Melbourne Stars Cricket

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

Full Name: Melbourne Stars

Nick Name: MS

Founded: 2011

Ground: Melbourne Cricket Ground is the primary home ground while Metricon Stadium in Gold Coast and Ted Summerton Reserve in Moe are their secondary home grounds

Prominent Players: Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Jonny Bairstow

Captain - Glenn Maxwell

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

Logo - A green star with the name MELBOURNE STARS written on it

History

2011-12

1. Cameron White became the first-ever captain of the Melbourne Stars
2. Finished 4th on the points table and lost the semi-finals

2012-13

1. Shane Warne took over the captaincy of the Stars
2. Lasith Malinga and Dimitri Mascarenhas joined the squad
3. Finished 3rd on the points table and lost the semi-finals again

2013-14

1. Cameron White regained the captaincy
2. Glenn Maxwell and Mohammad Hafeez joined MS
3. Finished at the top of the points table but lost the semi-finals yet again

2014-15

1. Kevin Pietersen joined the Stars
2. John Hastings picked the most wickets in BBL 2014/15 (16)
3. Finished 3rd on the points table and lost the semi-finals for the fourth consecutive season

2015-16

1. David Hussey became the Stars’ new captain
2. Finished 2nd on the points table and lost the Final

2016-17

1. Ben Hilfenhaus joined the squad
2. Finished 4th on the points table and lost the semi-finals

2017-18

1. John Hastings became the new captain for the Melbourne Stars
2. Finished 8th (last) on the points table

2018-19

1. Glenn Maxwell became the latest Melbourne Stars captain
2. Dwayne Bravo, Sandeep Lamichhane and Liam Plunkett joined the Stars
3. Finished 4th on the points table and lost the Final

2019-20

1. Haris Rauf and Dale Steyn joined the Melbourne Stars
2. Marcus Stoinis scored the most runs in a single edition of the BBL (705)
3. Topped the points table but couldn’t clear the semi-finals barrier yet again

Administration and Support Staff

Coach: David Hussey

Team Sponsors

The Stars have sponsorships from Majestic Athletics, belling, MG, Yale and Dimplex for BBL 2020/21.

Melbourne Stars - Batting Stats

Most Runs: Marcus Stoinis: 1731 runs

Most Centuries: Luke Wright: 2

Most Fifties: Glenn Maxwell: 14

Best Batting Average: Brad Hodge: 43.15

Best Strike Rate: Glenn Maxwell: 151.82

Most Sixes: Glenn Maxwell: 76

Most Fours: Luke Wright: 165

Highest Individual Score: Marcus Stoinis: 147*

Highest Batting Partnerships: Marcus Stoinis and Hilton Cartwright 207 for 1st wicket

Melbourne Stars - Bowling Stats

Most Wickets: Adam Zampa: 53

Best Economy: Lasith Malinga: 5.40

Best Bowling Figures: Lasith Malinga: 4.0-1-7-6

Best Bowling Average: Lasith Malinga: 15.00

Most Runs Conceded: Daniel Worrall: 4.0-0-60-0

Most 4 Wickets: Liam Plunkett, Haris Rauf, Lasith Malinga, Marcus Stoinis, Daniel Worrall, Scott Boland, Jackson Bird, John Hastings and James Faulkner: 1 each

Most Hat-tricks: Haris Rauf: 1

Click here to see Melbourne Stars fixtures for BBL 2020-21.

Melbourne Stars - Team Stats

Highest score: 219/1

Lowest score: 99

Fanbase

Like the Sydney franchises, the Melbourne Stars also have to share a franchise from their own city, the Melbourne Renegades. The Stars have come close to winning the trophy each time but one, but have not managed to take the final step. The BBL trophy has eluded the Stars all these years but they have always looked like winning it.

On the back of these strong performances over the years, the Melbourne Stars have earned a huge fanbase on social media. They have a total of 969.6k followers across social media platforms divided as 159.2k on Twitter, 184.4k on Instagram and 626k on Facebook.

Performance over the years

Year	Captain	Result	Top Batsman	Runs	Top Bowler	Wickets	Win %
2011-12	Cameron White	Semi-finalists	David Hussey/Rob Quiney	243	James Faulkner	13	50.00
2012-13	Shane Warne	Semi-finalists	Brad Hodge	342	Lasith Malinga	13	55.56
2013-14	Cameron White	Semi-finalists	Luke Wright	288	Jackson bird/John Hastings	13	88.89
2014-15	Cameron White	Semi-finalists	Kevin Pietersen	293	John Hastings	16	55.56
2015-16	David Hussey	Runners-up	Kevin Pietersen	323	Adam Zampa	12	60.00
2016-17	David Hussey	Semi-finalists	Kevin Pietersen	268	Scott Boland	14	44.44
2017-18	John Hastings	8th	Glenn Maxwell	299	John Hastings	10	20.00
2018-19	Glenn Maxwell	Runners-up	Marcus Stoinis	533	DJ Bravo	15	50.00
2019-20	Glenn Maxwell	Runners-up	Marcus Stoinis	705	Haris Rauf/Adam Zampa	20	64.71

Melbourne Stars 2020/21 squad - Players to watch out

#1. Glenn Maxwell

The Australian batting all-rounder Glenn Maxwell has blown hot and cold since sport began after the COVID-19 pandemic. However, it is not different for him as he has always been a hot and cold cricketer who tonks those big sixes on his day and looks like a pale shadow of himself the very next day. He would like to take the fact into account that he looked more than a pale shadow of himself in IPL 2020 season and now he has to make up for it in the BBL.

#2. Marcus Stoinis

On the other hand, his national teammate and seaming all-rounder Marcus Stoinis has been a superstar in the same IPL. To make things even more interesting for the Stars and Stoinis fans, the 31-year-old was the highest run-getter in the last edition of the BBL. He has improved as a cricketer since then and might be even dangerous in BBL 10.

#3. Nicholas Pooran

The big-hitting West Indian, Nicholas Pooran, showed glimpses of his usual self in the later half of the IPL and might actually carry forward the same form coming into the Big Bash League. If the southpaw stays at the top of his game throughout the BBL season, the Sixers might be the best batting team in the death overs this season.

#4. Jonny Bairstow

The England wicket-keeper Jonny Bairstow did not get a lot of chances in the later stage of the aforementioned IPL season due to the foreign-balance of the Sunrisers Hyderabad. However, in the games that he played, the opener was at his aggressive best when required and took the responsibility of carrying the team forward when required otherwise.

#5. Adam Zampa

The young leg-spinner is maturing a lot in the last couple of years and making use of all his experience of playing professional cricket over the years. He has rubbed shoulders with some of the best in the world at the momnet in the IPL and is ready to execute the new tricks in the BBL. He had taken the joint-most wickets for the Melbourne Stars in tBBL 09 and was their premier spinner in the tournament. He will e seen in the green jersey this year too with the same role.

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