'We've got to embrace it': Sydney Thunder spinner Chris Green's call on Big Bash rules

Power surges, X-factor players and a bash boost - they sound like a mouthful but these are the three rule changes competition bosses hope can ignite the BBL.

The power surge is a two-over period during which the fielding team is allowed only two players outside the inner fielding circle.

An X-factor player is the 12^th or 13^th man on the team sheet who can be substituted in after the 10^th over of the first innings.

The bash boost is a bonus point awarded to the chasing team if they're above the opposition's equivalent score at the midway point of the second innings. If they're below the mark, the bowling team gets the point.

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Thunder spinner Green says it will be tough to vindicate the changes until the season has been run and won - but the power surge has proven decisive early on.

Some fans still struggle to get a grasp on the rule changes and how they can be used. So has it been exciting or simply confusing for those out in the middle?

"Naturally a bit of both. With change in anything, change in life, comes the aspect of the fear of the unknown," Green said.

"If you don't embrace it, you can push back against it. It is there now, it's in the game, we've got to embrace it and look to utilise it and capitalise on it.

"A lot of our discussions have been around how we can capitalise and best understand these new rules, and try to use them in our favour.

"Personally, I don't think the X-factor rule will come into play too much, if at all. It's almost an injury cover if something were to go wrong, or if you completely misread the conditions, it gives you that opportunity to change your team.

"The one point after 10, that will more often than not take care of itself. It's more important to focus on winning three points rather than one point, you don't want to risk losing three points to try to win one point. The games you win, more often than not, you'll get four points for it.

"The biggest one to impact games is the surge. There have been a lot of wickets taken in it so far, with teams still figuring out when the best time is to take it and utilise it from a batting point of view. Bowling teams can use it to break a partnership or then attack teams, because there are all of a sudden more fielders in the ring.

"I think that one is going to have the biggest impact on this tournament."

The Thunder have a week off before their next clash against the Perth Scorchers at Manuka Oval on December 22.

The club's longest layoff between games gives Green and his teammates a chance to take a breath before they launch into the rest of what is largely a frantic BBL schedule.

It comes after clashes with the Melbourne Stars and Brisbane Heat in Canberra, with the club using their second outing to team up with OzHarvest and raise money to provide meals to those in need.

The Thunder wore OzHarvest socks to support Australia's leading food rescue organisation, which collects excess food from commercial outlets and delivers to more than 1300 charities.

Food demand for those in need is increasing due to COVID-19, with the Thunder raising enough money for over 120,000 meals over the past two seasons. Now the club is determined to keep making an impact on and off the field.

"I'd imagine we'll have a day or two off and regroup and come together on what we have learnt from our first two games, about the wicket and conditions there at Manuka, and how we want to go about it and improve moving forward," Green said.

"We want to be playing our best cricket at the back end of that tournament, as we were doing last season, and peaking in the finals and trying to go all the way to winning that trophy."