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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
^ "BBL team names and colours" . 6 April 2011. Archived from the original on 10 April 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2011 .
^ "Seagull makes brave comeback at the 'G" . cricket.com.au . Retrieved 17 December 2019 .
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