Could 20 be the lucky one for Sydney? Maybe it is. Anyway, when in an unpredictable league like the Big Bash League in Australia you see an odds of 2.75, even for a team with 19 consecutive defeats, it is a challenge and worth the risk.
Obviously Thunder does not look as the best team to bet on them. They have been around for 2 for years to win, count 19 consecutive defeats and have a number of mishaps, such as the injury of their star Chris Gayle who loses the season. But it's not as bad a team as the numbers show. Especially at this time they have put a lot of their opponents in a very difficult position, but they have a terribly bad habit, they can manage to lose in any circumstance and as much as they are in the game.
Now the year is virtually over for them, they do not advance the train for play offs and the team plays without stress and pressure. They are more serious than ever before, since they have set the goal to win this victory in the other 2 games available to them this season. Perhaps the time has come, since they have an opponent not as strong as before, but above all an opponent more cramped than ever before.
The Renegades do not have much room. If they do not get this game they are basically out of play offs, they will only be able to reach the quadrate with a miracle. The pressure exerted on them is great and no one knows if they can withstand such conditions, against a team that will play in comfort and be able to make good knocks.
The good news for Melbourne is that Aaron Finch and James are coming back home Pattinson. But it is a question of whether they will be able to break into the championship conditions and T20. For Thunder, Dilshan returns, who, together with Mendis, are the two foreigners in the team and expect a lot of them in the remaining games.
I never remember a team having drawn so much without wins in any form of cricket, how bad players it had. I want to venture into this game as I see an excellent performance that should be at 2.20-2.25 levels.