STA vs HUR Dream11 Prediction, Fantasy Cricket Tips, Playing XI, Pitch Report & Injury Updates for Today Match 4

Melbourne Stars lost their opening clash against Sydney Thunder by one wicket on the last ball.

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Updated - 06 May 2024, 11:45 IST

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Preview

Melbourne Stars will be facing Hobart Hurricanes in the fourth match of the Big Bash League 2022-23 (BBL) at Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday. Melbourne Stars started this season with a narrow one-wicket defeat against Sydney Thunder in their opening match. They were restricted on just 122/8 with Nick Larkin scoring the highest 25 runs. Then Nathan Coulter-Nile took three wickets to drag the game to the last ball but the Thunder survived with a one-wicket win.

Hobart Hurricanes finished the last season in the fifth position with only seven wins from 14 group-stage matches. Ben McDermott finished the last edition of the tournament as a leading run-scorer with 577 runs from 13 innings while Riley Meredith took 16 wickets from 11 innings. Melbourne Stars have won three of their last five BBL clashes against Hobart Hurricanes and are favorites to win this match.

Match Information

Melbourne Stars vs Hobart Hurricanes, 4th Match

Big Bash League, 16 Dec 2022, Fri, 11:35 AM IST ,Melbourne Cricket Ground

Weather Report

Melbourne Cricket Ground

Clear

11.8Ā°C

86% (Humidity)

Team Form (Last 5 matches)

Melbourne Stars

L
W
W
L
W

Hobart Hurricanes

L
L
W
W
L

Players Stats in current Series

1

Joe Clarke

STA - wk

381 Runs

14Ā Matches

2

Tim David

HUR - bat

354 Runs

14Ā Matches

3

Tom Rogers

STA - bat

324 Runs

14Ā Matches

321 Runs

14Ā Matches

5

Matthew Wade

HUR - wk

307 Runs

12Ā Matches

6

Caleb Jewell

HUR - bat

289 Runs

11Ā Matches

1

James Seymour

STA - bat

168.00

5Ā Matches

2

Tim David

HUR - bat

160.91

14Ā Matches

3

154.47

9Ā Matches

4

Caleb Jewell

HUR - bat

144.50

11Ā Matches

5

James Neesham

HUR - all

144.19

5Ā Matches

6

Riley Meredith

HUR - bowl

140.00

14Ā Matches

1

Riley Meredith

HUR - bowl

21 Wkts

14Ā Matches

2

Luke Wood

STA - bowl

20 Wkts

14Ā Matches

3

Paddy Dooley

HUR - bowl

19 Wkts

10Ā Matches

4

Nathan Ellis

HUR - bowl

18 Wkts

14Ā Matches

16 Wkts

11Ā Matches

6

Adam Zampa

STA - bowl

16 Wkts

14Ā Matches

1

Beau Webster

STA - all

6.51

14Ā Matches

2

Paddy Dooley

HUR - bowl

6.54

10Ā Matches

3

Clint Hinchliffe

STA - bowl

6.55

4Ā Matches

6.79

11Ā Matches

5

Adam Zampa

STA - bowl

7.14

14Ā Matches

6

Shadab Khan

HUR - all

7.58

5Ā Matches

Probable Playing XI

Melbourne Stars

Trent Boult, HWR Cartwright, JM Clarke (wk), NM Coulter-Nile, Nick Larkin, BJ Webster, L Wood, A Zampa (C), T O'Connell, Tom Rogers, James Seymour

Bench : Joe Burns, Brody Couch, Liam Hatcher, CD Hinchliffe, GJ Maxwell, MP Stoinis, Campbell Kellaway, Sam Elliott, Cameron McClure, Pavel Florin

Hobart Hurricanes

Asif Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, CP Jewell, SH Khan, BR McDermott (wk), Riley Meredith, DJM Short, MS Wade (C), James Neesham

Bench : Mitchell Owen, JS Paris, Wil Parker, Billy Stanlake, Zak Crawley, M Wright, CP Tremain, Iain Carlisle, Paddy Dooley

Injury and availability news

Marcus Stoinis is a doubt and Joe Burns is out of this tournament with a hamstring injury.

Pitch Report

The pitch at Melbourne Cricket Ground has a batting-friendly surface for the shortest format of the game. The average first innings score here is around 180 runs and teams batting second have won more games in the past BBL seasons.

179

Average Score

Player Picks

9
C

Ben McDermott HUR | WK

The star wicketkeeper batter was the leading run-scorer with 577 from 13 innings at an average of 48.08 and a strike rate of 153.86 with the help of two hundreds and three fifties.

8
C

Joe Clarke STA | WK

Melbourne Stars' wicketkeeper scored 11 runs off 11 balls against Sydney Thunder in the last match. He scored 419 runs from just 13 innings at an average of 32.23 and at an impressive strike rate of 151.26 last season.

9
C

D'Arcy Short HUR | ALL

The experienced batting all-rounder took only five wickets but scored 444 runs from 15 innings at an average of 37.00 and a strike rate of 113.26 with the help of two fifties last season.

8.5

Riley Meredith HUR | BOWL

The star Australian pacer was in excellent form for the Hurricanes last season with 16 wickets from just 11 innings at an economy rate of 7.94.

8

Shadab Khan HUR | ALL

The in-form Pakistani all-rounder enjoyed a good T20 World Cup 2022 with 98 runs and 11 wickets from seven innings, including 52 runs off 22 balls knock with two wickets against South Africa.

9

Trent Boult STA | BOWL

The star New Zealand pacer took two big wickets while conceding just 21 runs against Sydney Thunder in the first match. He has taken eight wickets from his last five T20 innings and will be a key bowler for the Stars in this fixture.

8.5

Nathan Coulter-Nile STA | BOWL

The veteran Australian all-rounder scored 15 runs off 11 balls and then took three wickets while conceding 19 runs against Sydney Thunder in the last match.

7.5

Tim David HUR | BAT

The Australian big hitter enjoyed a good tournament with Delhi Bulls in the Abu Dhabi T10 League 2022. He scored 159 runs from his last five T10 innings and costs only 7.5 credits on the Dream11 Team.

7.5

Nathan Ellis HUR | BOWL

The 28-year-old right-arm pacer took 11 wickets from just eight innings in BBL 2021-22 and has been in good form lately with eight wickets from his last four white-ball innings.

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8.5

Asif Ali

HUR | BAT

The experienced Pakistani batter has struggled for the big knocks in recent games and has lost his regular place in Pakistan's T20I squad. He has scored only 19 runs from his last five overall matches and should be avoided for this fixture.

7.5

Matthew Wade

HUR | WK

The 34-year-old Australian wicketkeeper batter scored 325 runs for Hobart Hurricanes last season but has managed to score only 15 runs from his last six T20 innings.

Last Updated On - May 6 2024 11:45 AM

Players
11/11

Team 1

STA

6 : 5

HUR

Credits Left
9.5/100

Head To Head
Ben McDermott

9

Joe Clarke
C

8

Tim David

7.5

Joe Burns

8

Hilton Cartwright

7.5

Shadab Khan

8

D'Arcy Short

9

Beau Webster

7.5

Riley Meredith

8.5

Trent Boult
VC

9

Nathan Coulter-Nile

8.5

Players
11/11

Team 1

STA

5 : 6

HUR

Credits Left
10.5/100

Grand League
Ben McDermott
C

9

Tim David

7.5

Caleb Jewell

6.5

Hilton Cartwright

7.5

Shadab Khan

8

D'Arcy Short
VC

9

Marcus Stoinis

9

Beau Webster

7.5

Nathan Ellis

7.5

Trent Boult

9

Adam Zampa

9

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