Melbourne Renegades will be looking to build on the momentum gained from their victory against Perth Scorchers Scorchers their opening fixture when they take on Sydney Sixers in their second match of the season on Sunday. The Aaron Finch-led side was ruthless against the Scorchers. First, they bowled them out for a paltry total of 130 and then chased down the total with seven wickets and 21 deliveries to spare.
The Sixers, on the other hand, lost their opening fixture to Hobart Hurricanes. Although their top-order came up with a good performance, they lost the match due to some poor death overs bowling and batting. They will look to improve upon those aspects while going into this encounter.
Team News and Player Availability
Sean Abbott, Moises Henriques, Mitchell Starc, and Nathan Lyon will be unavailable for this match once again for the Sixers, as the duo continue to be on Test duty.
As far as things for the Renegades go, the likes of Mohammad Nabi, Imran Tahir, and Imad Wasim will be unavailable for this fixture once again.
Probable Playing XIs
Sydney Sixers
Josh Philippe (wk), Jack Edwards, James Vince, Daniel Hughes (c), Jordan Silk, Daniel Christian, Carlos Brathwaite, Ben Dwarshuis, Steve OKeefe, Ben Manenti, Gurinder Sandhu
Melbourne Renegades
Aaron Finch (c), Shaun Marsh, Sam Harper (wk), Rilee Rossouw, Beau Webster, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Benny Howell, Jack Prestwidge, Kane Richardson, Josh Lalor, Peter Hatzoglou
Key Players
Sydney Sixers
James Vince: The English batsman played an excellent knock of 67 while walking out to bat at No.3. He will be the Sixers’ most important batsman while going into this encounter again.
Daniel Christian: The all-rounder picked up three crucial wickets in the last match and contributed with 10 runs as well. His performance will be vital to the Sixers’ fortune in this match again.
Melbourne Renegades
Shaun Marsh: The Australian batsman anchored the Renegades’ chase in the last match with an excellent knock of 62. He will be looking to play a similar role in this match as well.
Josh Lalor: The left-arm seamer broke the back of the Scorchers with two top-order wickets in the last match. He ended up with excellent figures of 3/30 in his four overs.