games. He will definitely be a key player for the Sydney Thunder.
Gurinder Sandhu REN | bowl – 7.5
Gurinder Sandhu is currently in excellent form. Moreover, he also took 14 wickets in the last 7 games. He will definitely be a key player for Melbourne Renegades.
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Hassan Khan – REN | BOWL – 8.5
Ryan Hadley – THU | BOWL – 8.5
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