The teams are in for tonight’s big opener from Spotless Stadium.

Full teams

Sydney Thunder XI: Shane Watson (c), Jos Buttler (wk), Aiden Blizzard, Fawad Ahmed, Ryan Gibson, Mitch McClenaghan, Arjun Nair, Kurtis Patterson, Ben Rohrer, Chris Green, Andrew Fekete

Sydney Sixers XI: Jason Roy, Daniel Hughes, Nic Maddinson, Moises Henriques (c), Sam Billings, Johan Botha, Peter Nevill (wk), Sean Abbott, Stephen O’Keefe, Daniel Sams, Doug Bollinger