Match Preview
Big Bash League 2025/26 Match Number 34, between Melbourne Stars vs Adelaide Strikers will be played on 13 January 2026 at MCG, Melbourne Cricket Ground. This match is an important match of Big Bash League 2025/26 in which players of both the teams will be seen giving their 100% in this match. At this stage of the tournament, every win is very important for the points table and both the teams will want to strengthen their position in the race for playoffs. Melbourne Stars can get a lot of help due to the conditions on their home ground and their crowd. On the other hand, Adelaide Strikers will also be ready to defeat Melbourne Stars. Now we are talking about the last match between both the teams. The last match between Melbourne Stars vs Adelaide Strikers was played on 23 December 2025. Talking about the result of the match, Melbourne Stars won the match by 6 wickets.
Now talking about the points table of both the teams, till now Melbourne Stars has played 8 matches in Big Bash League 2025/26, out of which it has won 5 and lost 3 and is at 3rd position on the points table with (NRR) +0.909 and (PTS) 10. After this, if we look at the points table of Adelaide Strikers, till now Adelaide Strikers have played 8 matches out of which they have won 3 and lost 5 and are at 6th position on the points table with (NRR) -0.420 and (PTS) 6. Looking at the points table, it is clear that Melbourne Stars are going well in this tournament but Adelaide Strikers are still in trouble, if Adelaide Strikers have to play the playoffs then it is very important to win this match. Tomorrow’s match between Melbourne Stars vs Adelaide Strikers is going to be very interesting for the fans.
Pitch Report
The pitch of Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) is generally a fast and bouncy pitch where fast bowlers get bounce and pace in the initial overs which can make it difficult for the batsmen especially when the new ball is being used. Then as the match progresses the pitch becomes batting-friendly which makes it easier for the batsman to hit shots. Due to the long boundaries in Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) it will be very important for the batsmen to get proper timing. After this, if we talk about spinners, then spinners do not get any special help in Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), but spinners can also take advantage of bounce and long boundaries and can create pressure in the middle overs. If we talk about T20 scores in Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), then generally the score is 160-170 while 190+ is the match-winning score. Now if we talk about toss, then the team that wins the toss chooses to bat first at Melbourne Cricket Ground. Now it is understood that Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) proves to be more helpful for fast bowlers.
Head to Head
In the history of Big Bash League, many matches have been played between Melbourne Stars vs Adelaide Strikers. In which both the teams have shown performance to win the matches. Today we are going to talk about the Head to Head of Melbourne Stars vs Adelaide Strikers. If we look at the result of the last match between Melbourne Stars vs Adelaide Strikers, then Melbourne Stars won the last match by 6 wickets where Matt Short scored a fifty and Haris Rauf took 3 wickets for Melbourne Stars. Till now in BBL history both the teams have played 20 matches against each other in which Melbourne Stars have won 11 matches after this Adelaide Strikers have won 9 matches. Looking at the head to head record it is known that the matches have been very close. Looking at the head to head record it is known that Melbourne Stars have achieved more success. Overall, this match of Big Bash League will be very interesting for the fans where both the teams will try their best to win this match.
Probably Playing XI
Melbourne Stars Playing xi
•1 Hilton Cartwright ( Right-handed batsman )
•2 Joe Clarke ( wicket-kipper & Right-handed batsman )
•3 Sam Harpar ( wicket-kipper & Right-handed batsman )
•4 Compbell Kellaway ( Left-handed batsman )
•5 Glenn Maxwell ( Right-handed batsman & Right-arm off spin bowler )
•6 Marcus Stoinis ( Captain & Right-handed batsman & Right-arm medium bowler )
•7 Tom Curran ( Right-handed batsman & Right-arm fast medium bowler )
•8 Aryan Sharma ( Right-handed batsman & Left-arm off spin bowler )
•9 Laim Hatcher ( Right-arm fast medium bowler )
•10 Haris Rauf ( Right-arm fast bowler )
•11 Peter Siddle ( Right-arm fast medium bowler )
Adelaide Strikers Playing xi
•1 Laim Scoot ( Right-handed batsman )
•2 Matt Short ( Captain & Right-handed batsman )
•3 Mackenzie Harvey ( Wicket-kipper & Left-handed batsman )
•4 Chris Lynn ( Right-handed batsman )
•5 Thomas Kelly ( Right-handed batsman )
•6 Harry Manenti ( Right-handed batsman & Right-arm medium fast bowler )
•7 Jamie Overton ( Right-handed batsman & Right-arm fast bowler )
•8 LIoyd Pope ( Right-arm leg spin bowler )
•9 Hassan Ali ( Right-arm medium fast bowler )
•10 Tabraiz Shamsi ( Left-arm leg spin bowler )
•11 Henry Thornton ( Right-arm fast bowler )
Key Players to Watch
Melbourne Stars Key Players
Sam Harpar (Australia’s domestic cricket player Sam Harpar is the leading run-scorer for the Adelaide Strikers in the Big Bash League 2025/26. Sam Harpar has played 8 matches in BBL 15 so far, in which he has scored 365 runs and scored 1 century, making him the leading run-scorer for the Adelaide Strikers)
• Glenn Maxwell (Glenn Maxwell is a star player from Australia. Maxwell is quite famous in the world of cricket. Maxwell has played 8 matches for Adelaide Strikers so far, taking 11 wickets in them while not doing anything special with the bat so far)
• Haris Rauf ( Haris Rauf is a star bowler from Pakistan. Haris Rauf is famous in the world of cricket for his speed and experienced bowling. In BBL 15, Haris Rauf is the leading wicket-taker of Melbourne Stars with 15 wickets and is also the leading wicket-taker in the Big Bash League till now)
Adelaide Strikers Key Players
• Laim Scoot ( Laim Scoot is an Australian player. Laim Scoot has scored 274 runs so far playing for the Adelaide Strikers and is the leading run-scorer for the Adelaide Strikers )
• Jamie Overton (Jamie Overton, who hails from England, has played 4 matches for Adelaide Strikers in BBL 15 so far, taking 6 wickets and scoring 51 runs with the bat)
• LIoyd Pope ( Lloyd Pope is an Australian bowler. Lloyd Pope has taken 13 wickets playing for the Adelaide Strikers and is their leading wicket-taker )
Match Prediction
Melbourne Stars will win tomorrow’s match.
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