Melbourne Renegades Cricket

1. History
2. Administration and Support Staff
3. Team Sponsors
4. Melbourne Renegades - Batting Stats
5. Melbourne Renegades - Bowling Stats
6. Melbourne Renegades - Team Stats
7. Fanbase
8. Performance over the years
9. Melbourne Renegades 2020/21 squad - Players to watch out

Full Name: Melbourne Renegades

Nick Name: MR

Founded: 2011

Ground: Marvel Stadium

Prominent Players: Aaron Finch, Shaun Marsh, Imran Tahir

Captain - Aaron Finch

Jersey - Red coloured tracks and t-shirts with a strap of black near the waist

Logo - A red coloured capital letter R with a circle around it

History

2011-12

1. Andrew McDonald led the Renegades in the first-ever BBL tournament
2. Finished 7th on the points table

2012-13

1. Aaron Finch took over the captaincy of the men in red
2. Muttiah Muralitharan, Alex Hales, Fawad Ahmed and Marlon Samuels joined the squad
3. Finished at the top of the points table but lost in the semi-finals

2013-14

1. Jos Buttler, Solomon Mire and Peter Siddle joined MR
2. Finished 6th on the points table

2014-15

1. Ben Stokes, Callum Ferguson, Dwayne Bravo, Andre Russell, Shakib Al Hasan, Jesse Ryder and Matthew Wade added to the Renegades’ firepower in BBL04
2. Finished 6th on the points table again

2015-16

1. Chris Gayle and Cameron White added to the star-studded Melbourne Renegades squad
2. Finished 5th on the points table

2016-17

1. Brad Hogg and Sunil Narine were included in the Renegades spin department
2. Finished 5th on the points table

2017-18

1. Kieron Pollard and Kane Richardson were new recruits for MR
2. Dwayne Bravo picked the joint-most wickets in BBL 2017-18 (18)
3. Finished 3rd on the points table and lost the semi-finals

2018-19

1. Daniel Christian, Harry Gurney and Usman Shinwari joined the Renegades
2. Kane Richardson was the highest wicket-taker in the tournament (24)
3. Finished 2nd on the points table and won the BBL title for the first time in the history of the tournament

2019-20

1. Shaun Marsh joined MR
2. Finished 8th (last) on the points table

Administration and Support Staff

Head Coach: Michael Klinger

List Manager: Andrew Lynch

Assistant Coaches: Simon Helmot and Andre Borovec

Bowling Coach: Mick Lewis

Strength & Conditioning Coach: Richard Johnson

Physiotherapist: Nick Adcock

Team Sponsors

The Renegades have sponsorships from Majestic Athletics, Liberty and KFC for BBL 2020-21.

Melbourne Renegades - Batting Stats

Most Runs: Aaron Finch: 2252 runs

Most Centuries: Aaron Finch: 2

Most Fifties: Aaron Finch: 18

Best Batting Average: Brad Hodge: 43.00

Best Strike Rate: Chris Gayle: 155.68

Most Sixes: Aaron Finch: 83

Most Fours: Aaron Finch: 204

Highest Individual Score: Aaron Finch: 111*

Highest Batting Partnerships: Aaron Finch and Brad Hodge 126 for the 1st wicket

Melbourne Renegades - Bowling Stats

Most Wickets: Kane Richardson: 46

Best Economy: Muttiah Muralitharan: 5.70

Best Bowling Figures: Dwayne Bravo: 4.0-0-28-5

Best Bowling Average: Nick Winter: 11.60

Most Runs Conceded: Thisara Perera: 4.0-0-59-0

Most 4 Wickets: Kane Richardson: 4

Most Hat-tricks: NA

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Melbourne Renegades - Team Stats

Highest score: 222/4

Lowest score: 57

Fanbase

The Renegades’ fanbase from home gets divided into two franchise. The Melbourne Stars being the more successful franchise has managed to capture a lot of fans who share their home city with the Melbourne Renegades. Their dynamic squads over the years have not helped MR keep a loyal fanbase. Even then, they can say that they are doing well considering the social media fans they have acquired.

Overall, the Melbourne Renegades are followed by 685.6k users divided as 122.3k on Twitter, 116k on Instagram and 447.3k on Facebook.

Performance over the years

Year	Captain	Result	Top Batsman	Runs	Top Bowler	Wickets	Win %
2011-12	Andrew McDonald	7th	Aaron Finch	259	Shahid Afridi	10	28.57
2012-13	Aaron Finch	Semi-finalists	Aaron Finch	332	Muttiah Muralitharan	11	88.89
2013-14	Aaron Finch	6th	Aaron Finch	262	Nathan Rimmington	10	37.50
2014-15	Aaron Finch	6th	Matthew Wade	168	Shakib Al Hasan/James Pattinson	7	37.50
2015-16	Aaron Finch	5th	Chris Gayle	260	Nathan Rimmington	7	37.50
2016-17	Aaron Finch	5th	Aaron Finch	354	Sunil Narine	13	50.00
2017-18	Aaron Finch/Dwayne Bravo/Cameron White	Semi-finalists	Marcus Harris	324	Dwayne Bravo	18	54.55
2018-19	Aaron Finch	Champions	Sam Harper	341	Kane Richardson	24	62.50
2019-20	Aaron Finch	8th	Shaun Marsh	449	Cameron Boyce	14	21.43

Melbourne Renegades 2020/21 squad - Players to watch out

#1. Aaron Finch

Aaron Finch has been the identity of the Melbourne Renegades as he has been with the side for all the 9 seasons of the Big Bash League. In fact, he has led the men in red from the 2nd season itself and has ended up as the highest run-getter for them in 4 seasons including the first three. He continues to be their most important player.

#2. Shaun Marsh

Shaun Marsh has risen through the ranks quicker than ever before once he showed the world is his T20 game in the inaugural edition of the Indian Premier League. Now that he is considered for the ODIs and Tests for Australia, he would like to have a good BBL season to get a place in their T20I side as well. The left-hander has tons of experience, which will be crucial for MR this season.

#3. Imran Tahir

The highest wicket-taker in IPL 2019 wasn’t given enough opportunities in IPL 2020. He might be itching to get his due course in the BBL and prove to the IPL fraternity that leaving him out wasn’t the best of choices his team made. The 41-year-old will bring his leg-spinner in Australia and challenge the best batsmen around in the BBL.

#4. Mohammad Nabi

Afghanistan’s Mohammad Nabi is the No. 1 T20I all-rounder in the world according to the ICC rankings. He has been a highly underrated cricketer although he has shown what he can bring to the table time and again. Nabi can support Tahir with his spinners and can also be a dangerous death overs batsman for the Renegades.

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#5. Kane Richardson

The Australian quick bowler Kane Richardson has lost a lot of cricket due to his family issues and might be targeting the Big Bash League to get back to professional cricket after the COVID-19 lockdown. The 29-year-old was improving in the lead up to the IPL. It will be tough for him to get back to the same form after a long gap but will remain one of the top bowlers for MR in BBL 10.