The 38th match of Big Bash League 2022-23 is scheduled to play between Melbourne Stars and Adelaide Strikers on Thursday, 12th January 2022 at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne.

Trent Boult is the key bowler of Melbourne Stars and now he is leaving the side to join International League T20 in UAE. He had not been much impressive in this tournament and picked just eight wickets but he is a big name. Glenn Maxwell was out of the team from the beginning and this cost them a lot to the Stars. Joe Burns is the key batsman of this team who is facing (hamstring issues and we don’t think that he will be available for the next matches. Marcus Stoinis also played a main role for the strikers and he will also not be available for the remaining matches. In this case, Joe Clarke has a lot of responsibility to handle the batting order.

Joe Clarke had just been good in this tournament and scored 248 runs in the previous matches. Beau Webster and Hilton Cartwright are other batsmen who had been good in this tournament. Luke Wood had proven the best bowler of the Stars from this tournament till now and he picked up 15 wickets in the previous matches. Adam Zampa also had been good in this tournament and had picked eight wickets. Melbourne Stars lost their most recent match against Hobart Hurricanes by the margin of two wickets. The performance of their batting order was not good as they could manage to score just 131 runs in 20 overs. Cartwright was the most successful batsman with 57 runs to his account on 47 balls with the help of eight boundaries. Webster scored 27 runs. The bowlers of Melbourne Stars also failed to give the best performance and leaked the target of 132 runs in 17.4 overs. Liam Hatcher picked three wickets while Nathan Coulter-Nile had two wickets to his name.

Adelaide Strikers are also going to miss their key players for the next matches. Chris Lynn had been the most successful and highest run-scorer but he will not be available for the next matches. Remember that he had proven the highest run-scorer with 393 runs to his name in the previous matches. Matt Short also had performed well in the previous matches of this tournament and had scored 259 runs. Travis Head and Alex Carey had joined the team and we are hoping that both players will be part of the final playing eleven of this match. Henry Thornton, Wes Agar, and Harry Conway had performed well in the previous matches.

Adelaide Strikers won their most recent match against Melbourne Renegades with a margin of 20 runs where they lost the toss and were asked to bat first. The way how their batting order performed in that match was just outstanding. They scored 202 runs in 20 overs. Chris Lynn was the most successful and highest run-scorer from their side with 69 runs to his name on 37 balls with the help of five boundaries and three huge sixes. Matthew Short scored 38 runs while Adam Hose had 33 runs to his account. The bowling unit of Adelaide Strikers did not perform well but they defended the target of 203 runs and leaked 182 runs in 20 overs. Matthew Short, Wes Agar, and Ben Manenti picked two wickets each while Harry Conway and Cameron Boyce were the bowlers who failed to pick any wicket.

Total Matches: 16

• Melbourne Stars Won: 8
• Adelaide Strikers Won: 8

Adelaide Strikers are overall a strong team as compared to the Melbourne Stars at least on paper. According to match prediction, Adelaide Strikers are the favorite team who will win this match. Many factors make Adelaide Strikers a favorite team to win this match. Some of the key factors are mentioned as under:

• Adelaide Strikers had performed well in this tournament than the Stars
• Adelaide Strikers has a strong batting order which is in good form
• Melbourne Stars had won just two out of nine matches played
• Adelaide Strikers have some match-winners in their squad
• The bowling unit of Adelaide Strikers is performing well

Adelaide Strikers is full of experienced and young players in the t20 format. The batting order of this team is also strong and some well-known hitters of the t20 format are part of the squad of this team, so the winning chances of today’s match for Adelaide Strikers have been increased. The equation of who will win today’s cricket match prediction and who will win the cricket match today is mentioned as under.

Adelaide Strikers have a 60% chance to win this match
Melbourne Stars has a 40% chance to win this match

The toss will play an important role in the decision of all matches of the Big Bash League. Having a good total on the board is always a big advantage in these kinds of big matches. According to toss prediction, the team who will win the toss may choose to bat first.

The 38th match of Big Bash League 2022-23 is going to be held at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne. We had observed in the previous matches played here that the pitch here at this venue is good for batting. The track is slower than the others we have seen and helps the spinners quite a bit. We are hoping that the surface is bound to get slower and be a bit more difficult for batting in this match. A score of 185 is going to be tough to chase.

The weather forecast in Melbourne is predicting some clouds around on match day but the weather forecast does not predict rain. We should be able to have a full uninterrupted match.

Captain: Chris Lynn
Vice-Captain: JM Clarke
Adam Hose, Hilton Cartwright, T Fraser Rogers, Matthew Short, Colin de Grandhome, Adam Zampa Hendry Thirtion, Wes Agar, Luke Wood

• Date: Thursday, 12th January 2023
• Time: 08:15 AM GMT / 07:15 PM LOCAL / 01:45 PM IST

• Stadium: Melbourne Cricket Ground
• Location: Melbourne, Australia
• Opened: 1854
• Capacity: 100000 (approx, including standing room)
• Known as: The MCG, The “G”
• Dimensions: 172.9m long, 147.8m wide
• Ends: Members End, Great Southern Stand End
• Time Zone: UTC +11:00
• Home to: Australia, Victoria
• Floodlights: Yes
• Curator: Tony Ware

• Total matches: 22
• Matches won batting first: 9
• Matches won bowling first: 12
• Average 1st Inns scores: 143
• Average 2nd Inns scores: 128
• Highest total recorded: 186/5 (20 Ov) by IND vs ZIM
• Lowest total recorded: 74/10 (17.3 Ov) by IND vs AUS
• The highest score chased: 172/5 (20 Ov) by SL vs AUS
• The lowest score defended: 127/10 (18.4 Ov) by AUS vs PAK

Campbell Kellaway, Brody Couch, Tom O Connell, Joe Clarke (wk), Thomas Rogers, Hilton Cartwright, Beau Webster, Nick Larkin, James Seymour, Clint Hinchliffe, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Luke Wood, Liam Hatcher, Adam Zampa (c).