Match Preview
Big Bash League 2025/26 Match Number 33, Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Renegades will be played on 12 January 2026 at ENGIE Stadium, Sydney. Players of both the teams will try their 100% to win this match. The recent form of both the teams is not good. If we talk about the last 5 matches of both the teams, Sydney Thunder has 5 losses in the last 5 matches while Melbourne Renegades has 2 wins and 3 losses in the last 5 matches. From this it is known that the recent form of both the teams is not good at all. After this if we talk about the points table then Sydney Thunder has played 8 matches so far out of which with 1 win and 7 losses, it is at the last 8th position in the points table with (NRR) -1.348 and (PTS) 2k. And on the other hand if we talk about the points table of Melbourne Renegades then Melbourne Renegades has played 7 matches so far out of which with 3 wins and 4 losses, it is at the 7th position in the points table with (NRR) -0.713 and (PTS) 6k. Looking at the points table, it is clear that both the teams are out of Big Bash League 2025/26 but still both the teams will try hard to win tomorrow’s match and tomorrow’s match Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Renegades is going to be very interesting for the fans.
Pitch Report
The pitch of ENGIE Stadium, Sydney is generally a balanced pitch. Fast bowlers can get help in the beginning with swing or seam movement. While batsmen have to play patiently in the initial overs, as the match progresses, the pitch of ENGIE Stadium becomes batting friendly, the ball comes on the bat easily, which helps batsmen to score runs easily. After this, power hitting becomes easy in the middle overs and death overs. After this, if we talk about spinners, then at ENGIE Stadium, spinners get help in the middle overs because the ball swings. Talking about the score at ENGIE Stadium, generally 150/160 runs are most on this pitch while 180+ is a strong total. If we talk about the toss, the team winning the toss chooses to bowl early because it is easy to chase on this pitch.
Weather Update
Match number 33 of Big Bash League will be played on 12 January 2026 at ENGIE Stadium. If we talk about yesterday’s weather, the weather conditions in Sydney are very bad, it rained the entire night. If we talk about the weather of tomorrow’s match, the conditions are very bad due to which we see tomorrow’s match being drawn.
Head to Head
There have been many matches between Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Renegades in the history of Big Bash. In which both the teams gave their 100% to win the matches. The matches between both the teams have been very close and interesting. Today we are going to talk about Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Renegades Head to Head. Till now 19 matches have been played between Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Renegades in BBL history. If we talk about the results of the matches, Melbourne Renegades have won 10 matches till now. After this Sydney Thunder has won 8 matches till now and there is no result in 1 match. So this shows that the matches have been very interesting. Players of both the teams have performed to win for their team. Based on the match results, it appears that the Melbourne Renegades have the upper hand. Consequently, tomorrow’s match will also be of great interest to fans.
Probably Playing XI
Sydney Thunder Playing xi
•1 David Warner ( Captain & Left-handed batsman )
•2 Sam Constas ( Right-handed batsman )
•3 Nic Maddinson ( Left-handed batsman )
•4 Cameron Bancroft ( Right-handed batsman )
•5 Sam Billings ( wicket-kipper & Right-handed batsman )
•6 Matthew Gilkes ( wicket-kipper & Left-handed batsman )
•7 Daniel Sams ( Right-handed batsman & left-arm fast medium bowler )
•8 David Willey ( Left-handed batsman & left-arm fast medium bowler )
•9 Tom Andrews ( left-arm off spin bowler )
•10 Charlie Anderson ( Right-arm medium bowler )
•11 Wes Agar ( Right-arm fast bowler )
Melbourne Renegades playing xi
•1 Josh Brown ( Right-handed batsman )
•2 Oliver Peake ( Left-handed batsman )
•3 Muhammad Rizwan ( wicket-kipper & Right-handed batsman )
•4 Jake Fraser-McGurk ( Right-handed batsman )
•5 Tim Seifert ( Wicket-kipper & Right-handed batsman )
•6 Hassan Khan ( Right-handed batsman & left-arm off spin bowler )
•7 Will Sutherland ( Captain & Right-handed batsman & Right-arm fast medium bowler )
•8 Tom Rogers ( Left-handed batsman & Right-arm fast medium bowler )
•9 Andrew Tye ( Right-arm medium fast bowler )
•10 Adam Zampa ( Right-arm leg spin bowler )
•11 Gurinder Sandhu ( Right-arm fast medium bowler )
Key Players to Watch
Sydney Thunder
• David Warner (Experienced T20 batsman and top run-scorer for Sydney Thunder)
• Daniel Sims (80 runs scored with bat and 11 wickets with bowling so far)
• Daniel Sims (Sydney Thunder’s highest wicket-taker with 11 wickets)
Melbourne Renegades
• Josh Brown (highest run-scorer for Melbourne Renegades with an outstanding performance of 270 runs)
• Will Sutherland (70+ runs and 6 wickets for Melbourne Renegades )
• Grander Sindh (highest wicket-taker with 14 wickets for Melbourne Rebels )
Match Prediction
Looking at their past performances, Melbourne Renegades will win this match.
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