The 1st match of Big Bash League 2022-23 is scheduled to play between Sydney Thunder and Melbourne Stars on Tuesday, 13th December 2022 at Manuka Oval, Canberra.

Usman Khawaja was leading Sydney Thunder in the previous season of Big Bash League but now they had appointed Chris Green as their new leader. They had also added some best batsmen in their squad for this tournament. Alex Hales had been just outstanding in T20 World Cup and he will open the batting inning for Thunders. We think David Warner will be his second opening partner. David Warner is an experienced batsman and can be dangerous in power play overs. Alex Ross, Rilee Rossouw, and Jason Sangha are the other main batsmen of the Thunders. Oliver Davies is a batting all-rounder while Matthew Gilkes and Baxter Holt are wicketkeepers in the squad of Sydney Thunders.

Sydney Thunder had picked some best bowlers of T20 cricket for this tournament. The skipper, Chris Green will be leading the bowling unit with Brendan Doggett and Nathan McAndrew. Chris Green is an off-spinner and a middle-order-batter. He can be dangerous on the pitches in Australia in batting and bowling. They had picked Usman Qadir, who is the son of legendary Pakistan leg spinner Abdul Qadir and is a wrist spinner. He can also create a lot of problems for the batsmen of other teams. He had played 23 T20 matches for Pakistan and had picked 29 wickets with an average of 19.07. Fazalhaq Farooqi is also part of the squad of this team. He is an Afghan national and had played 17 T20 International matches for Afghanistan. He had picked 21 wickets and his average is 20.50. He also has a decent economy rate of just 6.77. Tanveer Sangha is also available for Thunders.

Melbourne Stars were good in the previous edition of BBL T20 and we are also expecting the same kind of performance from this team in this tournament. Glenn Maxwell was leading the Stars in the previous edition of the Big Bash League and he also is leading in this season of BBL. They had added some extra strength to their batting squad. Clint Hinchliffe, Brody Couch, Joe Burns, Nick Larkin, and Beau Webster are leading batsmen of the Stars. Joe Clarke is the only wicket-keeper in the squad of the Stars while Hilton Cartwright, Marcus Stoinis, and Campbell Kellaway are batting all-rounders in the squad of the Stars.

Melbourne Stars had picked some best bowlers of the T20 format of cricket. Trent Boult and Adam Zampa will lead the bowling unit of the Stars with Nathan Coulter-Nile. He had played 27 matches with 34 wickets to his name with an average of 23.59. Adam Zampa had played 72 T20 International matches and had picked 82 wickets with an economy of just 6.93. Trent Boult is also an experienced bowler from New Zealand. He had played 55 T20I matches and had picked 74 wickets with an average of 22.26. He also played 78 matches in IPL and picked 92 wickets. His average in IPL is 26.9. Liam Hatcher is the other bowler who is in the squad the Stars.

Total Matches: 17

• Sydney Thunder Won: 07
• Melbourne Stars Won: 10

Sydney Thunder is overall a strong team as compared to the Melbourne Stars at least on paper. According to our match prediction, Sydney Thunder is the favorite team who will win this match. There are many factors that make Sydney Thunder a favorite team to win this match. Some of the key factors are mentioned as under:

• Sydney Thunder is overall a strong team than Melbourne Stars
• The batting order of Melbourne Stars is not much stronger
• The batting order of Sydney Thunder is very strong
• Both teams have a strong bowling unit on the side at least on papers
• Glenn Maxwell and Trent Boult can play the main role for are in good form for Melbourne Stars

Melbourne Stars 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 Melbourne Stars 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.

Melbourne Stars have a 56% chance to win this match
Sydney Thunder has a 44% 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 our toss prediction, the team who will win the toss may choose to bat first.

The 1st match of Big Bash League 2022-23 is going to be held at Manuka Oval, Canberra. 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 Canberra 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.

It will be updated shortly

Date: Tuesday, 13th December 2022
Time: 08:15 AM GMT / 07:15 PM LOCAL / 01:45 PM IST

• Stadium: Manuka Oval
• Location: Canberra, Australia
• Opened: 1929
• Capacity: 13,550
• Known as: Manuka Oval. Previously known as Manuka Circle Park
• Dimensions: 179m long, 150m wide
• Ends: Pool End, Mall End
• Time Zone: UTC +11:00
• Home to: Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Pri
• Other Sports: it is home to Australian Rules Football
• Floodlights: Yes
• Curator: Brad Van Dam

• Total matches: 17
• Matches won batting first: 8
• Matches won bowling first: 6
• Average 1st Inns scores: 147
• Average 2nd Inns scores: 119
• Highest total recorded: 195/3 (20 Ov) by RSAW vs THAIW
• The lowest total recorded: 82/10 (19.1 Ov) by THAIW vs RSAW
• The highest score chased: 151/3 (18.3 Ov) by AUS vs PAK
• The lowest score defended: 144/10 (19.5 Ov) by ENGW vs AUSW

Trent Boult, Joe Burns, Hilton Cartwright, Joe Clarke, Brody Couch, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Liam Hatcher, Clint Hinchliffe, Nick Larkin, Glenn Maxwell (c), Marcus Stoinis, Beau Webster, Luke Wood, Adam Zampa, Campbell Kellaway.