The Adelaide Strikers will take on the Melbourne Stars in the second match of the Big Bash League (BBL) 2015-16 Friday at Adelaide Oval in Australia.
Watch the live stream, videos here, here, here and here and the live score here, here and here. The T20 match starts at 7:10 p.m. local time (8:40 a.m. GMT/ 3:40 a.m. ET/ 12:40 a.m. PT/2:10 p.m. IST) on Dec. 18.
The fifth season of Australia's highly popular T20 tournament, the KFC BBL, will begin on Dec. 17 with an inaugural match between the Sydney Sixers and the Sydney Thunder. The Strikers and the Stars will play in the second match on Friday. The season features eight teams including the Sydney Sixers, the Melbourne Stars, the Adelaide Strikers, the Sydney Thunder, the Perth Scorchers, the Melbourne Renegades, the Hobart Hurricanes and the Brisbane Heat, according to Cricket Australia. Several international T20 players like Chris Gayle, Darren Sammy, Kumar Sangakkara, Dwayne Bravo and Kevin Pietersen are drafted in the Aussie club squads for the tournament.
Sri Lankan Cricket legend Mahela Jayawardhene has replaced West Indies T20 specialist Kaieron Pollard in the Strikers' squad.
"Mahela is a champion of the game and is without a doubt one of the greatest batsman to play cricket in the modern era. Having played against him myself, I'm fully aware of the type of damage he can do, so it'll be exciting to have him on our side this time," coach Jason Gillespie said, according to Associated Press.
Melbourne Stars Squad: David Hussey, Michael Beer, Scott Boland, James Faulkner, Seb Gotch, Evan Gulbis, Peter Handscomb, Sam Harper, John Hastings, Ben Hilfenhaus, Glenn Maxwell, Kevin Pietersen, Rob Quiney, Marcus Stoinis, Tom Triffitt, Daniel Worrall, Luke Wright, Adam Zampa
Adelaide Strikers Squad: Brad Hodge, Jonathon Dean, Travis Head, Jon Holland, Mahela Jayawardena, Alexander Keath, Hamish Kingston, Ben Laughlin, Jake Lehmann, Tim Ludeman, Michael Neser, Gary Putland, Adil Rashid, Kane Richardson, Alex Ross, Craig Simmons, Kelvin Smith, Billy Stanlake
