Melbourne Stars

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.[3]

S/N	Name	Nat.	Date of birth (age)	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batsmen
36	Nick Larkin		(1990-05-01) 1 May 1990	Right-handed	-
53	Nic Maddinson		(1991-12-21) 21 December 1991	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox	International Cap
All-rounders
12	Jonathan Merlo		(1998-12-15) 15 December 1998	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
16	Marcus Stoinis		(1989-08-16) 16 August 1989	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	International Cap
23	Clint Hinchliffe		(1996-10-23) 23 October 1996	Left-handed	left arm unorthodox
32	Glenn Maxwell		(1988-10-14) 14 October 1988	Right-handed	Right-arm off-spin	Captain, International Cap
35	Hilton Cartwright		(1992-02-14) 14 February 1992	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	International Cap
Wicketkeepers
13	Seb Gotch		(1987-03-11) 11 March 1987	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
51	Ben Dunk		(1987-03-11) 11 March 1987	Left-handed	Right arm off-break	International Cap
54	Peter Handscomb		(1991-04-26) 26 April 1991	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	Vice-Captain, International Cap
Pace bowlers
7	Nathan Coulter-Nile		(1987-10-11) 11 October 1987	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	International Cap
8	Dale Steyn		26 August 1983 (age 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	Visa Contract and International Cap
9	Jackson Coleman		(1991-12-18) 18 December 1991	Right-handed	Left-armfast-medium
17	Daniel Worrall		(1991-07-10) 10 July 1991	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
28	Lance Morris		(1998-03-28) 28 March 1998	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
40	Pat Brown		(1998-08-23) 23 August 1998	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Visa Contract and International Cap
72	Dilbar Hussain		(1993-02-20) 20 February 1993	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	Visa Contract and International Cap
77	Haris Rauf		(1993-11-07) 7 November 1993	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	Visa Contract and International Cap
Spin bowlers
6	Tom O'Connell		(2000-06-14) 14 June 2000	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin
25	Sandeep Lamichhane		(2000-08-02) 2 August 2000	Right-handed	Right-arm leg-break	Visa Contract and International Cap
88	Adam Zampa		(1992-03-31) 31 March 1992	Right-handed	Right-arm leg-break	International Cap

•      Player ruled out of season due to injury.
•      Played part of season.

• 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 of the two BBL|05 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]
• Other Rivalries – Other rivalries include the Scorchers v Stars (following close finals encounters) and the Stars v the Sydney Sixers and the Sydney Thunder, due to the rivalry between Melbourne and Sydney.

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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 Lanning's defection to the Perth Scorchers. Beams resigned from the captaincy before the 2019-20 season, as this would be her last season of cricket before retirement, so it was announced that the captaincy had been given to new signing Elyse Villani.

• Jade Dernbach – (2011–12)
• Luke Wright – (2011–18)
• Lasith Malinga – (2012–14)
• Dimitri Mascarenhas – (2012–13)
• Mohammad Hafeez – (2013–14)
• Kevin Pietersen – (2014–18)
• Sandeep Lamichhane – (2018–present)
• Dwayne Bravo – (2018–19)
• Liam Plunkett – (2018-19)
• Haris Rauf – (2019–present)
• Dale Steyn – (2019–2020)
• Dilbar Hussain – (2020–present)
• Pat Brown* – (2020)

Key: * - Did not play due to injury

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