The Sydney Thunder and Perth Scorchers named their squads for Monday’s game with a Thunder injury, while David Warner’s availability for Friday’s Sydney Smash is in doubt due to a wedding.
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The Sydney Thunder named a 17-man squad for Monday’s clash with the Perth Scorchers at Sydney Showground Stadium.
Liam Doddrell, Toby Gray and Sam Konstas all return, while Blake Nikitaras is unavailable due to an injury to his left knee sustained in training last week.
The Thunder said: “He is currently progressing through rehabilitation with the aim of becoming available for the last round of matches in the KFC BBL|13.”
Thunder squad: Bancroft, Davies, Doddrell,Gilkes, Gray, Green (c), Hales, Hatcher, Kohler-Cadmore, Konstas, McAndrew, Ross, Salzmann, Sams, Sandhu, J.Sangha, T.Sangha
The Scorchers named an unchanged 14-man squad, with Matt Kelly still not part of the travelling party amid speculation of rotation. Spinner Hamish McKenzie, however, is there.
Scorchers squad: Hardie (c), Agar, Behrendorff, Connolly, Crawley, Eskinazi, Evans, Hobson, Inglis, McKenzie, Morris, Richardson, Tye, Whiteman
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David Warner’s BBL availability is a point of contention having officially retired from Test cricket on Saturday. He won’t play on Monday but it has been promoted that he’ll play in Friday’s Round 8 Sydney Smash.
However there is a complication, with Warner’s brother’s wedding taking place on Friday in the Hunter Valley with the left-handed batsman to be in attendance. Warner noted he is hoping to fly from the Hunter Valley down to Sydney for the game.
“I’ve got a couple of aircrafts booked, pending weather,” Warner said. “It’s a fine line. I might be tight but I’m trying my best to make it work for that day.”
