# 2022–23 Melbourne Renegades season

The 2022–23 Melbourne Renegades season will be the twelfth in the club's history. Coached by David Saker and captained by Nic Maddinson, they competed in the BBL's 2022–23 season.

## Squad information
### Playing squad

The current squad of the Melbourne Renegades for the 2022–23 Big Bash League season as of 16 January 2023.
* Players with international caps are listed in bold.
* * denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection.
* * denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season.
| S/N | Name | Nationality | Date of birth (age) | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
| Batsmen |||||||
| 5 | Aaron Finch | Australia | (1986-11-17) 17 November 1986 (age 38) | Right-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | Vice captain |
| 31 | Martin Guptill | New Zealand | (1986-09-30) 30 September 1986 (age 38) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Visa contract, replacement player for Andre Russell |
| 23 | Jake Fraser-McGurk | Australia | (2002-04-11) 11 April 2002 (age 22) | Right-handed | Right arm leg break | |
| 14 | Marcus Harris | Australia | (1992-07-21) 21 July 1992 (age 32) | Left-handed | Right arm off break | |
| 3 | Mackenzie Harvey | Australia | (2000-09-18) 18 September 2000 (age 24) | Left-handed | Right arm medium-fast | |
| 53 | Nic Maddinson | Australia | (1991-12-21) 21 December 1991 (age 32) | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox | Captain |
| 9 | Shaun Marsh | Australia | (1983-07-09) 9 July 1983 (age 41) | Left-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | |
| 29 | Jonathan Wells | Australia | (1988-08-13) 13 August 1988 (age 36) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| All-rounders |||||||
| 20 | Matt Critchley | England | (1996-08-13) 13 August 1996 (age 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Visa contract, replacement player for Akeal Hosein |
| – | Liam Livingstone | England | (1993-08-04) 4 August 1993 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Visa contract |
| 121 | Andre Russell | West Indies | (1988-04-29) 29 April 1988 (age 36) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Visa contract, replacement player for Liam Livingstone |
| 12 | Will Sutherland | Australia | (1999-10-27) 27 October 1999 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right arm fast medium | |
| Wicketkeepers |||||||
| 54 | Peter Handscomb | Australia | (1994-12-26) 26 December 1994 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| 6 | Sam Harper | Australia | (1996-12-10) 10 December 1996 (age 28) | Right-handed | – | |
| Pace bowlers |||||||
| 2 | Zak Evans | Australia | (2000-03-26) 26 March 2000 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | |
| 15 | David Moody | Australia | (1995-04-28) 28 April 1995 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Injury replacement player for Zak Evans |
| 61 | Jack Prestwidge | Australia | (1996-02-28) 28 February 1996 (age 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | |
| 55 | Kane Richardson | Australia | (1991-02-12) 12 February 1991 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right arm fast medium | |
| 8 | Tom Rogers | Australia | (1994-03-03) 3 March 1994 (age 30) | Left-handed | Right arm fast-medium | |
| Spin bowlers |||||||
| 52 | Fawad Ahmed | Australia | (1982-02-05) 5 February 1982 (age 42) | Right-handed | Right arm leg spin | Injury replacement player for Shaun Marsh |
| 7 | Akeal Hosein | West Indies | (1993-04-25) 25 April 1993 (age 31) | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox | Visa contract |
| 4 | Ruwantha Kellepotha | Sri Lanka | (1991-07-13) 13 July 1991 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-spin | Visa contract, replacement player for Mujeeb Ur Rahman |
| 77 | Corey Rocchiccioli | Australia | (1997-10-08) 8 October 1997 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| 88 | Mujeeb Ur Rahman | Afghanistan | (2001-03-28) 28 March 2001 (age 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Visa contract |

### Administration and support staff

The current administration and support staff of the Melbourne Renegades for the 2022–23 Big Bash League season as of 6 December 2022.
| Position | Name |
| Head coach | David Saker |
| Assistant coach | Brad Hodge |
| Assistant coach | Lloyd Mash |
| Strength & conditioning Coach | Richard Johnson |
| Physiotherapist | Nick Adcock |
| Source:Renegades staff ||

## Pre-season

* 13 August 2022 Summary
| Melbourne Renegades Academy 7/158 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Stars Academy 5/159 (19.4 overs) |
* Melbourne Stars Academy won by 5 wickets DXC Arena, Darwin
* 15 August 2022 Summary
| Melbourne Renegades Academy 108 (17.4 overs) | v | Cricket Australia XI 4/109 (18.3 overs) |
* Cricket Australia XI won by 6 wickets DXC Arena, Darwin
* 17 August 2022 Summary
| Melbourne Renegades Academy 8/160 (20 overs) | v | Northern Territory 5/147 (20 overs) |
* Melbourne Renegades Academy won by 13 runs DXC Arena, Darwin
* 20 August 2022 Summary
| Papua New Guinea 6/152 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Renegades Academy 5/155 (16.2 overs) |
* Melbourne Renegades Academy won by 5 wickets DXC Arena, Darwin
* 5 October 2022 Source
| Melbourne Renegades Academy | v | Scotland |
* No result HP Barr Reserve, Wangaratta
* 6 October 2022 Source
| Melbourne Renegades Academy | v | Namibia |
* No result HP Barr Reserve, Wangaratta
* 9 December 2022 Scorecard
| Melbourne Stars 7/220 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Renegades 2/221 (18.5 overs) |
* Melbourne Renegades won by 8 wickets CitiPower Centre, Melbourne
* 11 December 2022 Scorecard
| Melbourne Renegades Academy 4/155 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Stars Academy |
* No result Chirnside Park, Melbourne

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
| 1 | Perth Scorchers (C) | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 1.205 | Advance to play-off phase |
| 2 | Sydney Sixers | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 0.846 | Advance to play-off phase |
| 3 | Melbourne Renegades | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | −0.027 | Advance to play-off phase |
| 4 | Sydney Thunder | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | −0.716 | Advance to play-off phase |
| 5 | Brisbane Heat | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 13 | −0.483 | Advance to play-off phase |
| 6 | Hobart Hurricanes | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | −0.340 | |
| 7 | Adelaide Strikers | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 10 | −0.151 | |
| 8 | Melbourne Stars | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 6 | −0.287 | |

### Result by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | W |
| Position | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 |

### Matches

* Match 3 15 December 2022 18:15 (N) Scorecard
| Melbourne Renegades 7/166 (20 overs) | v | Brisbane Heat (H) 6/144 (20 overs) |
| Nic Maddinson 87 (49) Matthew Kuhnemann 3/32 (4 overs) | | Jimmy Peirson 43 (30) Akeal Hosein 3/15 (4 overs) |
* Melbourne Renegades won by 22 runs Cazalys Stadium, Cairns Attendance: 6,708 Umpires: Phillip Gillespie and Donovan Koch Player of the match: Nic Maddinson (Melbourne Renegades)
* Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.
* Josh Brown (Brisbane Heat) made his T20 debut.
* Match 7 18 December 2022 19:15 (N) Scorecard
| Sydney Thunder 6/174 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Renegades (H) 6/175 (19.5 overs) |
| Rilee Rossouw 53 (38) Tom Rogers 2/41 (4 overs) | | Aaron Finch 70* (43) Daniel Sams 3/33 (4 overs) |
* Melbourne Renegades won by 4 wickets Docklands Stadium, Melbourne Attendance: 7,087 Umpires: Sam Nogajski and Ben Treloar Player of the match: Aaron Finch (Melbourne Renegades)
* Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 10 21 December 2022 19:15 (N) Scorecard
| Brisbane Heat 8/137 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Renegades (H) 6/139 (19.2 overs) |
| Jimmy Peirson 45* (30) Tom Rogers 4/23 (4 overs) | | Andre Russell 57 (42) Michael Neser 4/32 (4 overs) |
* Melbourne Renegades won by 4 wickets Kardinia Park, Geelong Attendance: 6,892 Umpires: Simon Lightbody and David Taylor Player of the match: Andre Russell (Melbourne Renegades)
* Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat.
* Michael Neser (Brisbane Heat) took the 9th BBL hat-trick.
* Match 14 24 December 2022 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Hobart Hurricanes 122 (18 overs) | v | Melbourne Renegades 114 (19.2 overs) |
| James Neesham 28 (19) David Moody 3/16 (4 overs) | | Will Sutherland 40 (29) Riley Meredith 3/12 (4 overs) |
* Hobart Hurricanes won by 8 runs Bellerive Oval, Hobart Attendance: 9,128 Umpires: Shawn Craig and Sam Nogajski Player of the match: Riley Meredith (Hobart Hurricanes)
* Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 18 28 December 2022 19:15 (N) Scorecard
| (H) Sydney Sixers 8/149 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Renegades 115 (19 overs) |
| Josh Philippe 55 (40) Mujeeb Ur Rahman 3/29 (4 overs) | | Aaron Finch 36 (35) Ben Dwarshuis 4/17 (4 overs) |
* Sydney Sixers won by 34 runs Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Attendance: 16,208 Umpires: Sharad Patel and Paul Wilson Player of the match: Ben Dwarshuis (Sydney Sixers)
* Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 21 30 December 2022 18:30 (N) Scorecard
| (H) Melbourne Renegades 7/124 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Sixers 4/126 (17.5 overs) |
| Shaun Marsh 35 (29) Chris Jordan 2/25 (4 overs) Hayden Kerr 2/25 (4 overs) | | James Vince 39 (31) Akeal Hosein 2/24 (4 overs) |
* Sydney Sixers won by 6 wickets Kardinia Park, Geelong Attendance: 12,336 Umpires: Gerard Abood and Stephen Dionysius Player of the match: Chris Jordan (Sydney Sixers)
* Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 24 1 January 2023 13:40 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Melbourne Renegades 6/155 (20 overs) | v | Perth Scorchers 5/156 (19.4 overs) |
| Aaron Finch 65 (48) Andrew Tye 3/32 (4 overs) | | Josh Inglis 47 (34) Kane Richardson 2/21 (4 overs) |
* Perth Scorchers won by 5 wickets Docklands Stadium, Melbourne Attendance: 9,027 Umpires: Bruce Oxenford and Shawn Craig Player of the match: Josh Inglis (Perth Scorchers)
* Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 27 3 January 2023 19:15 (N) Scorecard
| Melbourne Renegades 7/141 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Stars (H) 9/108 (20 overs) |
| Mackenzie Harvey 32* (23) Trent Boult 2/23 (4 overs) | | Nick Larkin 48* (40) Tom Rogers 5/16 (4 overs) |
* Melbourne Renegades won by 33 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Attendance: 38,564 Umpires: Gerard Abood and Phillip Gillespie Player of the match: Tom Rogers (Melbourne Renegades)
* Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 32 7 January 2023 18:05 (N) Scorecard
| Hobart Hurricanes 8/162 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Renegades (H) 4/164 (18.1 overs) |
| Caleb Jewell 28 (17) Kane Richardson 2/20 (4 overs) | | Sam Harper 89 (48) Nathan Ellis 1/17 (3.1 overs) |
* Melbourne Renegades won by 6 wickets Docklands Stadium, Melbourne Attendance: 12,514 Umpires: Gerard Abood and Nathan Johnstone Player of the match: Sam Harper (Melbourne Renegades)
* Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 36 10 January 2023 19:10 (N) Scorecard
| (H) Adelaide Strikers 4/202 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Renegades 6/182 (20 overs) |
| Chris Lynn 69* (37) Ruwantha Kellepotha 2/32 (4 overs) | | Sam Harper 63 (36) Matt Short 2/26 (4 overs) Wes Agar 2/26 (4 overs) |
* Adelaide Strikers won by 20 runs Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Attendance: 21,345 Umpires: Claire Polosak and Shawn Craig Player of the match: Chris Lynn (Adelaide Strikers)
* Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field
* Ruwantha Kellepotha (Melbourne Renegades) made his T20 debut.
* Match 41 14 January 2023 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| (H) Melbourne Renegades 7/162 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Stars 7/156 (20 overs) |
| Sam Harper 51 (36) Liam Hatcher 2/34 (4 overs) | | Joe Clarke 59 (37) Kane Richardson 2/17 (4 overs) |
* Melbourne Renegades won by 6 runs Docklands Stadium, Melbourne Attendance: 22,437 Umpires: Greg Davidson and Michael Graham-Smith Player of the match: Kane Richardson (Melbourne Renegades)
* Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 47 19 January 2023 19:15 (N) Scorecard
| Melbourne Renegades 9/142 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Thunder (H) 2/144 (18.3 overs) |
| Will Sutherland 42* (23) Usman Qadir 2/20 (4 overs) | | Matthew Gilkes 74* (55) Corey Rocchiccioli 2/25 (4 overs) |
* Sydney Thunder won by 8 wickets Manuka Oval, Canberra Attendance: 10,862 Umpires: David Taylor and Paul Wilson Player of the match: Matthew Gilkes (Sydney Thunder)
* Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 52 22 January 2023 16:15 (N) Scorecard
| (H) Perth Scorchers 5/212 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Renegades 5/202 (20 overs) |
| Cameron Bancroft 95* (50) Matt Critchley 2/34 (4 overs) | | Aaron Finch 76* (35) Ashton Turner 2/25 (3 overs) |
* Perth Scorchers won by 10 runs Perth Stadium, Perth Attendance: 32,259 Umpires: Donovan Koch and Paul Wilson Player of the match: Cameron Bancroft (Perth Scorchers)
* Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 54 24 January 2023 19:15 (N) Scorecard
| Adelaide Strikers 7/142 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Renegades (H) 4/143 (18.2 overs) |
| Alex Carey 65 (47) Fawad Ahmed 3/17 (4 overs) | | Aaron Finch 63* (54) Peter Siddle 1/24 (3.2 overs) |
* Melbourne Renegades won by 6 wickets Docklands Stadium, Melbourne Attendance: 13,477 Umpires: Ben Treloar and Phillip Gillespie Player of the match: Aaron Finch (Melbourne Renegades)
* Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field.

## Play-offs
### Bracket

| Eliminator | Eliminator | Eliminator | Qualifier | Qualifier | Qualifier | Challenger | Challenger | Challenger | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | 1 | Perth Scorchers | 3/154 (18.3 overs) | | | | 1 | Perth Scorchers | 5/178 (19.2 overs) |
| | | | 2 | Sydney Sixers | 8/151 (20 overs) | | | | 5 | Brisbane Heat | 7/175 (20 overs) |
| | | | | | | 2 | Sydney Sixers | 9/116 (20 overs) | | | |
| | | | Knockout | Knockout | Knockout | 5 | Brisbane Heat | 6/117 (18.2 overs) | | | |
| | | | 3 | Melbourne Renegades | 5/162 (20 overs) | | | | | | |
| 4 | Sydney Thunder | 1/52 (6.5 overs) | 5 | Brisbane Heat | 3/164 (18.5 overs) | | | | | | |
| 5 | Brisbane Heat | 5/203 (20 overs) | | | | | | | | | |

### Matches

* Knockout 29 January 2023 19:15 (N) Scorecard
| Melbourne Renegades 5/162 (20 overs) | v | Brisbane Heat 3/164 (18.5 overs) |
| Shaun Marsh 82* (53) Xavier Bartlett 3/18 (4 overs) | | Usman Khawaja 59 (47) Tom Rogers 2/33 (3.5 overs) |
* Brisbane Heat won by 7 wickets Docklands Stadium, Melbourne Attendance: 10,699 Umpires: Bruce Oxenford and Phillip Gillespie Player of the match: Xavier Bartlett (Brisbane Heat)
* Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.

## Season statistics
### Attendances

| Match No. | Teams | Date | Venue | Location | Attendance | Capacity % |
| 3 | Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne Renegades | 15 December 2022 | Cazalys Stadium | Cairns | 6,708 | 50% |
| 7 | Melbourne Renegades vs Sydney Thunder | 18 December 2022 | Docklands Stadium | Melbourne | 7,087 | 13% |
| 10 | Melbourne Renegades vs Brisbane Heat | 21 December 2022 | Kardinia Park | Geelong | 6,892 | 19% |
| 14 | Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Renegades | 24 December 2022 | Bellerive Oval | Hobart | 9,128 | 46% |
| 18 | Sydney Sixers vs Melbourne Renegades | 28 December 2022 | Sydney Cricket Ground | Sydney | 16,208 | 34% |
| 21 | Melbourne Renegades vs Sydney Sixers | 30 December 2022 | Kardinia Park | Geelong | 12,336 | 34% |
| 24 | Melbourne Renegades vs Perth Scorchers | 1 January 2023 | Docklands Stadium | Melbourne | 9,027 | 16% |
| 27 | Melbourne Stars vs Melbourne Renegades | 3 January 2023 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | Melbourne | 38,564 | 39% |
| 32 | Melbourne Renegades vs Hobart Hurricanes | 7 January 2023 | Docklands Stadium | Melbourne | 12,514 | 23% |
| 36 | Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne Renegades | 10 January 2023 | Adelaide Oval | Adelaide | 21,345 | 40% |
| 41 | Melbourne Renegades vs Melbourne Stars | 14 January 2023 | Docklands Stadium | Melbourne | 22,437 | 40% |
| 47 | Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Renegades | 19 January 2023 | Manuka Oval | Canberra | 10,862 | 68% |
| 52 | Perth Scorchers vs Melbourne Renegades | 22 January 2023 | Perth Stadium | Perth | 32,259 | 53% |
| 54 | Melbourne Renegades vs Adelaide Strikers | 24 January 2023 | Docklands Stadium | Melbourne | 13,477 | 24% |
| K | Melbourne Renegades vs Brisbane Heat | 29 January 2023 | Docklands Stadium | Melbourne | 10,699 | 19% |
| Home Average | Home Average | Home Average | Home Average | Home Average | 11,809 | 24% |
| Home Total | Home Total | Home Total | Home Total | Home Total | 94,469 | — |
| Overall Average | Overall Average | Overall Average | Overall Average | Overall Average | 15,303 | 35% |
| Overall Total | Overall Total | Overall Total | Overall Total | Overall Total | 229,543 | — |
* denotes home matches.