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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 .
Chart of yearly table positions for Melbourne Stars in BBL Season 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 — 2023-24 10 4 6 0 8 -1.051 6th —
Big Bash : Champions (0): Runners Up (3): 2015–16 , 2018–19 , 2019–20 Minor Premiers (2): 2013–14 , 2019–20 Finals Series Appearances (8): 2011–12 , 2012–13 , 2013–14 , 2014–15 , 2015–16 , 2016–17 , 2018–19 , 2019–20 Wooden Spoons (2): 2017–18 , 2022–23 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]
The squad of the Melbourne Stars for the 2023–24 Big Bash League season as of 15 January 2024.
Players with international caps are listed in bold . Administration and support staff [ edit ] The current administration and support staff of the Melbourne Stars for the 2024–25 Big Bash League season as of 23 June 2024.
Position Name Head coach Peter Moores Team Manager Assistant coach Assistant coach Batting coach Bowling coach Strength & Conditioning oach
As of 16 January 2024 [ 3] Current captain listed in bold .
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 2 January 2024 Stars 8 wickets[ 29] MCG 27,024 Glenn Maxwell 13 January 2024 Renegades 6 wickets[ 30] Docklands Stadium 41,205 Shaun Marsh
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