# Melbourne Stars

Melbourne Stars are an Australian Twenty20 franchise cricket team, based in Melbourne, Victoria that competes in Australia's Twenty20 competition, the Big Bash League. The Stars wear a green uniform and play their home matches at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. They are the only team who have never won a BBL title.

## Season results

| Season | P | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Position | Finals |
| 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 | — |

## Honours

* 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

## Mascots

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.

## Squad

The squad of the Melbourne Stars for the 2025–26 Big Bash League season as of 19 February 2025.
* Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| No. | Name | Birth Date | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Additional Info. |
| Batters |||||||
| 35 | Hilton Cartwright | 14 February 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 3 | Tom Rogers | 7 February 1999 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg spin | |
| All-rounders |||||||
| 59 | Tom Curran | 12 March 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | |
| 32 | Glenn Maxwell | 14 October 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | |
| 16 | Marcus Stoinis | 16 August 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | Captain |
| Wicket-keepers |||||||
| Pace bowlers |||||||
| 25 | Scott Boland | 11 April 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | |
| 7 | Liam Hatcher | 17 September 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | |
| 36 | Hamish McKenzie | 21 September 1999 | Left-handed | Left-arm unorthodox | |
| 64 | Peter Siddle | 25 November 1984 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | |
| 4 | Mitch Swepson | 4 October 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | |

## Administration and support staff
### Current staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Peter Moores |
| Team Manager | Rossco Barrat |
* Source:

## List of captains

    As of 16 January 2024
| Name | Period | Mat | Won | Lost | Ties | NR | % |
| Cameron White | 2011–2015 | 27 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 62.96 |
| Shane Warne | 2012–2013 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| James Faulkner | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Brad Hodge | 2014 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| David Hussey | 2015–2017 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 52.63 |
| John Hastings | 2017–2018 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 |
| Glenn Maxwell | 2018–2022, 2023–2024 | 65 | 34 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 52.30 |
| Nic Maddinson | 2019 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Peter Handscomb | 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Adam Zampa | 2022–2023 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 26.66 |
| Marcus Stoinis | 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Current captain listed in bold.

## Rivalries

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, 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. 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.
List of Melbourne Derby matches :
| Date | Winner | Margin | Venue | Attendance | Player of the match |
| 7 January 2012 | Stars | 11 runs (D/L) | MCG | 40,227 | David Hussey |
| 7 December 2012 | Renegades | 8 wickets | Docklands Stadium | 23,589 | Aaron Finch |
| 6 January 2013 | Renegades | 9 wickets | MCG | 46,581 | Aaron Finch |
| 20 December 2013 | Stars | 76 runs | MCG | 25,266 | Luke Wright |
| 4 January 2014 | Stars | 9 wickets | Docklands Stadium | 42,837 | Cameron White |
| 3 January 2015 | Stars | 112 runs | Docklands Stadium | 33,734 | Michael Beer |
| 10 January 2015 | Stars | 3 wickets | MCG | 37,323 | Glenn Maxwell |
| 2 January 2016 | Stars | 7 wickets | MCG | 80,883 | Luke Wright |
| 9 January 2016 | Stars | 8 wickets | Docklands Stadium | 43,176 | Marcus Stoinis |
| 1 January 2017 | Renegades | 7 runs (D/L) | MCG | 71,162 | Brad Hogg |
| 7 January 2017 | Stars | 46 runs | Docklands Stadium | 44,189 | Adam Zampa |
| 6 January 2018 | Renegades | 6 wickets | MCG | 48,086 | Mohammad Nabi |
| 12 January 2018 | Stars | 23 runs | Docklands Stadium | 44,316 | Kevin Pietersen |
| 1 January 2019 | Stars | 7 wickets | MCG | 46,418 | Marcus Stoinis |
| 19 January 2019 | Stars | 6 wickets | Docklands Stadium | 38,117 | Marcus Stoinis |
| 17 February 2019 | Renegades | 13 runs | Docklands Stadium | 40,816 | Daniel Christian |
| 4 January 2020 | Stars | 7 wickets | MCG | 54,478 | Adam Zampa |
| 10 January 2020 | Stars | 7 wickets | Docklands Stadium | 30,388 | Glenn Maxwell |
| 17 January 2021 | Stars | 6 wickets | MCG | 14,979 | Liam Hatcher |
| 20 January 2021 | Renegades | 5 wickets | Docklands Stadium | 14,202 | Mackenzie Harvey |
| 3 January 2022 | Renegades | 5 wickets | MCG | 21,562 | Kane Richardson |
| 13 January 2022 | Stars | 6 wickets | Docklands Stadium | 10,014 | Glenn Maxwell |
| 3 January 2023 | Renegades | 33 runs | MCG | 38,564 | Tom Rogers |
| 14 January 2023 | Renegades | 6 runs | Docklands Stadium | 22,437 | Kane Richardson |
| 2 January 2024 | Stars | 8 wickets | MCG | 27,024 | Glenn Maxwell |
| 13 January 2024 | Renegades | 6 wickets | Docklands Stadium | 41,205 | Shaun Marsh |

## Overseas players

| Period | Name | Nationality | Role | Batting style | Bowling style |
| 2011–12 | Jade Dernbach | England | Pace bowler | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium |
| 2011–18 | Luke Wright | England | All-rounder | Right-handed | Right-arm medium |
| 2012–14 | Lasith Malinga | Sri Lanka | Pace bowler | Right-handed | Right-arm fast |
| 2012–13 | Dimitri Mascarenhas | England | All-rounder | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast |
| 2013–14 | Mohammad Hafeez | Pakistan | All-rounder | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break |
| 2014–18 | Kevin Pietersen | England | Batsman | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break |
| 2018–20 | Sandeep Lamichhane | Nepal | Spin bowler | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break |
| 2018–19 | Dwayne Bravo | West Indies | All-rounder | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium |
| 2018–19 | Liam Plunkett | England | Pace bowler | Right-handed | Right-arm fast |
| 2019–20 | Dale Steyn | South Africa | Pace bowler | Right-handed | Right-arm fast |
| 2019–22 | Haris Rauf | Pakistan | Pace bowler | Right-handed | Right-arm fast |
| 2020–21 | Dilbar Hussain | Pakistan | Pace bowler | Right-handed | Right-arm fast |
| 2020–21 | Nicholas Pooran | West Indies | Wicket-keeper-batsman | Left-handed | — |
| 2020–21 | Zahir Khan | Afghanistan | Spin bowler | Left-handed | Left-arm unorthodox |
| 2020–21 | Andre Fletcher | Grenada | Wicket-keeper-batsman | Right-handed | — |
| 2021–22 | Syed Faridoun | Pakistan | Spin bowler | Right-handed | Left-arm unorthodox |
| 2021–23 | Joe Clarke | England | Wicket-keeper-batsman | Right-handed | — |
| 2021–22 | Andre Russell | West Indies | Pace bowler | Right-handed | Right-arm fast |
| 2021–22 | Qais Ahmad | Afghanistan | Spin bowler | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break |
| 2022-2023 | Trent Boult | New Zealand | Pace bowler | Right-handed | Right-arm fast |
| 2023— | Usama Mir | Pakistan | Spin bowler | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break |
| 2024— | Ben Duckett | England | Batsman | Left-handed | — |