Watch BBL - Hobart Hurricanes vs Adelaide Strikers, Live Streaming Big Bash League 26 January 2020 Adelaide Strikers vs Hobart Hurricanes

The 55th match of the Big Bash League 2019-20 will be played between Hobart Hurricanes and Adelaide Strikers at the Adelaide Oval in Adelaide.

Hobart Hurricanes are currently placed at the 5th spot in the Big Bash League 2019-20 points table with 5 wins and 7 losses from 13 matches. The Hurricanes have 11 points and a net run rate of - 0.430.

The Heat will face Adelaide Strikers in this game who are placed at the 3rd spot in the leaderboard, with 8 wins from 13 matches. One of their games was washed out which is why the Strikers have 17 points and a net run rate of + 0.654.

Alex Carey has been the leading batsman for Adelaide Strikers and returned in style after the Australia's ODI tour of India. Travis Head, Jake Weatherald and Jonathan Wells are the other batsmen to look out for. All three have struck at over 130.

Rashid Khan has retained his position as the leader of the Strikers' bowling attack with 18 scalps from 13 matches, including best match figures of 4/22.

D Arcy Short, who picked up a 5-wicket haul in the last game, is the top run-scorer for Hobart Hurricanes with 248 runs from 7 innings at an average of 40+ and a strike rate of close to 130. Having returned from the ODI tour of India, he has rejoined Matthew Wade at the top of the order.

After Riley Meredith's injury, Hobart Hurricanes' bowling has been shouldered by Scot Boland and Qais Ahmad. Both have picked up 12 wickets each.
Let's have a look at the probable playing XI of both teams:

Adelaide Strikers - Peter Siddle, Michael Neser, Jonathan Wells, Travis Head (c), Alex Carey (wk), Matthew Short, Billy Stanlake, Philip Salt, Rashid Khan, Jake Weatherald , Wes Agar

Hobart Hurricanes - D Arcy Short, Matthew Wade (c), David Miller, Scott Boland, Clive Rose, Jake Doran, Ben McDermott (wk), Qais Ahmad, Macalister Wright, Thomas Rogers, Nathan Ellis