# 2019–20 Melbourne Stars WBBL season

The 2019–20 Melbourne Stars Women's season was the fifth in the team's history. Coached by David Hemp and captained by Elyse Villani, they finished on the bottom of the WBBL|05 ladder. The Stars managed to win just two matches for the season, resulting in their first wooden spoon.

## Squad

Each 2019–20 squad featured 15 active players, with an allowance of up to five marquee signings including a maximum of three from overseas. Australian marquees are players who held a national women's team contract at the time of signing for their WBBL|05 team.
Notable details for the Stars squad included:
* Elyse Villani joined the team after spending four years with the Perth Scorchers
* Kristen Beams, ahead of her final season, relinquished the captaincy with Villani taking over the role
* Katie Mack did not return to the team for WBBL|05, instead she was recruited by the Adelaide Strikers
* Emma Inglis, having spent the past two seasons with the Melbourne Renegades, switched back to the Stars where she began her Big Bash career
* Madeline Penna and Chloe Rafferty were added to the squad as injury replacements for Alana King and Lucy Cripps
The table below lists the Stars players and their key stats (including runs scored, batting strike rate, wickets taken, economy rate, catches and stumpings) for the season.
| No. | Name | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | G | R | SR | W | E | C | S | Notes |
| Batters ||||||||||||||
| 00 | Mignon du Preez | 13 June 1989 | Right-handed | – | 14 | 404 | 120.59 | – | – | 3 | – | Overseas marquee |
| 67 | Lizelle Lee | 2 April 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 14 | 475 | 131.94 | – | – | 3 | – | Overseas marquee |
| 8 | Angela Reakes | 27 December 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 2 | Elyse Villani | 6 October 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 14 | 344 | 103.92 | – | – | 5 | – | Captain, Australian marquee |
| All-rounders ||||||||||||||
| 24 | Lucy Cripps | 6 December 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 25 | Tess Flintoff | 31 March 2003 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 13 | 75 | 120.96 | 2 | 7.78 | 1 | – | |
| 76 | Erin Osborne | 27 June 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 14 | 205 | 110.21 | 11 | 7.54 | 2 | – | |
| 3 | Annabel Sutherland | 12 October 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 10 | 104 | 92.85 | 5 | 7.67 | 2 | – | |
| Wicket-keepers ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Nicole Faltum | 17 January 2000 | Right-handed | – | 9 | 54 | 112.50 | – | – | 1 | 1 | |
| 17 | Emma Inglis | 15 July 1988 | Right-handed | – | 2 | 24 | 75.00 | – | – | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | Katey Martin | 7 February 1985 | Right-handed | – | 9 | 74 | 104.22 | – | – | 1 | 2 | Overseas marquee |
| Bowlers ||||||||||||||
| 26 | Kristen Beams | 6 November 1984 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | 9 | 8 | 133.33 | 2 | 7.56 | 1 | – | |
| 9 | Holly Ferling | 22 December 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 10 | 4 | 80.00 | 5 | 7.06 | 2 | – | |
| 44 | Nicola Hancock | 8 November 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 13 | 36 | 109.09 | 4 | 7.73 | 1 | – | |
| 13 | Alana King | 22 November 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | 7 | 17 | 51.51 | 2 | 9.17 | 1 | – | |
| 11 | Madeline Penna | 30 August 2000 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | 10 | 3 | 30.00 | 10 | 8.23 | – | – | Injury replacement |
| 7 | Chloe Rafferty | 16 June 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 4 | 6 | 100.00 | 1 | 11.16 | 1 | – | Injury replacement |

## Ladder

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Brisbane Heat (C) | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0.723 |
| 2 | Adelaide Strikers (RU) | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0.601 |
| 3 | Perth Scorchers | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0.026 |
| 4 | Melbourne Renegades | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 0.117 |
| 5 | Sydney Sixers | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | −0.076 |
| 6 | Sydney Thunder | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 11 | −0.487 |
| 7 | Hobart Hurricanes | 14 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 9 | −0.197 |
| 8 | Melbourne Stars | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 4 | −0.734 |
* The four top ranked teams qualified for the semi-finals

## Fixtures

All times are local time
* Match 2 19 October 2019 14:00 Scorecard
| Hobart Hurricanes 5/164 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Stars 9/144 (20 overs) |
| Chloe Tryon 46* (18) Erin Osborne 2/44 (4 overs) | | Erin Osborne 40 (37) Maisy Gibson 3/26 (4 overs) |
* Hobart Hurricanes won by 20 runs CitiPower Centre, Melbourne Umpires: Greg Azzopardi and Daryl Brigham Player of the match: Belinda Vakarewa (Hobart Hurricanes)
* Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field
* Broadcast by Cricket Network
* Match 5 20 October 2019 14:10 Scorecard
| Melbourne Stars 7/136 (20 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes 5/137 (18.3 overs) |
| Lizelle Lee 25 (21) Belinda Vakarewa 2/22 (4 overs) | | Nicola Carey 60* (46) Kristen Beams 2/23 (3 overs) |
* Hobart Hurricanes won by 5 wickets (with 9 balls remaining) CitiPower Centre, Melbourne Attendance: 488 Umpires: Dale Ireland and Mattis van Eck Player of the match: Nicola Carey (Hobart Hurricanes)
* Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field
* Broadcast by Cricket Network
* Match 11 26 October 2019 14:00 Scorecard
| Melbourne Stars 9/107 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Sixers 2/108 (17.1 overs) |
| Mignon du Preez 44 (47) Marizanne Kapp 3/16 (4 overs) | | Ellyse Perry 39* (43) Nicola Hancock 1/19 (4 overs) |
* Sydney Sixers won by 8 wickets (with 17 balls remaining) Hurstville Oval, Sydney Umpires: Berend du Plessis and Marc Nickl Player of the match: Marizanne Kapp (Sydney Sixers)
* Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to bat
* Broadcast by Cricket Network
* Marizanne Kapp became the fifth player to take a WBBL hat-trick
* Match 15 27 October 2019 14:00 Scorecard
| Melbourne Stars 5/141 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Thunder 6/142 (19.4 overs) |
| Elyse Villani 52 (47) Rene Farrell 1/18 (4 overs) | | Alex Blackwell 45* (36) Madeline Penna 4/20 (4 overs) |
* Sydney Thunder won by 4 wickets (with 2 balls remaining) Bankstown Oval, Sydney Attendance: 606 Umpires: David Taylor and Claire Polosak Player of the match: Alex Blackwell (Sydney Thunder)
* Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field
* Broadcast by Cricket Network
* Match 19 2 November 2019 15:55 Scorecard
| Melbourne Stars 3/155 (20 overs) | v | Perth Scorchers 6/135 (20 overs) |
| Lizelle Lee 103* (65) Heather Graham 2/27 (2 overs) | | Meg Lanning 40 (39) Madeline Penna 2/24 (4 overs) |
* Melbourne Stars won by 20 runs WACA Ground, Perth Umpires: Troy Penman and Trent Steenholdt Player of the match: Lizelle Lee (Melbourne Stars)
* Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field
* Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket
* Match 21 3 November 2019 11:10 Scorecard
| Sydney Sixers 0/199 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Stars 6/154 (20 overs) |
| Alyssa Healy 106* (53) Erin Osborne 0/31 (4 overs) | | Elyse Villani 59 (44) Sarah Aley 2/18 (4 overs) |
* Sydney Sixers won by 45 runs WACA Ground, Perth Umpires: Nathan Johnstone and Trent Steenholdt Player of the match: Alyssa Healy (Sydney Sixers)
* Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat
* Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket
* Alyssa Healy and Ellyse Perry set a new record for the highest partnership in a domestic women's T20 (199 runs)
* Match 29 10 November 2019 13:40 Scorecard
| Adelaide Strikers 4/164 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Stars 8/147 (20 overs) |
| Sophie Devine 85* (56) Madeline Penna 3/50 (4 overs) | | Mignon du Preez 70 (51) Amanda Wellington 3/31 (4 overs) |
* Adelaide Strikers won by 17 runs Karen Rolton Oval, Adelaide Attendance: 1,569 Umpires: Craig Thomas and Darren Close Player of the match: Sophie Devine (Adelaide Strikers)
* Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field
* Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket
* Sophie Devine set a new WBBL record for the most sixes scored off consecutive deliveries (five)
* Madeline Penna suffered a new WBBL record for the most expensive over bowled (31 runs)
* Match 32 13 November 2019 14:00 Scorecard
| Melbourne Stars 4/165 (20 overs) | v | Brisbane Heat 1/168 (19.3 overs) |
| Mignon du Preez 88 (51) Delissa Kimmince 3/27 (4 overs) | | Beth Mooney 70* (60) Madeline Penna 1/34 (4 overs) |
* Brisbane Heat won by 9 wickets (with 3 balls remaining) CitiPower Centre, Melbourne Umpires: Dale Ireland and Mattis van Eck Player of the match: Mignon du Preez (Melbourne Stars)
* Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field
* Broadcast by Cricket Network
* Beth Mooney became the first player to score 400 runs in five consecutive WBBL seasons
* Match 35 16 November 2019 14:00 Scorecard
| Adelaide Strikers 2/153 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Stars 8/96 (20 overs) |
| Sophie Devine 77* (58) Holly Ferling 1/11 (3 overs) | | Nicola Hancock 26* (23) Sophie Devine 3/13 (3 overs) |
* Adelaide Strikers won by 57 runs Centennial Park Oval, Nuriootpa Attendance: 1,831 Umpires: Craig Thomas and Mary Waldron Player of the match: Sophie Devine (Adelaide Strikers)
* Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field
* Broadcast by Cricket Network
* Match 39 20 November 2019 14:00 Scorecard
| Melbourne Stars 6/149 (20 overs) | v | Perth Scorchers 1/151 (19.1 overs) |
| Elyse Villani 59 (56) Samantha Betts 3/21 (3 overs) | | Amy Jones 70 (55) Nicola Hancock 1/19 (3 overs) |
* Perth Scorchers won by 9 wickets (with 5 balls remaining) CitiPower Centre, Melbourne Umpires: Greg Azzopardi and Mattis van Eck Player of the match: Amy Jones (Perth Scorchers)
* Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field
* Broadcast by Cricket Network
* Melbourne Stars eliminated from finals contention
* Match 44 23 November 2019 14:00 Scorecard
| Melbourne Renegades 3/165 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Stars 3/169 (19.2 overs) |
| Anna Lanning 73 (49) Nicola Hancock 2/35 (4 overs) | | Lizelle Lee 62 (46) Lea Tahuhu 2/26 (4 overs) |
* Melbourne Stars won by 7 wickets (with 4 balls remaining) Eastern Oval, Ballarat Attendance: 2,337 Umpires: Greg Azzopardi and Daryl Brigham Player of the match: Anna Lanning (Melbourne Renegades)
* Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field
* Broadcast by Cricket Network
* Brisbane Heat qualified for finals
* Match 49 27 November 2019 14:30 Scorecard
| Sydney Thunder 6/162 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Stars 5/144 (20 overs) |
| Alex Blackwell 65 (47) Annabel Sutherland 2/31 (4 overs) | | Mignon du Preez 55 (50) Rene Farrell 2/28 (4 overs) |
* Sydney Thunder won by 18 runs Manuka Oval, Canberra Umpires: Andrew Scotford and Andrew Crozier Player of the match: Alex Blackwell (Sydney Thunder)
* Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field
* Broadcast by Cricket Network
* Match 50 30 November 2019 10:40 Scorecard
| Melbourne Stars 4/162 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Renegades 4/163 (19.5 overs) |
| Lizelle Lee 70 (44) Maitlan Brown 2/24 (4 overs) | | Jess Duffin 76* (57) Erin Osborne 2/36 (4 overs) |
* Melbourne Renegades won by 6 wickets (with 1 ball remaining) CitiPower Centre, Melbourne Attendance: approx. 1,000 Umpires: Daryl Brigham and Ben Treloar Player of the match: Jess Duffin (Melbourne Renegades)
* Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field
* Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket
* Sydney Thunder eliminated from finals contention
* Match 55 1 December 2019 15:00 Scorecard
| Melbourne Stars 6/87 (10 overs) | v | Brisbane Heat 2/88 (8.4 overs) |
| Elyse Villani 25 (17) Amelia Kerr 2/4 (2 overs) | | Beth Mooney 50* (27) Annabel Sutherland 1/14 (2 overs) |
* Brisbane Heat won by 8 wickets (with 8 balls remaining) CitiPower Centre, Melbourne Umpires: Dale Ireland and Greg Azzopardi Player of the match: Beth Mooney (Brisbane Heat)
* Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field
* Match reduced to 10 overs per side due to rain delay
* Broadcast by Cricket Network
* Former Australian player Kristen Beams made her last WBBL appearance

## Statistics and awards

* Most runs: Lizelle Lee – 475 (5th in the league)
* Highest score in an innings: Lizelle Lee – 103* vs Perth Scorchers, 2 November
* Most wickets: Erin Osborne – 11 (equal 21st in the league)
* Best bowling figures in an innings: Madeline Penna – 4/20 (4 overs) vs Sydney Thunder, 27 October
* Most catches (fielder): Elyse Villani – 5 (equal 14th in the league)
* Player of the Match awards: Mignon du Preez, Lizelle Lee – 1 each
* Stars Player of the Season: Lizelle Lee
* WBBL|05 Young Gun Award: Annabel Sutherland (nominated)