Matthew Wade appears set to return for the Hobart Hurricanes, while the Sydney Thunder, Sydney Sixers and Perth Scorchers squads for Sunday’s games were announced.
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Matthew Wade ($145k BAT/WKP) returned to the named Hobart Hurricanes’ 16-man squad to face the Sydney Thunder on Sunday. Wade missed the Canes’ last game for personal reasons.
Blake Nikitaras ($42k BWL) dropped out of the Thunder’s 14-man squad.
Hurricanes: Asif Ali, Andrews, Crawley, David, Dooley, Ellis, Faheem Ashraf, Jewell, McDermott, Meredith, Owen, Paris, Parker, Short, Tremain, Wade (c)
Thunder: Cutting, J. Davies, O. Davies, Doggett, Gilkes, Green (c), Holt, McAndrew, Pawson, Usman Qadir, Ross, Sams, Warner, Whiteman
The Sydney Sixers named a 17-man squad to face the Perth Scorchers with Steve Smith ($180k BAT) and Nathan Lyon ($90k BWL) coming in for the first time since Test duty. James Vince ($111k BAT) and Chris Jordan ($119k BWL) have exited for the ILT20.
The Scorchers retained the same 14-man squad from the previous game, having rested Jason Behrendorff ($162k BWL) last round.
Sixers: Abbott, Bird, Christian, Dwarshuis, J.Edwards, M.Edwards, Henriques, Hughes, Kerr, Lyon, Murphy, Naveed, O’Keefe, Patterson, Philippe, Silk, Smith
Scorchers: Agar, Bancroft, Behrendorff, Connolly, Eskinazi, Hardie, Hatzoglou, Hobson, Inglis, Kelly, Morris, Payne, Tye, Turner (c)
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Fawad Ahmed ($110k BWL) hurt his knee in Saturday’s derby. Renegades acting captain Aaron Finch said: “There was a ball he fielded that he just felt a little tweak in it. But hopefully he’s OK for the next game.”
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