It’s a must-win clash for the Adelaide Strikers on Tuesday night at the MCG, with their finals hopes on the line as they travel to take on a potent Melbourne Stars outfit.
Sitting in sixth a game and net run rate outside the top four, the Strikers need to win both remaining games — starting against the third-placed Stars in enemy territory.
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After a red-hot start to the season, Melbourne has cooled off slightly, but still go into the fixture as notable favourites with an unchanged squad from their Derby win over the Renegades over the weekend.
A win on Tuesday night will confirm their place in the finals, and leaves them a live chance of securing a double chance heading into their final home-and-away match.
As for the visitors, they’ve omitted English seamer Luke Wood from their squad in favour of South African left-arm unorthodox spinner Tabraiz Shamsi.
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The bat flip will take place at 6.30pm AEDT, before the first ball is bowled at 7.15pm local time.
Melbourne Stars 14-man squad: Hilton Cartwright, Tom Curran, Sam Hain, Sam Harper (wk), Liam Hatcher, Campbell Kellaway, Blake Macdonald, Glenn Maxwell, Hamish McKenzie, Haris Rauf, Tom Rogers, Peter Siddle, Marcus Stoinis (c), Mitch Swepson
Adelaide Strikers’ 13-man squad: Hassan Ali, Cameron Boyce, Alex Carey, Mackenzie Harvey (wk), Chris Lynn, Harry Manenti, Jamie Overton, Lloyd Pope, Jason Sangha, Liam Scott, Matt Short (c), Tabraiz Shamsi, Henry Thornton
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