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Sydney Thunder Playing XI: Predicted Lineup and Batting Order

Sydney Thunder v Adelaide Strikers, Wed 16 Dec, 08:15: the last XI stands until the toss confirms one

Updated , after the Sydney Sixers game

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1 Matthew Gilkes Sydney Thunder Matthew Gilkes Keeper, batted 1 12 12 balls 2 David Warner Sydney Thunder David Warner Batter, batted 2 110* 65 balls 3 Sam Konstas Sydney Thunder Sam Konstas Batter, batted 3 6 11 balls 4 Sam Billings Sydney Thunder Sam Billings Keeper, batted 4 14 13 balls 5 Nic Maddinson Sydney Thunder Nic Maddinson Batter, batted 5 26 16 balls 6 Chris Green Sydney Thunder Chris Green All-rounder, batted 6 0 1 balls 7 Daniel Sams Sydney Thunder Daniel Sams All-rounder, batted 7 10 4 balls 8 R Sydney Thunder Ryan Hadley Bowler 0-48 bowling 9 Wes Agar Sydney Thunder Wes Agar Bowler 0-25 bowling 10 Nathan McAndrew Sydney Thunder Nathan McAndrew Bowler 2-34 bowling 11 A Sydney Thunder Aidan O’Connor All-rounder 1-17 bowling 12 Tanveer Sangha Sydney Thunder Tanveer Sangha Bowler 1-33 bowling
Last BBL match: Sydney Sixers won by 5 wickets (with 16 balls remaining), 16 Jan 2026. The scorecard →

Sydney Thunder Batting Order

Who batted where over the last 10 BBL matches, and the runs there

PositionInnsAvgSRAlso
1Matthew Gilkes 5 17.0 137.1 S. Konstas (4), D. Warner (1)
2Matthew Gilkes 5 29.4 169.0 D. Warner (4), S. Konstas (1)
3Cameron Bancroft 3 27.3 118.8 S. Konstas (3), S. Billings (2)
4Sam Billings 5 20.8 110.6 C. Bancroft (3), D. Warner (1)
5Nic Maddinson 5 32.0 147.1 S. Billings (3), D. Sams (1)
6Daniel Sams 5 10.5 161.5 S. Khan (3), C. Green (2)
7Daniel Sams 4 12.3 185.0 C. Green (2), S. Khan (1)
8Chris Green 5 22.7 158.1 D. Willey (2), N. McAndrew (1)
9Nathan McAndrew 2 16.0 200.0 T. Sangha (1)
10Tanveer Sangha 2 - 78.6 R. Topley (1)
11Reece Topley 2 5.0 90.9 R. Hadley (1)
Inns is how often each batted there. A player who did not bat is left out.

Sydney Thunder Selections

Every player Sydney Thunder picked in the last 10 BBL matches, the most first

PlayerXIBatsLast
Matthew Gilkes 10/10 1 XI
Sam Billings 10/10 4 XI
Daniel Sams 10/10 6 XI
Chris Green 10/10 8 XI
Sam Konstas 9/10 1 XI
David Warner 8/10 2 XI
Tanveer Sangha 8/10 10 XI
Nathan McAndrew 7/10 9 XI
Cameron Bancroft 6/10 3 -
Shadab Khan 6/10 6 -
Nic Maddinson 5/10 5 XI
Reece Topley 5/10 11 -
Wes Agar 5/10 - XI
Ryan Hadley 4/10 11 XI
David Willey 3/10 8 -
Tom Andrews 2/10 - -
Oliver Davies 1/10 5 -
Aidan O’Connor 1/10 - XI
Blake Nikitaras 1/10 - -

Sydney Thunder BBL Lineups Questions

What is Sydney Thunder's predicted XI against Adelaide Strikers?

Until the toss, Sydney Thunder's last XI stands as the predicted one, from 16 Jan 2026 against Sydney Sixers: Matthew Gilkes, David Warner, Sam Konstas, Sam Billings, Nic Maddinson, Chris Green, Daniel Sams, Ryan Hadley, Wes Agar, Nathan McAndrew, Aidan O’Connor, Tanveer Sangha.

Who opens the batting for Sydney Thunder?

Over the last 10 BBL matches, Matthew Gilkes batted at one 5 times and Matthew Gilkes at two 5 times.

Who bats at three for Sydney Thunder?

Cameron Bancroft, 3 times in the last 10 BBL matches, then Sam Konstas (3).

Who has played every BBL match for Sydney Thunder recently?

Matthew Gilkes, Sam Billings, Daniel Sams, Chris Green played all of Sydney Thunder's last 10 BBL matches.