Melbourne Stars will face Sydney Thunder in the fourteenth match of big bash league, This article provides details about the playing 11 of Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Thunder for the fourteenth match of the tournament.
Melbourne Stars Playing XI vs Sydney Thunder – BBL 2025-26, Match 14
Openers: Sam Harper (wk), Joe Clark
Melbourne Stars will look to maintain their winning streak by winning their fourth game of the ongoing edition of the Big Bash League against Sydney Thunder.
The Marcus Stoinis-led side will be backing their players to repeat the same performance that they gave in the last match against Sydney Sixers in their respective departments.
The responsibility of giving a good start to the team and making a meaningful contribution individually will be on the opening batsmen.
The duo of Sam Harper, who scored an aggressive century in the last match to lead his team to victory, and Joe Clack will be entrusted with the responsibility of doing their job to the best of their abilities.
The Stars’ middle-order batsmen will have to take advantage of the good start given by the openers and put pressure on the opposition bowlers while batting first and chasing the target.
Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Campbell Kellaway, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis (captain), Hilton Cartwright, Tom Curran, Jonathan Merlo.
Following the opening batsmen will be the middle order which has shown good form in the first three matches and will look to continue the same against the Thunder, who are coming into the match on the back of a win against the Heat.
The Stars’ middle-order has a good mix of young and experienced batsmen, who have the ability to turn the match in their team’s favor from any situation.
Names like captain Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell and Hilton Cartwright provide the Stars with much-needed experience and stability in the middle phase of their batting innings.
Young batsman Campbell Kellaway has also impressed everyone with his intelligent batting in the first three matches, as he has played some match-winning innings for his team and will look to do the same in the upcoming games.
Bowlers: Mitchell Swepson, Haris Rauf, Peter Siddle
As far as the bowling attack of Melbourne Stars is concerned, they have a total of seven bowling options, which provides much-needed flexibility to the bowling lineup.
Both Glenn Maxwell and Marcus Stoinis have abundant experience when it comes to playing T20 cricket, they are also capable of performing well with the ball, with Maxwell bowling the first over of the innings and Stoinis controlling things in the middle phase.
Apart from Maxwell and Stoinis, the Stars also have stalwarts like Haris Rauf and the experience of Peter Siddle and Tom Curran to rely on in the fast bowling department.
Mitchell Swepson has been appointed to look after the spin bowling department of the Stars.
