Melbourne Stars

Melbourne Stars
Personnel
Coach New Zealand Stephen Fleming
Chairman Australia Eddie McGuire
Team information
Colours      Green,      Lime,      Silver,      White
Founded 2011
Home ground Melbourne Cricket Ground
Capacity 100,024
History
BBL wins 0 (Runners up 1)
CLT20 wins 0
Official website: Official Website

T20 kit

2015–16 Melbourne Stars season

The Melbourne Stars is an Australian Twenty20 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, the largest cricket stadium in the world.[2]

They are coached by former New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming.[3]

Mascot

Starman & Starlet are the official mascots of the Melbourne Stars. In BBL|05 the Stars introduced a secondary mascot Steven Seagull after a seagull was struck with a cricket ball hit by Adam Voges during a Melbourne Stars and Perth Scorchers match in BBL|04 while the Stars were fielding.

2018/19 BBL squad

Melbourne Stars squad at the Gabba, Brisbane (2014)
S/N 42 Name Mitchell Redon Nat. Date of birth 14 September 1889 (age) Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
25Nic MaddinsonAustralia21 December 1991Right-handedRight arm Orthodox
21Robert QuineyAustralia20 August 1982Left-handedRight arm mediumInternational Cap
Travis DeanAustralia1 February 1992Right-handed
All Rounders
4Evan GulbisAustralia26 March 1986Right-handedRight arm fast medium
32Glenn MaxwellAustralia14 October 1988Right-handedRight arm off spinInternationa
16Marcus StoinisAustralia16 August 1989Right-handedRight arm mediumInternational Cap
Wicketkeepers
54Peter HandscombAustralia26 April 1991Right-handed–International Cap
12Seb GotchAustralia12 July 1993Right-handed−
51Ben DunkAustralia11 March 1987Left-handed–International Cap
2Sam HarperAustralia10 December 1996Right-handed–
Pace bowlers
25Scott BolandAustralia11 April 1989Right-handedRight arm fast mediumInternational Cap
10Jackson ColemanAustralia18 December 1991Right-handedLeft arm fast medium
20Ben HilfenhausAustralia15 March 1983Right-handedRight arm fast mediumInternational Cap
17Daniel WorrallAustralia10 July 1991Right-handedRight arm fast mediumInternational Cap
Spin bowlers
19Michael BeerAustralia9 June 1984Right-handedLeft arm orthodoxInternational Cap
23Liam BoweAustralia23 September 1997Right-handedLeft arm chinaman
63Adam ZampaAustralia31 March 1992Right-handedRight-arm leg breakInternational Cap
21Daniel FallinsAustralia12 August 1996Right-handedRight-arm leg break

Rivalries

  • The Melbourne Derby – 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. The derby between the new two teams Melbourne Stars and Melbourne Renegades quickly became hugely popular with big crowds flocking in to the derby matches at both of the MCG and Marvel Stadium in Melbourne. In the fifth season, 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

No. Year Winner Margin Venue Attendance MoM
12012
Stars
11 Runs (D/L)MCG40,227David Hussey
22012
Renegades
8 WicketsEtihad Stadium23,589Aaron Finch
32013
Renegades
9 WicketsMCG46,581Aaron Finch
42013
Stars
76 RunsMCG25,266Luke Wright
52014
Stars
9 WicketsEtihad Stadium42,837Cameron White
62015
Stars
112 RunsEtihad Stadium33,734Michael Beer
72015
Stars
3 WicketsMCG37,323Glenn Maxwell
82016
Stars
7 WicketsMCG80,883Luke Wright
92016
Stars
8 WicketsEtihad Stadium43,176Marcus Stoinis
102017
Renegades
7 Runs (D/L)MCG71,162Brad Hogg
112017
Stars
46 RunsEtihad Stadium44,189Adam Zampa
122018
Renegades
6 WicketsMCG48,086Mohammad Nabi
132018
Stars
23 RunsEtihad Stadium44,316Kevin Pietersen

Statistics

Most runs

Batsman Years mat inns Runs Average Strike Rate
Luke Wright2011-20185050133630.36133.46
Kevin Pietersen2014-2018232384042.00138.84
David Hussey2011-2017463982527.50129.71
Rob Quiney 2011-2018 33 30 686 25.40 133.72
Glenn Maxwell 2012-Current 28 26 674 30.63 158.21

Sponsors

Melbourne Stars are sponsored by Optus, National Storage, Renault, Morris Finance and VicHealth in BBL07.

BBL Sponsors:

Years Kit Manufacturers Chest Sponsor Breast Sponsor
2011–12 KooGa Energy Australia Jenny Craig
2012–13
2013–14 Dick Smith

Optus Yes

 Mitsubishi Motors
2014–15 Majestic Athletic
2015–16
2016–17 Yes Optus
2017–18 Yes Optus

WBBL Sponsors:

Years Kit Manufacturers Chest Sponsor Breast Sponsor Back Sponsor
2015–16 Majestic Athletic Rebel Sport VicHealth Antler Luggage
2016–17 Yes Optus
2017–18 Rebel Sport Yes

Women's team

The Melbourne Stars WBBL team was captained by Meg Lanning in the inaugural two seasons of the WBBL. Leg spinner Kristen Beams took over the captaincy for WBBL|03 following Meg Lanning's defection to the Perth Scorchers

Domestic

Season by season history

Season Wins Losses Ladder Pos. Knockout
2011–12 4 3 4th Semi Loss
2012–13 5 3 3rd Semi Loss
2013–14 8 0 1st Semi Loss
2014–15 5 3 3rd Semi Loss
2015–16 5 3 2nd Runners Up
2016–17 4 4 4th Semi Loss

Imported players

Notable fans

See also

References

  1. ↑ "BBL team names and colours". 6 April 2011. Archived from the original on April 10, 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
  2. ↑ "New Twenty20 Big Bash league to feature teams in pink, orange and purple as tradition is abandoned". Fox Sports (Australia). 6 April 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
  3. ↑ "Stephen Fleming named Melbourne Stars coach". 3 News. 25 February 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Big Bash League: Huge MCG crowd of 80,883 stuns Ricky Ponting". The Australian.
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