Sydney Thunder’s BBL 13-player squad:
Shane Watson (c)
Fawad Ahmed
Jos Buttler
Jono Cook
Callum Ferguson
Chris Green
Nathan McAndrew
Arjun Nair
Sam Rainbird
Joe Root
Daniel Sams
Gurinder Sandhu
Jason Sangha
Wow. Not Patterson or Gibson make that squad VERY interesting.
Did a bit of a google. Cook is a legspinner from Sydney grade cricket who was the MVP last season. Seems to be a handy late order hitter too.
If I had to take a stab at the team.
Watson (c)
Buttler (wk)
Root
Ferguson
Sangha
Nair
Sams
Green
McAndrew/Rainbird
Sandhu
Ahmed
That's a long tail, and I'd actually suspect Nair MAY play as a specialist batsman, along with obviously Jason Sangha. Either way it's one too weak for my liking. I'd prefer Rainbird personally at 9 but McAndrew is actually close to an AR, so they may go for the extra batting prowess given the dynamic of that XI.
Apologies to those I said to that Sangha wouldn't be a first choice option.

and the Stars squad,
Stars BBL squad v Thunder
Glenn Maxwell (c)
Michael Beer
Scott Boland
Dwayne Bravo
Jackson Coleman
Travis Dean
Ben Dunk
Evan Gulbis
Sandeep Lamichhane
Nick Larkin
Lance Morris
Marcus Stoinis
Adam Zampa
Ben Dunk
Travis Dean
Marcus Stoinis
Glenn Maxwell
Dwayne Bravo
Nick Larkin
Evan Gulbis
Scott Boland
Sandeep Lamichhane
Jackson Coleman
Adam Zampa
Doubt they play 3 spinners, and Larkin has batted down the order in the JLT.