Melbourne Stars
LeagueBig Bash League
Personnel
CaptainGlenn Maxwell
Marcus Stoinis
CoachPeter Moores
OwnerCricket Victoria
Team information
CityMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
Colours  Green,   Black
Founded2011
Home groundMelbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Capacity100,024
Secondary home ground(s)Lavington Sports Ground, Albury
Secondary ground capacity25,000 approx.
History
Twenty20 debut2011
BBL wins0
Official websiteOfficial Website

Home kit

Away kit

Seasons

Melbourne Stars are an Australian Twenty20 franchise cricket team, based in Melbourne, Victoria that competes in Australia's Twenty20 competition, the Big Bash League.[1] The Stars wear a green uniform and play their home matches at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Season results

Season P W L NR Pts NRR Position Finals
2011–12 7 4 3 0 8 +0.254 4th Semi-finals
2012–13 8 5 3 0 10 +0.246 3rd Semi-finals
2013–14 8 8 0 0 16 +2.189 1st Semi-finals
2014–15 8 5 3 0 10 +0.336 4th Semi-finals
2015–16 8 5 3 0 10 +0.366 2nd Runners-up
2016–17 8 4 4 0 8 +0.397 4th Semi-finals
2017–18 10 2 8 0 8 −0.926 8th —
2018–19 14 7 7 0 14 −0.062 4th Runners-up
2019–20 14 10 4 0 20 +0.526 1st Runners-Up
2020–21 14 5 8 1 24 0.140 7th —
2021–22 14 7 7 0 26 -0.222 6th —
2022–23 14 3 11 0 6 -0.287 8th —

Honours

Mascots

Starman & Starlet are two of the official mascots of the Melbourne Stars. In BBL|05 the Stars introduced a secondary mascot, Steven Seagull, the year after a seagull was struck with a cricket ball hit by Perth Scorchers batsman Adam Voges during a match between Melbourne Stars and Perth Scorchers in BBL|04 while the Stars were fielding at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Rob Quiney, who was the first to the scene, immediately signalled that he feared the worst for the stricken bird as it lay motionless on the ground, before he delicately carried it over the boundary rope and placed it back on the turf. But just minutes later, the bird came back to life and started the walk along the boundary line, much to the delight of the huge MCG crowd.[2]

Squad

The squad of the Melbourne Stars for the 2023–24 Big Bash League season as of 15 January 2024.

No. Name Nationality Date of birth Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
15 Joe Burns  Australia (1989-09-06) 6 September 1989 (age 34) Right-handed Right-arm medium International
35 Hilton Cartwright  Australia (1992-02-14) 14 February 1992 (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm medium International
37 Campbell Kellaway  Australia (2002-11-01) 1 November 2002 (age 21) Left-handed Left-arm orthodox
36 Nick Larkin  Ireland (1990-05-01) 1 May 1990 (age 33) Right-handed —
3 Tom Rogers  Australia (1999-07-02) 2 July 1999 (age 24) Left-handed —
All-rounders
7 Nathan Coulter-Nile  Australia (1987-10-11) 11 October 1987 (age 36) Right-handed Right-arm fast International
83 Liam Dawson  England (1990-03-01) 1 March 1990 (age 33) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox International
32 Glenn Maxwell  Australia (1988-10-14) 14 October 1988 (age 35) Right-handed Right-arm off break Captain & International
11 Jono Merlo  Australia (1998-12-15) 15 December 1998 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
16 Marcus Stoinis  Australia (1989-08-16) 16 August 1989 (age 34) Right-handed Right-arm medium International
9 Imad Wasim  Pakistan (1988-12-18) 18 December 1988 (age 35) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox International
20 Beau Webster  Australia (1993-12-01) 1 December 1993 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm medium & Right-arm off break
Wicket-keepers
54 Peter Handscomb  Australia (1991-04-26) 26 April 1991 (age 32) Right-handed — International
6 Sam Harper  Australia (1996-12-10) 10 December 1996 (age 27) Right-handed —
Pace bowlers
25 Scott Boland  Australia (1989-04-11) 11 April 1989 (age 34) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium International
24 Brody Couch  Australia (1999-12-05) 5 December 1999 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm medium
8 Joel Paris  Australia (1992-12-11) 11 December 1992 (age 31) Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium
97 Haris Rauf  Pakistan (1993-11-07) 7 November 1993 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm fast Overseas Draft Pick (Gold) & International
61 Mark Steketee  Australia (1994-01-17) 17 January 1994 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
9 Olly Stone  England (1993-10-09) 9 October 1993 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm fast International
Spin bowlers
24 Usama Mir  Pakistan (1995-12-23) 23 December 1995 (age 28) Right-handed Right-arm leg spin Overseas Draft Pick (Bronze) & International
77 Corey Rocchiccioli  Australia (1997-10-08) 8 October 1997 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm off break

List of captains

As of 7 September 2023[3]
Name Period Mat Won Lost Ties NR %
Cameron White 2011–2015 27 17 9 1 0 64.81
Shane Warne 2012–2013 6 3 3 0 0 50.00
James Faulkner 2013 1 0 1 0 0 0.00
Brad Hodge 2014 1 1 0 0 0 100.00
David Hussey 2015–2017 19 10 9 0 0 52.63
John Hastings 2017–2018 10 2 8 0 0 20.00
Glenn Maxwell 2018–2022, 2023–present 33 21 13 0 1 61.76
Nic Maddinson 2019 3 0 3 0 0 0.00
Peter Handscomb 2020 1 0 1 0 0 0.00
Adam Zampa 2022–2023 15 4 11 0 0 26.66

Current captain listed in bold.

Rivalries

When the league began in 2011, Cricket Australia decided they would place two teams in Melbourne. With the core group of players for both sides coming from the Victoria cricket team, this rivalry automatically became widely anticipated in Melbourne.[citation needed] The derby between the new two teams, the Stars and the Melbourne Renegades, quickly became hugely popular with big crowds flocking in to the derby matches at both the MCG and Docklands Stadium.[citation needed] In BBL05, during the first leg of the two derbies at the MCG, it drew a record crowd of 80,883 which is the highest crowd for any domestic cricket match ever in the history of the sport.[4]

List of Melbourne Derby matches
Date Winner Margin Venue Attendance Player of the match
7 January 2012 Stars 11 runs (D/L)[5] MCG 40,227 David Hussey
7 December 2012 Renegades 8 wickets[6] Docklands Stadium 23,589 Aaron Finch
6 January 2013 Renegades 9 wickets[7] MCG 46,581 Aaron Finch
20 December 2013 Stars 76 runs[8] MCG 25,266 Luke Wright
4 January 2014 Stars 9 wickets[9] Docklands Stadium 42,837 Cameron White
3 January 2015 Stars 112 runs[10] Docklands Stadium 33,734 Michael Beer
10 January 2015 Stars 3 wickets[11] MCG 37,323 Glenn Maxwell
2 January 2016 Stars 7 wickets[12] MCG 80,883 Luke Wright
9 January 2016 Stars 8 wickets[13] Docklands Stadium 43,176 Marcus Stoinis
1 January 2017 Renegades 7 runs (D/L)[14] MCG 71,162 Brad Hogg
7 January 2017 Stars 46 runs[15] Docklands Stadium 44,189 Adam Zampa
6 January 2018 Renegades 6 wickets[16] MCG 48,086 Mohammad Nabi
12 January 2018 Stars 23 runs[17] Docklands Stadium 44,316 Kevin Pietersen
1 January 2019 Stars 7 wickets[18] MCG 46,418 Marcus Stoinis
19 January 2019 Stars 6 wickets[19] Docklands Stadium 38,117 Marcus Stoinis
17 February 2019 Renegades 13 runs[20] Docklands Stadium 40,816 Daniel Christian
4 January 2020 Stars 7 wickets[21] MCG 54,478 Adam Zampa
10 January 2020 Stars 7 wickets[22] Docklands Stadium 30,388 Glenn Maxwell
17 January 2021 Stars 6 wickets[23] MCG 14,979 Liam Hatcher
20 January 2021 Renegades 5 wickets[24] Docklands Stadium 14,202 Mackenzie Harvey
3 January 2022 Renegades 5 wickets[25] MCG 21,562 Kane Richardson
13 January 2022 Stars 6 wickets[26] Docklands Stadium 10,014 Glenn Maxwell
3 January 2023 Renegades 33 runs[27] MCG 38,564 Tom Rogers
14 January 2023 Renegades 6 runs[28] Docklands Stadium 22,437 Kane Richardson

Overseas players

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Period Name Nationality Role Batting style Bowling style
2011–12 Jade Dernbach  England Pace bowler Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
2011–18 Luke Wright  England All-rounder Right-handed Right-arm medium
2012–14 Lasith Malinga  Sri Lanka Pace bowler Right-handed Right-arm fast
2012–13 Dimitri Mascarenhas  England All-rounder Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
2013–14 Mohammad Hafeez  Pakistan All-rounder Right-handed Right-arm off-break
2014–18 Kevin Pietersen  England Batsman Right-handed Right-arm off-break
2018–20 Sandeep Lamichhane    Nepal Spin bowler Right-handed Right-arm leg-break
2018–19 Dwayne Bravo  West Indies All-rounder Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
2018–19 Liam Plunkett  England Pace bowler Right-handed Right-arm fast
2019–20 Dale Steyn  South Africa Pace bowler Right-handed Right-arm fast
2019–22 Haris Rauf  Pakistan Pace bowler Right-handed Right-arm fast
2020–21 Dilbar Hussain  Pakistan Pace bowler Right-handed Right-arm fast
2020–21 Nicholas Pooran  West Indies Wicket-keeper-batsman Left-handed —
2020–21 Zahir Khan  Afghanistan Spin bowler Left-handed Left-arm unorthodox
2020–21 Andre Fletcher  Grenada Wicket-keeper-batsman Right-handed —
2021–22 Syed Faridoun  Pakistan Spin bowler Right-handed Left-arm unorthodox
2021–23 Joe Clarke  England Wicket-keeper-batsman Right-handed —
2021–22 Andre Russell  West Indies Pace bowler Right-handed Right-arm fast
2021–22 Qais Ahmad  Afghanistan Spin bowler Right-handed Right-arm leg-break
2022-2023 Trent Boult  New Zealand Pace bowler Right-handed Right-arm fast

See also

References

  1. ^ "BBL team names and colours". 6 April 2011. Archived from the original on 10 April 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
  2. ^ "Seagull makes brave comeback at the 'G". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Melbourne Stars Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com".
  4. ^ "Big Bash League: Huge MCG crowd of 80,883 stuns Ricky Ponting". The Australian.
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