The Sydney Thunder have ruled out Tanveer Sangha for Monday’s clash with the Melbourne Renegades, while Jason Sangha has been named in their 14-player squad, plus there’s updates on Tom Curran and Josh Inglis.
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The Thunder have added 20-year-old right-arm Queensland off-spinner Hugh Weibgen who was previously part of the Australia side at the 2024 U19 World Cup. He’s a capable batsman too, scoring 306 runs at a strike rate of 123.89 for Valley in this year’s Queensland T20 Max to be named in the Team of the Tournament.
On Tanveer Sangha, the Thunder provided an update: “Tanveer has sustained a minor side strain injury and will work closely with Thunder’s medical team to support his recovery.”
Jason Sangha left the game grasping at his right bicep, which was an injury he picked up last month. The Thunder said: “Jason Sangha has been named in the squad, despite leaving the field early against the Stars with a bicep complaint.
“Jason will work closely with the Thunder medical staff over the next 24 hours to give him the best chance to play at home against the Renegades.”
Ins: Weibgen / Outs: T.Sangha (inj)
Thunder squad: Warner (c), Agar, Andrews, Bancroft, Billings, Davies, Ferguson, Gilkes, Green, Hatcher, Rutherford, Sams, J.Sangha, Weibgen
The Renegades have named an unchanged 14-player squad.
Renegades: Sutherland (c), Bethell, Brown, Evans, F-McGurk, Harvey, O’Neill, Richardson, Rogers, Sandhu, Seifert, Stow, Wells, Zampa
UPDATES
Tom Curran missed Saturday’s game for the Stars due to a calf injury sustained at training on Friday.
Honeyball understands he’ll undergo scans on the injury on Monday, which will determine his availability moving forward. The Stars are next in action on New Year’s Day away to Brisbane.
Mitch Marsh’s continued struggles in the Test XI mean there could be a change for the fifth Test, with Beau Webster looming as the obvious like-for-like replacement.
It’s been reported on Sunday by Code Sports that Josh Inglis has suffered a calf injury, ruling him out of the rest of the series.
There’s scope the selectors could add a batsman to the fifth Test squad, with the likes of Aaron Hardie, Matt Renshaw and Cooper Connolly in the mix.
Mitch Starc’s rib complaint is worth monitoring too, although there’s cover in the squad with Jhye Richardson and Sean Abbott. Someone like Lance Morris may be called in as additional cover too.
