Big Bash League 2021, The 50th match will be played between Melbourne Stars & Perth Scorchers (STA vs SCO) at Melbourne Cricket Ground
Melbourne Stars opening batsman Andre Fletcher has been ruled out of what would have been his final game in green for the season with a quadriceps strain.
Fletcher will remain with the squad on the bench for Saturday night’s encounter before leaving Australia on Sunday.
The Stars play their final two regular season matches at the MCG against the Scorchers (23 January) and Sydney Sixers (26 January) in what is a tight race to the finals series.
Pitch Report:
This match will take place at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne. Expecting it to be a neutral pitch.
T20 Stats: –
| Total matches | 46 |
| Matches won batting first | 19 |
| Matches won bowling first | 26 |
| Highest Score | Melbourne Stars 219/1 |
| Lowest Score: | Adelaide Strikers 68/10 |
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Match Details:
Match: Melbourne Stars vs Perth Scorchers (STA vs SCO), Match 50th
Date: 23rd January 2021, At 1:45 PM IST
Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
STA vs SCO – Probable Playing XIs
Melbourne Stars: Marcus Stoinis, Hilton Cartwright , Nick Larkin, Glenn Maxwell (c), Nic Maddinson, Seb Gotch (wk), Nathan Coulter-Nile, Adam Zampa, Liam Hatcher, Zahir Khan, Sam Rainbird
Perth Scorchers: Jason Roy, Liam Livingstone, Colin Munro, Josh Inglis (wk), Mitchell Marsh, Ashton Turner (c), Aaron Hardie, Jhye Richardson, Andrew Tye, Jason Behrendorff, Fawad Ahmed
Squads:
Melbourne Stars: Glenn Maxwell (c), Hilton Cartwright, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Seb Gotch, Liam Hatcher, Clint Hinchliffe, Zahir Khan, Nick Larkin, Nic Maddinson, Ed Newman, Tom O’Connell, Sam Rainbird, James Seymour, Billy Stanlake, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa
Perth Scorchers: Jason Roy, Liam Livingstone, Colin Munro, Josh Inglis (wk), Mitchell Marsh, Ashton Turner (c), Aaron Hardie, Jhye Richardson, Andrew Tye, Jason Behrendorff, Fawad Ahmed, Cameron Bancroft, Matthew Kelly, Joel Paris, Kurtis Patterson, Corey Rocchiccioli
C & VC Options:
Safe option: G Maxwell, M Stoinis, C Munro
Risky option: M Marsh, L Livingston, J Richardson, J Inglis
