
The Melbourne Stars are set to face the Adelaide Strikers in the 34th match of the Big Bash League (BBL) 2025-26 at Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on Tuesday, January 13.
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Get the match STA vs STR Fantasy 11 Prediction, Match 34, Big Bash League Fantasy Cricket Tips, Playing XI, Pitch Report & Injury Updates. In the 34th game of the BBL 2025-26, Melbourne Stars (STA) are set to face Adelaide Strikers (STR). Melbourne Stars won five of the eight games, giving them an outstanding start to the season, and they are now in 3rd place in the points table. In that game, Sam Harper and Thomas Rogers performed brilliantly and scored 84 and 53 runs, respectively. While Haris Marcus Stoinis took three wickets in bowling.
On the other hand, the Adelaide Strikers have not performed well so far this season, winning just three games out of eight. In the last game, they lost by 32 runs against the Perth Scorchers. However, in the last games, Alex Carey scored 71 runs, and Matthew Short also scored fifty. While Lloyd Pope did well in the bowling, taking two wickets.
Match Information- STA vs STR Fantasy 11 Prediction
Melbourne Stars vs Adelaide Strikers, Match 34
Big Bash League, 13 Jan 2026, Tue, 1:45 PM IST ,Melbourne
Probable PlayingXI
Melbourne Stars
TK Curran, Tom Rogers, Campbell Kellaway, MP Stoinis(C), HWR Cartwright, Blake Macdonald, GJ Maxwell, SB Harper, PM Siddle, Haris Rauf, Mitchell Swepson
Bench: JM Clarke, Hamish McKenzie, Liam Hatcher, Austin Anlezark, SM Boland, J Merlo, A Sharma, Tom Whitney, SR Hain
Adelaide Strikers
MW Short(C), L Wood, CA Lynn, MW Harvey, H Manenti, Liam Scott, J Overton, AT Carey, Hasan Ali, CJ Boyce, L Pope
Bench: Thomas Kelly, HJ Nielsen, TM Head, Jason Sangha, AI Ross, Henry Thornton, Jordan Buckingham, J Wadia, Tom Straker, T Shamsi
Pitch Report
Sam Harper- STA | wk
Sam Harper is currently performing well. Moreover, he has scored 84 runs in the last game against the Renegades. His brilliant performance in the top order will definitely boost the team’s performance.
Matthew Short performed brilliantly in the recent past for the Strikers. Moreover, he scored 52 runs in the last game against Perth. He has the ability to perform well with the bat and ball.
Avoid Player Message- 8
Mackenzie Harvey- STR | BAT- 7.5
Hilton Cartwright- STA | BAT
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