The Sydney Thunder will take on the Melbourne Stars in the fifth match of the Big Bash League (BBL) 2015-16 Sunday at Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Watch the live stream and videos here, here, here and here and live scores here and here. The T20 match starts at 7: 25 p.m. local time (8:25 a.m. GMT/3:25 a.m. ET/ 1:55 p.m IST) on Dec. 20.
The Thunder registered a comfortable 26-run victory over the Sydney Sixers in the opening match of the BBL 05 on Thursday. Battling first, skipper Mike Hussey's 80 off 58 balls helped the Thunder post 158 for four in twenty over, according to the Australian Associated Press. The Sixers were later dismissed for 122.
On the other hand, the Stars lost their first tournament match against the Adelaide Strikers. A record fifth wicket partnership between Alex Ross and skipper Brad Hodge powered Strikers to a 19-run win over the Stars on Friday, according to ABC News.
Sydney Thunder Squad: Mike Hussey, Fawad Ahmed, Ahillen Beadle, Aiden Blizzard, Pat Cummins, Jake Doran, Chris Green, Chris Hartley, Jacques Kallis, Usman Khawaja, Alister McDermott, Andrew McDonald, Clint McKay, Kurtis Patterson, Ben Rohrer, Andre Russell, Gurinder Sandhu, Shane Watson
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
The fifth season of Australia's highly popular T20 tournament, the KFC BBL, started on Thursday. The BBL 05 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 eight BBL teams for the tournament.
