Melbourne Stars

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Melbourne Stars (WBBL).

Melbourne Stars are an Australian Twenty20 franchise cricket team, based in Melbourne, Victoria that competes in Australia's Twenty20 competition, the Big Bash League.^[2] 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.

Melbourne Stars

League	Big Bash League
Personnel
Captain	Marcus Stoinis[1]
Coach	Peter Moores
Owner	Cricket Victoria
Team information
City	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Colours	Green,   Black
Founded	2011; 14 years ago (2011)
Home ground	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Capacity	100,024
Secondary home ground(s)	Lavington Sports Ground, Albury
Secondary ground capacity	25,000 approx.
History
Twenty20 debut	2011
BBL wins	0
Official website	Official Website
Home kit Away kit

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	—
2024-25	10	5	5	0	10	0.135	4th	Knockout Final

Honours

• Big Bash:
  • Champions (0):
  • Runners Up (3): 2015–16, 2018–19, 2019–20
  • Minor Premiers (2): 2013–14, 2019–20
  • Finals Series Appearances (9): 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2024–25
  • 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.^[3]

Rivalries

Main article: Melbourne Derby (BBL)

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.^{[citation needed]} 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.^{[citation needed]} 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.^[4]

List of Melbourne Derby matches

Date	Winner	Margin	Venue	Attendance	Player of the match
7 January 2012	Stars	11 runs (D/L)[5]	MCG	40,227	David Hussey
7 December 2012	Renegades	8 wickets[6]	Docklands Stadium	23,589	Aaron Finch
6 January 2013	Renegades	9 wickets[7]	MCG	46,581	Aaron Finch
20 December 2013	Stars	76 runs[8]	MCG	25,266	Luke Wright
4 January 2014	Stars	9 wickets[9]	Docklands Stadium	42,837	Cameron White
3 January 2015	Stars	112 runs[10]	Docklands Stadium	33,734	Michael Beer
10 January 2015	Stars	3 wickets[11]	MCG	37,323	Glenn Maxwell
2 January 2016	Stars	7 wickets[12]	MCG	80,883	Luke Wright
9 January 2016	Stars	8 wickets[13]	Docklands Stadium	43,176	Marcus Stoinis
1 January 2017	Renegades	7 runs (D/L)[14]	MCG	71,162	Brad Hogg
7 January 2017	Stars	46 runs[15]	Docklands Stadium	44,189	Adam Zampa
6 January 2018	Renegades	6 wickets[16]	MCG	48,086	Mohammad Nabi
12 January 2018	Stars	23 runs[17]	Docklands Stadium	44,316	Kevin Pietersen
1 January 2019	Stars	7 wickets[18]	MCG	46,418	Marcus Stoinis
19 January 2019	Stars	6 wickets[19]	Docklands Stadium	38,117	Marcus Stoinis
17 February 2019	Renegades	13 runs[20]	Docklands Stadium	40,816	Daniel Christian
4 January 2020	Stars	7 wickets[21]	MCG	54,478	Adam Zampa
10 January 2020	Stars	7 wickets[22]	Docklands Stadium	30,388	Glenn Maxwell
17 January 2021	Stars	6 wickets[23]	MCG	14,979	Liam Hatcher
20 January 2021	Renegades	5 wickets[24]	Docklands Stadium	14,202	Mackenzie Harvey
3 January 2022	Renegades	5 wickets[25]	MCG	21,562	Kane Richardson
13 January 2022	Stars	6 wickets[26]	Docklands Stadium	10,014	Glenn Maxwell
3 January 2023	Renegades	33 runs[27]	MCG	38,564	Tom Rogers
14 January 2023	Renegades	6 runs[28]	Docklands Stadium	22,437	Kane Richardson
2 January 2024	Stars	8 wickets[29]	MCG	27,024	Glenn Maxwell
13 January 2024	Renegades	6 wickets[30]	Docklands Stadium	41,205	Shaun Marsh

Season Summaries

Chart of yearly table positions for Melbourne Stars in WBL

Season	W–L	Pos.	Finals	Coach	Captain	Most Runs	Most Wickets	Most Valuable Player	Refs
2011–12	4–3	4th	SF	Greg Shipperd	Cameron White	David Hussey and Rob Quiney – 243	James Faulkner – 13	–	[31][32]
2012–13	5–3	3rd	SF	Greg Shipperd	Shane Warne[a]	Brad Hodge – 342	Lasith Malinga – 13	–	[33][34]
2013–14	8–0*	1st*	SF	Greg Shipperd	Cameron White[b]	Luke Wright – 288	Jackson Bird and John Hastings – 13	–	[35][36]
2014–15	5–3	3rd	SF	Greg Shipperd	Cameron White	Kevin Pietersen – 293	John Hastings – 16*	–	[37][38]
2015–16	5–3	2nd	RU	Stephen Fleming	David Hussey	Kevin Pietersen – 323	Adam Zampa – 12	Kevin Pietersen	[39][40]
2016–17	4–4	4th	SF	Stephen Fleming	David Hussey	Kevin Pietersen – 268	Scott Boland – 14	Luke Wright	[41][42]
2017–18	2–8	8th	DNQ	Stephen Fleming	John Hastings	Glenn Maxwell – 299	John Hastings – 10	Glenn Maxwell	[43][44]
2018–19	7–7	4th	RU	Stephen Fleming	Glenn Maxwell[c]	Marcus Stoinis – 533	Dwayne Bravo – 15	Marcus Stoinis	[45][46]
2019–20	10–4*	1st*	RU	David Hussey	Glenn Maxwell[d]	Marcus Stoinis – 705^	Haris Rauf and Adam Zampa – 20	Marcus Stoinis*	[47][48]
2020–21	5–8	7th	DNQ	David Hussey	Glenn Maxwell	Marcus Stoinis – 396	Adam Zampa – 19	–	[49][50]
2021–22	7–7	6th	DNQ	David Hussey	Glenn Maxwell[e]	Glenn Maxwell – 468	Brody Couch – 16	Joe Clarke	[51][52]
2022–23	3–11	8th	DNQ	David Hussey	Adam Zampa	Joe Clarke – 381	Luke Wood – 20	Joe Clarke	[53][54]
2023–24	4–6	6th	DNQ	Peter Moores	Glenn Maxwell[f]	Beau Webster – 262	Glenn Maxwell – 7	Hilton Cartwright and Glenn Maxwell	[55][56]
2024–25	5–5	4th	KF	Peter Moores	Marcus Stoinis	Glenn Maxwell – 325	Mark Steketee – 15	Glenn Maxwell*[g]	[57][58]

Legend

DNQ	Did not qualify	SF	Semi-finalists	*	Led the league
EF	Lost the Eliminator	RU	Runners-up	^	League record
KF	Lost the Knockout	CF	Lost the Challenger	C	Champions

Captains

See also: § Season Summaries

There have been 11 captains in the Stars' history, including matches featuring an acting captain.

Captain	Span	M	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	W–L%
Cameron White	2011–15	27	18	9	0	0	66.67
Shane Warne	2012–13	6	3	3	0	0	50
James Faulkner	2013	1	0	1	0	0	0
Brad Hodge	2014	1	1	0	0	0	100
David Hussey	2015–17	19	10	9	0	0	52.63
John Hastings	2017–18	10	2	8	0	0	20
Glenn Maxwell	2018–24	65	34	30	0	1	53.13
Nic Maddinson	2019	3	0	3	0	0	0
Peter Handscomb	2020	1	0	1	0	0	0
Adam Zampa	2022–23	15	4	11	0	0	26.67
Marcus Stoinis	2023–25	12	5	7	0	0	41.67

Home Grounds

Venue	Games hosted by season
	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	Total
CitiPower Centre	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Lavington Sports Ground	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Manuka Oval	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Melbourne Cricket Ground	4	4	5	4	6	4	5	5	7	4	6	7	4	4	61
People First Stadium	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Ted Summerton Reserve	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2

Squad

The squad of the Melbourne Stars for the 2025–26 Big Bash League season as of 19 June 2025.^[59][60]

• Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nat.	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	Overseas Draft Pick (Platinum)
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
10	Joe Clarke		26 May 1996	Right-handed	—	Overseas Draft Pick (Silver)
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
97	Haris Rauf		7 November 1993	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	Overseas Draft Pick (Platinum)
64	Peter Siddle		25 November 1984	Right-handed	Right-arm fast
61	Mark Steketee		17 January 1994	Right-handed	Right-arm fast
4	Mitch Swepson		4 October 1993	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin

Players

Australian representatives

The following is a list of cricketers who have played for the Stars after making their debut in the national men's team (the period they spent as both a Stars squad member and an Australian-capped player is in brackets):

• Jackson Bird (BBL|01–04)
• David Hussey (BBL|01–06)
• Clint McKay (BBL|01–04)
• Matthew Wade (BBL|01–03)
• Shane Warne (BBL|01–02)
• Cameron White (BBL|01–04)
• Adam Voges (BBL|01)
• James Faulkner (BBL|02–07)
• John Hastings (BBL|02–07)
• Brad Hodge (BBL|02–03)
• Glenn Maxwell (BBL|02–15)
• Rob Quiney (BBL|02–07)
• James Muirhead (BBL|03)
• Michael Beer (BBL|04–08)
• Scott Boland (BBL|05–08, 13–15)
• Ben Hilfenhaus (BBL|05–06)
• Marcus Stoinis (BBL|05–15)
• Peter Handscomb (BBL|06–09, 13–14)
• Daniel Worrall (BBL|06–09)
• Adam Zampa (BBL|06–12)
• Ben Dunk (BBL|07–10)
• Nic Maddinson (BBL|08–10)
• Hilton Cartwright (BBL|09–15)
• Nathan Coulter-Nile (BBL|09–13)
• Billy Stanlake (BBL|10–11)
• Joe Burns (BBL|11–13)
• Joel Paris (BBL|13–14)
• Peter Siddle (BBL|14–15)
• Beau Webster (BBL|14)
• Mitch Swepson (BBL|15)

Overseas marquees

• Jade Dernbach (BBL|01)
• Luke Wright (BBL|01–07)
• Lasith Malinga (BBL|02–03)
• Dimitri Mascarenhas (BBL|02)
• Mohammad Hafeez (BBL|03)
• Kevin Pietersen (BBL|04–07)
• Dwayne Bravo (BBL|08)
• Sandeep Lamichhane (BBL|08–09)
• Liam Plunkett (BBL|08)
• Dilbar Hussain (BBL|09–10)
• Haris Rauf (BBL|09–11, 13, 15)
• Dale Steyn (BBL|09)
• Andre Fletcher (BBL|10)
• Zahir Khan (BBL|10)
• Nicholas Pooran (BBL|10)
• Qais Ahmad (BBL|11)
• Joe Clarke (BBL|11–12, 14–15)
• Ahmed Daniyal (BBL|11)
• Syed Faridoun (BBL|11)
• Andre Russell (BBL|11)
• Trent Boult (BBL|12)
• Luke Wood (BBL|12)
• Liam Dawson (BBL|13)
• Dan Lawrence (BBL|13–14)
• Usama Mir (BBL|13–14)
• Olly Stone (BBL|13)
• Imad Wasim (BBL|13)
• Tom Curran (BBL|14–15)
• Ben Duckett (BBL|14)
• Adam Milne (BBL|14)

Source:^[61]

See also

• Melbourne Renegades
• Cricket Victoria
• Cricket in Victoria
• Victorian Cricket Team
• BBL

Notes

1. Cameron White and James Faulkner stood in as acting captain for two games and one game respectively.
2. Brad Hodge stood in as acting captain for one game.
3. Nic Maddinson stood in as acting captain for three games.
4. Peter Handscomb stood in as acting captain for one game.
5. Adam Zampa stood in as acting captain for one game.
6. Marcus Stoinis stood in as acting captain for one game.
7. Joint player of the tournament with Cooper Connolly.