18:10 Local Time, 07:10 GMT, 12:40 IST: The Stars are top of the table and unbeaten after a hat-trick of wins to start their campaign. They are riding high, especially Sam Harper who's coming off a hundred and a fifty opening the batting in his last two games. Today they face a Thunder side who have just one win from their three games. The Stars have a well-rounded batting unit with the power of Maxwell, Stoinis and Cartwright to follow the talented Campbell Kellaway at 3 and the bowling has experience in the form of Tom Curran, Haris Rauf and Peter Siddle. The Thunder have a good side too but haven't performed to expectations so far this year. But they should be confident going into this as they won their last game here at the Manuka Oval in Canberra against the Heat. The bat-flip and the teams are next. Stay tuned.
Squads:
Sydney Thunder Squad: Sam Konstas, Matthew Gilkes, David Warner(c), Cameron Bancroft, Sam Billings(w), Shadab Khan, Daniel Sams, Chris Green, Nathan McAndrew, Tanveer Sangha, Reece Topley, Ryan Hadley, Blake Nikitaras, Aidan O Connor
Melbourne Stars Squad: Joe Clarke, Sam Harper(w), Campbell Kellaway, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis(c), Hilton Cartwright, Tom Curran, Jonathan Merlo, Mitchell Swepson, Haris Rauf, Peter Siddle, Liam Hatcher, Hamish McKenzie, Thomas Fraser Rogers