REN vs THU Dream11 Prediction, Fantasy Cricket Tips, Playing XI, Pitch Report & Injury Updates for Today Match 7

Sydney Thunder's campaign went downhill in the previous game against Adelaide Strikers as they made the lowest score in T20 cricket.

By CricTracker Staff

Updated - 10 Jun 2025, 08:00 IST

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Preview

Melbourne Renegades (REN) will face Sydney Thunder (THU) in the seventh game of the Big Bash League 2022 on Sunday (December 18) at the Docklands Stadium in Melbourne. Renegades won their first game against Brisbane Heat by 22 runs. They made 166 runs for the loss of seven wickets, with captain Nic Maddinson being the highest-scorer. Akeal Hosein shined with the ball for Renegades and picked three wickets for 15 runs in four overs.

Sydney Thunder had a decent start to their campaign against Melbourne Stars and won the game by one wicket. Gurinder Sandhu won the Player of the Match award as he picked two wickets and made 20 runs off 16 deliveries. Their campaign went downhill in the previous game against Adelaide Strikers. Thunder were bowled out for 15 runs and lost the match by 124 runs. This is now the lowest score in T20 cricket.

Match Information

Melbourne Renegades vs Sydney Thunder, 7th Match

Big Bash League, 18 Dec 2022, Sun, 1:45 PM IST ,Docklands Stadium, Melbourne

Weather Report

Docklands Stadium, Melbourne

Clouds

10.8°C

74% (Humidity)

Team Form (Last 5 matches)

Melbourne Renegades

W
L
L
L
L

Sydney Thunder

L
W
L
W
L

Players Stats in current Series

1

Aaron Finch

REN - bat

428 Runs

15 Matches

2

Oliver Davies

THU - bat

333 Runs

15 Matches

3

Matthew Gilkes

THU - wk

282 Runs

15 Matches

4

Sam Harper

REN - wk

264 Runs

12 Matches

5

Alex Ross

THU - bat

256 Runs

15 Matches

6

Alex Hales

THU - bat

245 Runs

9 Matches

1

Kane Richardson

REN - bowl

200.00

12 Matches

2

Jack Prestwidge

REN - bowl

200.00

1 Match

3

150.00

15 Matches

4

Alex Hales

THU - bat

141.62

9 Matches

5

Sam Harper

REN - wk

141.18

12 Matches

6

Mackenzie Harvey

REN - bat

137.14

3 Matches

1

Tom Rogers

REN - bowl

23 Wkts

15 Matches

2

Daniel Sams

THU - all

18 Wkts

14 Matches

3

Chris Green

THU - bowl

14 Wkts

15 Matches

4

Akeal Hosein

REN - bowl

13 Wkts

9 Matches

5

13 Wkts

11 Matches

6

Kane Richardson

REN - bowl

12 Wkts

12 Matches

1

5.81

4 Matches

2

Chris Green

THU - bowl

6.16

15 Matches

3

Akeal Hosein

REN - bowl

6.46

9 Matches

4

6.64

9 Matches

5

Fawad Ahmed

REN - bowl

7.06

4 Matches

6

Kane Richardson

REN - bowl

7.10

12 Matches

Probable Playing XI

Melbourne Renegades

AJ Finch, J Fraser-McGurk, SB Harper (wk), AJ Hosein, Nic Maddinson (C), Mujeeb Ur Rahman, KW Richardson, T Rogers, JW Wells, AD Russell, W Sutherland

Bench : Z Evans, MW Harvey, LS Livingstone, SE Marsh, PSP Handscomb, MJ Guptill, MS Harris, Ruwantha Kellapotha, Jack Prestwidge, C Rocchiccioli, DJM Moody

Sydney Thunder

Oliver Davies, Brendan Doggett, M Gilkes (wk), Chris Green, AD Hales, AI Ross, RR Rossouw, DR Sams, Jason Sangha (C), Fazalhaq Farooqi, Gurinder Sandhu

Bench : BJ Holt, N McAndrew, Tanveer Sangha, David Warner, DJ Willey, SM Whiteman, Ben Cutting, Usman Qadir, Blake Nikitaras, Toby Gray

Injury and availability news

Will be added when there is an update

Pitch Report

The pitch is expected to provide exceptional support to the batters in this game, and this will be a high-scoring match. In the last five T20 matches, the average first innings score is 164 runs. The team winning the toss might look to bat.

164

Average Score

Player Picks

8.5
C

Daniel Sams THU | ALL

He has picked four wickets in two matches at an average of 11, an economy of 5.5, and a strike rate of 12. He has picked over 85 wickets in BBL and is likely to play a crucial role with the ball in the tournament going forward.

9
C

Akeal Hosein REN | BOWL

He made his BBL debut in the previous game and was the most successful bowler for the Renegades. He picked up three wickets for 15 runs in four overs.

9
C

Nic Maddinson REN | BAT

The captain of Renegades won the Player of the Match award in the previous game. He made 87 runs off 49 deliveries and guided the team to a total of 166 runs.

10

Andre Russell REN | ALL

He played a key role for the Renegades with both bat and ball in the opening game. He made 35 runs off 28 deliveries and hit three sixes. He picked up one wicket for 26 runs in three overs.

8

Gurinder Sandhu THU | BOWL

He won the Player of the Match award in the first game for Thunder. He made 20 runs off 16 deliveries and picked two wickets for 23 runs.

9

Alex Hales THU | BAT

In his last five outings, Alex Hales has failed to make more than 20 runs in any game. However, he is still one of the best picks for this game, and you can take a bet on him.

7.5

Fazalhaq Farooqi THU | BOWL

He is the leading wicket-taker for Thunder this season. He has taken five wickets in two matches at an average of eight, an economy of five, and a strike rate of 9.6.

8.5

Brendan Doggett THU | BOWL

The 28-year-old bowler has picked a total of three wickets in two matches at an average of 17, an economy of 8.5, and a strike rate of 12.

7.5

Jason Sangha THU | BAT

He is still to deliver an exceptional performance this season and is one of the best picks for this game. He has made over 600 runs in 26 matches in BBL at an average of 34.05 and a strike rate of 122.3.

Avoid Having These Players In Your Fantasy Sports Team

8.5

Oliver Davies

THU | BAT

He has made 12 runs in two matches so far and can be avoided for this game.

8.5

Will Sutherland

REN | ALL

The 23-year-old all-rounder has played 30 T20 matches and has made over 100 runs, and has picked 13 wickets. You can bank on some other in-form all-rounder and avoid picking him.

Last Updated On - Jun 10 2025 8:00 AM

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