Adelaide Strikers playing XI against Melbourne Stars – BBL 2025-26, Match 10

Adelaide Strikers playing XI against Melbourne Stars – BBL 2025-26, Match 10

Opener: Matthew Short (c), Chris Lynn

The Adelaide Strikers, the home team for the upcoming match against the Melbourne Stars, would be looking to make the most of their home conditions and put in a strong performance with bat, ball and on the field.

The former BBL champions come into the match with a hard-fought victory against the Sydney Sixers, which saw them win the match by three wickets thanks to some good hitting from the lower-order batters.

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The Matthew Short-led side will hope to deliver a similar performance against the Stars, who also won their first game of the competition this year against the Hurricanes.

The responsibility will fall on two experienced batters, including captain Matthr Short and Chris Lynnfor the team to get off to a good start and establish a middle-order platform to capitalize on.

In addition to this, both batters were also hoping to get runs under their belt while bowling in their natural manner in order to create pressure on the opposition bowlers at the start of the innings.

Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Jason Sangha, Liam Scott, Alex Ross, Jamie Overton, Harry Nielsen (week)

If we talk about the middle order that the Adelaide Strikers possess, it includes young hitters like Jason Sangha and Liam Scott, both of whom have the ability to get the better of the opposition.

Proof of this was on display in the Strikers’ opening match against the Sydney Sixers, with Scott scoring a vital half-century to move the team closer to the goal.

The presence of an experienced hitter Alex Ross provides much-needed stability to the Adelaide Strikers middle order.

Along with this, another factor that makes Strikers a force to be reckoned with is the depth they have with players like Jamie Overton and Luke Wood, more than capable with the bat.

The duo would look to continue the good work they did with their timely shots against the Sixers, which got the team across the finish line.

Bowlers: Luke Wood, Hasan Ali, Henry Thornton, Lloyd Pope

Coming to the bowling attack that the Stikers have, it gives a lot of options to the captain by having five specialist bowlers and spin bowling from the skipper himself.

The team’s fast bowling department will be managed by Luke Wood, Hassan AliHenry Thornton and Jamie Overton.

As for the home team’s spin bowling department for this particular match, it will be looked after by Lloyd Pope, with assistance from Matthew Short.

All things considered, it will take a collective effort from all bowlers to restrict the Melbourne Stars’ in-form batting line-up.