Sydney Thunder (THU) will take on Brisbane Heat (HEA) in the sixth match of the BBL 2023-24 on Tuesday (December 12) at the Manuka Oval in Canberra. Heat have won one out of two matches so far, while the other game was abandoned due to rain. Thunder will play their first game of the season.
Thunder won seven out of 14 games last season and finished in fourth place in the points tally. They lost the eliminator game against the Heat by eight runs on the DLS method. Chris Green has retained his place as the captain of the side. Cameron Bancroft, Liam Hatcher, and Zaman Khan have been signed for this season. David Warner will be available for selection after the Test series against Pakistan is over.
THU vs HEA: Probable Playing XI
Sydney Thunder: Cameron Bancroft, Alex Hales, Matt Gilkes, Jason Sangha, Ollie Davies, Alex Ross, Daniel Sams, Tanveer Sangha, Chris Green, Nathan McAndrew, Zaman Khan.
Brisbane Heat: Colin Munro, Jimmy Peirson, Josh Brown, Nathan McSweeney, Sam Billings (WK), Max Bryant, Jack Wildermuth, Michael Neser, Matthew Kuhnemann, Mitchell Swepson, Spencer Johnson
THU vs HEA Dream11 Team:
Captain First-Choice: Matt Gilkes
Vice-captain First-Choice: Colin Munro
Wicket-keepers: C Bancroft, Sam Billings, Matt Gilkes
Batters: Alex Hales, Colin Munro, Max Bryant
All-rounders: M Neser, D Sams, Matt Renshaw
Bowlers: G Sandhu, S Johnson
THU vs HEA: Full Squads
Sydney Thunder: Jason Sangha (c), Cameron Bancroft, Ollie Davies, Matt Gilkes, Chris Green, Alex Hales, Liam Hatcher, Nathan McAndrew, Blake Nikitaras, Alex Ross, Daniel Sams, Gurinder Sandhu, Tanveer Sangha, David Warner, Zaman Khan.
Brisbane Heat: Xavier Bartlett, Sam Billings, Josh Brown, Max Bryant, Spencer Johnson, Usman Khawaja, Matthew Kuhnemann, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan McSweeney, Colin Munro, Michael Neser, Jimmy Peirson, Will Prestwidge, Matthew Renshaw, Mitchell Swepson, Jack Wildermuth, Paul Walter, Jack Wood.
