Sydney Sixers :
To win: 3/1
To reach final@ 11/8
Last 2 years: W-W
2020 Batting run rate: 8.6
2020 Bowling economy: 8.3
Boundary % rating: 4
Squad: Sean Abbott, Jackson Bird, Dan Christian, Tom Curran, Ben Dwarshuis, Jack Edwards, Mickey Edwards, Moises Henriques (c), Daniel Hughes, Hayden Kerr, Nathan Lyon, Ben Manenti, Josh Philippe, Lloyd Pope, Jordan Silk, James Vince, Steve O’Keefe, Chris Jordan (five-match contract, starting December 5)
Possible XI (boundary % last 2 years): Philippe (17.6), Vince (16.2), Hughes (14.5), Christian (26.1), Silk (12.7), Henriques (16), T Curran (19.1), Abbott (10.3), Dwarshius (15.4), O’Keefe (7.6), Bird (6.9).
Melbourne Stars
To win 5/1
To reach final 9/4
Last 2 years: 7-W
2020 Batting run rate: 8.3
2020 Bowling economy{ 8.2
Boundary % rating: 2
Squad: Hilton Cartwright, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Seb Gotch, Liam Hatcher, Clint Hinchliffe, Nick Larkin, Glenn Maxwell (c), Tom O’Connell, Billy Stanlake, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa, Joe Burns, Sam Rainbird, Joe Clarke, Qais Ahmad (joining after conclusion of Abu Dhabi T10 League), Sam Elliot, Beau Webster
Possible XI (boundary % last 2 years): Stoinis (18.5), Clarke (26.3), Larkin (17), Maxwell (18.2), Burns (12.5), Cartwright (16.9), Rainbird (14.2), Coulter-Nile (21), Qais (16.5), Stanlake (0), Zampa (8.6)