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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 20 BBL matches, and the runs there

PositionInnsAvgSRAlso
1Matthew Gilkes 7 17.0 112.3 C. Bancroft (5), J. Sangha (2)
2David Warner 12 60.2 138.6 A. Hales (5), S. Konstas (2)
3Matthew Gilkes 6 16.3 127.3 C. Bancroft (4), J. Sangha (4)
4Oliver Davies 11 20.1 118.8 S. Billings (6), C. Bancroft (1)
5Alex Ross 7 16.9 124.2 S. Billings (4), N. Maddinson (3)
6Daniel Sams 11 10.5 123.5 C. Green (4), S. Khan (2)
7Chris Green 6 7.6 135.7 N. McAndrew (4), D. Sams (3)
8Chris Green 6 30.5 148.8 N. McAndrew (4), D. Willey (2)
9Chris Green 2 12.5 100.0 G. Sandhu (2), N. McAndrew (2)
10Liam Hatcher 2 26.0 173.3 L. Ferguson (2), U. Qadir (1)
11Brendan Doggett 1 - 100.0 U. Qadir (1), 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 20 BBL matches, the most first

PlayerXIBatsLast
Chris Green 20/20 7 XI
Daniel Sams 16/20 6 XI
David Warner 15/20 2 XI
Oliver Davies 15/20 4 -
Matthew Gilkes 14/20 1 XI
Nathan McAndrew 13/20 8 XI
Tanveer Sangha 13/20 9 XI
Sam Billings 12/20 4 XI
Cameron Bancroft 10/20 1 -
Wes Agar 9/20 - XI
Alex Ross 7/20 5 -
Sam Konstas 6/20 1 XI
Jason Sangha 6/20 3 -
Tom Andrews 6/20 9 -
Alex Hales 5/20 2 -
Liam Hatcher 5/20 10 -
Hugh Weibgen 4/20 5 -
Sherfane Rutherford 4/20 5 -
Gurinder Sandhu 4/20 9 -
Lockie Ferguson 4/20 10 -
Blake Nikitaras 3/20 1 -
Nic Maddinson 3/20 5 XI
George Garton 3/20 7 -
Ben Cutting 3/20 7 -
Zaman Khan 3/20 10 -
Ryan Hadley 3/20 11 XI
Usman Qadir 3/20 11 -
Tom Kohler-Cadmore 2/20 4 -
Shadab Khan 2/20 6 -
Daniel Christian 2/20 7 -
David Willey 2/20 8 -
Joel Davies 2/20 8 -
Reece Topley 2/20 10 -
Sam Whiteman 1/20 3 -
Toby Gray 1/20 9 -
Brendan Doggett 1/20 11 -
Aidan O’Connor 1/20 - XI
Mohammad Hasnain 1/20 - -

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 20 BBL matches, Matthew Gilkes batted at one 7 times and David Warner at two 12 times.

Who bats at three for Sydney Thunder?

Matthew Gilkes, 6 times in the last 20 BBL matches, then Cameron Bancroft (4).

Who has played every BBL match for Sydney Thunder recently?

Chris Green played all of Sydney Thunder's last 20 BBL matches.