Today’s Match

This is the tenth season of the Australian men’s domestic 20-over tournament, the Big Bash League (BBL10). This season each team will play its seven competitors twice in the 56-match home and away 2020/21 season beginning on 10 December, 2020 and concluding on 26 January, 2021. The five-team final series (as for BBL09) will then take place. The Eliminator will be played between the teams finishing fourth and fifth with the loser bowing out of the finals followed by the Qualifier between first and second, the Knock-out between third and the winner of the Eliminator, the Challenger between the winner of the Knock-out and the loser of the Qualifier while the Final will be played between the winners of the Qualifier and the Challenger.

A new rule applies to BBL10. One Bash Boost Point will be available for each match. It will be claimed by whichever team has the higher score at the 10-over mark in their innings. If the scores are tied at the 10-over mark the teams will each earn 0.5 points.

The Stars have the most impressive and consistent record of all teams, only missing the finals in BBL07 (2017/18) when, to add insult to injury, they finished bottom of the table. Notwithstanding, the Stars have yet to win a final; their record in eight finals appearances being three runners-up and beaten semi-finalists five times. After nine seasons of the tournament the only other team yet to win a final is the Hurricanes. The Renegades, while having a less impressive finals appearance record overall than the Stars, have won one title (BBL08) when they defeated the Stars narrowly at their home ground, . In their other final appearance in BBL02 the Renegades were eliminated at semi-final stage by the ; the men from the north going on to win the tournament.

Player Squads Stars (), , , Nathan Coulter-Nile, , (West Indies, St. Lucia Stars, Zalmi, Sylhet Thunder), Seb Gotch, , Clint Hinchliffe, (, Southern Punjab), Zahir Khan (Lancashire, Jamaica Tallawahs, Nangarhar Leopards), , Nick Maddinson, , Tom O’Connell, Nicholas Pooran (West Indies, , , Kings XI Punjab), , , , and .

Melbourne Renegades (captain), Cameron Boyce, Zac Evans, Jake Fraser-McGurk, , Marcus Harris, , , (, Islamabad, , Jamaica Tallawahs, Nottinghamshire), Surrey) , (, Comilla Victorians, Balkh Legends, Kent), (Afghanistan), , , (South Africa, , Hampshire, Tshwane Spartans, Khulna Tigers, ), , .

Season 2019/20 (BBL09) Home and Away: A Retrospective

Played Won Tied Lost No Res. Aband. Points NetRR 14 10 0 4 0 0 20 0.530 Sixers 14 9 0 4 1 0 19 0.269 14 8 0 5 1 0 17 0.560 14 6 0 7 1 0 13 -0.355 14 6 0 7 1 0 13 -0.446 Scorchers 14 6 0 8 0 0 12 -0.023 Brisbane Heat 14 6 0 8 0 0 12 -0.237 14 3 0 11 0 0 6 -0.348

Note: Net run rate is calculated by deducting from the average runs per over scored by a team, the average runs per over scored against it.

The BBL09 Final Series in Summary

Match Location Date Teams Result The Eliminator Hobart Jan 30, 2020 Thunder 5/197 Hurricanes 140 Thunder by 57 runs The Qualifier MCG Jan 31, 2020 Sixers 7/142 Stars 99 Sixers by 43 runs The Knock-out Adelaide Feb 1, 2020 Thunder 7/151 Strikers 9/143 Thunder by 8 runs The Challenger MCG Feb 6, 2020 Stars 2/194 Thunder 8/166 Stars by 28 runs The Final SCG Feb 8, 2020 Sixers 5/116 Stars 6/97 Sixers by 19 runs (D/L)

Melbourne Derby Results BBL01-09

 MCG, January 7, 2012: MELBOURNE STARS 5/167 (20 overs) (DJ Hussey 51, MS Wade 32*; 2/20) defeated MELBOURNE RENEGADES 3/58 (8.1 overs) by 11 runs (D/L method). Player of the match: .  Docklands Stadium, December 7, 2012: MELBOURNE STARS 5/167 (20 overs) (L Wright 95; A O’Brien 2/27) lost to MELBOURNE RENEGADES 2/168 (18.2 overs) (AJ Finch 111*) by eight . Player of the match: Aaron Finch.  MCG, January 6, 2013: MELBOURNE STARS 9/146 (20 overs) (WD Sheridan 3/36, DJ Pattinson 2/12) lost to MELBOURNE RENEGADES (1/147) (AJ Finch 61*; AJ Doolan 30) by nine wickets. Player of the match: Aaron Finch  MCG, December 20, 2013: MELBOURNE STARS 7/208 (20 overs) (LJ Wright 70, CL White 53, BJ Hodge 30; NJ Rimmington 2/34, AW O’Brien 2/39) defeated MELBOURNE RENEGADES 132 (17.3 overs) (JC Buttler 49, AJ Finch 32; JM Bird 4/31, CJ McKay 2/31) by 76 runs. Player of the match:  Docklands Stadium, January 4, 2014: MELBOURNE RENEGADES 5/163 (20 overs) (AJ Finch 84*, TLW Cooper 60; JM Bird 3/24) lost to MELBOURNE STARS 1/167 (16.2 overs) (CL White 84*, GJ Maxwell 58*) by nine wickets. Player of the match:  Docklands Stadium, January 3, 2015: MELBOURNE STARS 6/169 (20 overs) (L.J. Wright 39; D.J. Bravo 3/22, N.P. Winter 2/24) defeated MELBOURNE RENEGADES 57 (12.4 overs) (S.M. Boland 2/10, J.M. Bird 2/12, M.A. Beer 2/14) by 112 runs. Player of the match:  MCG, January 10, 2015: MELBOURNE RENEGADES 6/153 (20 overs) (M.S. Wade 71, T.M. Beaton 34; J.P. Faulkner 3/19) lost to MELBOURNE STARS 7/154 (20 overs) (G.J. Maxwell 66, K.P. Pietersen 49; B.A. Stokes 2/22) by three wickets. Player of the match: Glenn Maxwell  MCG, January 2, 2016: MELBOURNE RENEGADES 7/161 (20 overs) (CL White 54, AJ Finch 36; JW Hastings 4/29) lost to MELBOURNE STARS 3/163 (19.1 overs) (LJ Wright 109*) by seven wickets. Player of the match: Luke Wright  Docklands Stadium, January 9, 2016: MELBOURNE RENEGADES 6/155 (20 overs) (DJ Bravo 59*; MP Stoinis 3/11) lost to MELBOURNE STARS 2/156 (18 overs) (KP Pietersen 67*, PSP Handscomb 39*, LJ Wright 37) by eight wickets. Player of the match: Marcus Stoinis  MCG, January 1, 2017: MELBOURNE RENEGADES 4/171 (20 overs) (CL White 64*, TLW Cooper 38, AJ Finch 30) defeated MELBOURNE STARS 9/151 (18 overs) (LJ Wright 45; GB Hogg 3/22) by 7 runs (Duckworth/Lewis method). Player of the match: .  Docklands, January 7, 2017: MELBOURNE STARS 7/200 (20 overs) (KP Pietersen 73, RJ Quiney 51; JL Pattinson 3/44) defeated MELBOURNE RENEGADES 9/154 (20 overs) (CL White 38; A Zampa 3/19, MA Beer 3/32) by 46 runs. Player of the match: Adam Zampa.  MCG, January 6, 2018: MELBOURNE STARS 4/157 (20 overs) (BR Dunk 47, KP Pietersen 40, GJ Maxwell 33,) lost to MELBOURNE RENEGADES 4/159 (17.5 overs) (Mohammad Nabi 52, AJ Finch 43, CL White 35*) by six wickets. Player of the match: Mohammad Nabi  Docklands Stadium, January 12, 2018: MELBOURNE STARS 4/167 (20 overs) (KP Pietersen 74, PSP Handscomb 41, GJ Maxwell 31*) defeated MELBOURNE RENEGADES 9/144 (20 overs) (JR Coleman 3/27) by 23 runs. Player of the match:  MCG, January 6, 2018: MELBOURNE STARS 4/157 (20 overs) (BR Dunk 47, KP Pietersen 40, GJ Maxwell 33,) lost to MELBOURNE RENEGADES 4/159 (17.5 overs) (Mohammad Nabi 52, AJ Finch 43, CL White 35*) by six wickets. Player of the match: Mohammad Nabi  Docklands Stadium, January 12, 2018: MELBOURNE STARS 4/167 (20 overs) (KP Pietersen 74, PSP Handscomb 41, GJ Maxwell 31*) defeated MELBOURNE RENEGADES 9/144 (20 overs) (JR Coleman 3/27) by 23 runs. Player of the match: Kevin Pietersen  MCG, January 1, 2019: MELBOURNE RENEGADES 9/148 (20 overs) (DT Christian 32, SB Harper 30; DJ Bravo 3/27, MP Stoinis 2/26, SM Boland 2/32) lost to MELBOURNE STARS 3/151 (17.5 overs) (MP Stoinis 78*, GJ Maxwell 33, BR Dunk 32; CJ Boyce 2/23) by seven wickets. Player of the match: Marcus Stoinis  Docklands Stadium, January 19, 2019: MELBOURNE RENEGADES 121 (19.3 overs) (MP Stoinis 3/19, LE Plunkett 2/21, JM Bird 2/22, A Zampa 2/29) lost to MELBOURNE STARS 4/124 (19.2 0vers) (MP Stoinis 70*; KW Richardson 2/17) by six wickets. Player of the match: Marcus Stoinis  Docklands Stadium, February 17, 2019: (FINAL) MELBOURNE RENEGADES 5/145 (20 overs) (TLW Cooper 43*, DT Christian 38*; A Zampa 2/21, JM Bird 2/25) defeated MELBOURNE STARS 7/132 (20 overs) (BR Dunk 57, MP Stoinis 39; CP Tremain 2/21, CJ Boyce 2/30, DT Christian 2/33) by 13 runs. Player of the match:  MCG, January 4, 2020: MELBOURNE RENEGADES 9/142 (20 overs) (BJ Webster 43; S Lamichhane 3/26, DW Steyn 2/16, A Zampa 2/19) lost to MELBOURNE STARS 2/143 (18.5 overs) (MP Stoinis 68*, GJ Maxwell 40*) by eight wickets. Player of the match: Adam Zampa  Docklands Stadium, January 10, 2020: MELBOURNE RENEGADES 7/168 (20 overs) (SE Marsh 63, MS Harris 42; NM Coulter-Nile 2/29, S Lamichhane 2/39) lost to MELBOURNE STARS 3/169 (18.4 overs) (GJ Maxwell 83*, HWR Cartwright 35, NCR Larkin 33*) by seven wickets. Player of the match: Glen Maxwell

NOTE: To date the teams have played 20 matches with the Stars winning 14 and the Renegades winning six. Of the Stars’ 14 wins eight have come at Docklands and six at the MCG. Surprisingly the Renegades have won only twice at Docklands, their home ground, from ten matches played at that venue between the two teams. The two teams have met once in a final – in BBL08 (2018/19) with the Renegades winning by 13 runs at Docklands Stadium.

BBL01-09: A STATISTICAL SUMMARY MELBOURNE STARS/RENEGADES V OTHER BBL TEAMS

Team Highest Innings Totals Score Team Opponent Date Location 222-4 Melbourne Renegades Hobart Hurricanes 12 January, 2017 Melbourne Docklands 219-1 Melbourne Stars 12 January, 2020 Melbourne, MCG 210-3 Melbourne Renegades Brisbane Heat 30 December, 2013 Melbourne Docklands 208-7 Melbourne Stars Melbourne Renegades 20 December, 2013 Melbourne, MCG 203-3 Melbourne Stars Hobart Hurricanes 9 January, 2012 Hobart 200-5 Melbourne Stars Sydney Sixers 29 December, 2013 Sydney, SCG 200-7 Melbourne Stars Melbourne Renegades 7 January, 2017 Melbourne Docklands 199-5 Melbourne Renegades Brisbane Heat 20 January, 2017 Brisbane 194-2 Melbourne Stars Sydney Thunder 6 February, 2020 Melbourne, MCG 191-3 Melbourne Stars Hobart Hurricanes 26 December, 2016 Hobart

Team Lowest Completed Innings Totals

Score Team Opponent Date Location 57 Melbourne Renegades Melbourne Stars 3 January, 2015 Melbourne, Docklands 91 Melbourne Renegades Brisbane Heat 13 January, 2019 Geelong 99 Melbourne Stars Sydney Sixers 31 January, 2020 Melbourne, MCG 99/9 Melbourne Renegades Sydney Sixers 29 December, 2018 Melbourne, Docklands 110 Melbourne Renegades Adelaide Strikers 12 January, 2020 Adelaide

Best Scores

Player Runs Balls 4s 6s SR Team Opposition CG Date MP Stoinis 147* 79 13 8 186.08 Melbourne. Stars Syd Sixers MCG 12-Jan-20 LJ Wright 117 60 8 9 195.00 Melbourne Stars Hob. Hurricanes Hobart 9-Jan-12 AJ Finch 111* 65 12 4 170.76 Melb Renegades Melbourne Stars Docklands 7-Dec-12 AJ Finch 109 68 6 7 160.29 Melb Renegades Sydney Sixers SCG 25-Jan-20 LJ Wright 109* 63 11 4 173.02 Melbourne. Stars Melb Renegades MCG 2-Jan-16 PSP Handscomb 103* 64 6 5 160.94 Melbourne Stars MCG 21 Jan-15 MP Stoinis 99 51 6 6 194.12 Melbourne Stars Brisbane Heat Brisbane 20 Dec- 17 RJ Quiney 97 60 5 6 161.67 Melbourne Stars Brisbane Heat Brisbane 20 Dec-11 AD Hales 89 52 5 8 171.15 Melb Renegades Sydney Sixers SCG 9 Jan-13 CL White 88 53 9 5 166.04 Melbourne Stars Perth Scorchers Perth 16 Jan-13 BJ Hodge 88 58 10 3 151.72 Melbourne Stars Adelaide Strikers Adelaide 27 Dec-12 MS Harris 85 53 6 4 160.38 Melb Renegades Adelaide Strikers Adelaide 16 Jan-17 GJ Maxwell 84 47 7 4 178.72 Melbourne Stars Sydney Sixers SCG 23 Jan-18 CL White 84* 49 6 4 171.43 Melbourne Stars Melb Renegades Docklands 4 Jan-14 AJ Finch 84* 55 3 6 152.73 Melb Renegades Melbourne Stars Docklands 4 Jan-14

Best in an Innings

Player Ov Mdn Runs Wkts Eco Team Opposition Ground Match Date s n SL Malinga 4.0 1 7 6 1.75 Melbourne Stars Scorchers Perth 12 Dec-2012 Haris Rofe 4.0 0 27 5 6.75 Melbourne Stars Hurricanes Moe 22 Dec-2019 DJ Bravo 4.0 0 28 5 7.00 Melb Renegades Hurricanes Hobart 21.Dec-2017 4.0 0 13 4 3.25 Melb Renegades Scorchers Docklands 13 Jan-2015 CJ Boyce 4.0 0 15 4 3.75 Melb Renegades Brisbane Heat Brisbane 19 Jan-2020 DT Christian 3.0 0 20 4 6.67 Melb Renegades Scorchers Perth 28 Jan-2019 MP Stoinis 4.0 0 21 4 5.25 Melbourne Stars Brisbane Heat MCG 27 Jan-2019 KW Richardson 4.0 0 22 4 5.50 Melb Renegades Scorchers Perth 21 Dec-2019 DW Worrall 4.0 0 23 4 5.75 Melbourne Stars Hurricanes Hobart 14 Feb-2019 JL Pattinson 4.0 0 24 4 6.00 Melb Renegades Hurricanes Hobart 1 Jan-2014

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Highest Partnerships by : All BBL Teams

Wkt Runs Partners Team Opposition Ground Match Date 1st 207 MP Stoinis, HWR Cartwright Melb Stars Syd Sixers MCG 12 Jan 2020 2nd 167* JR Philippe, JM Vince Sydney Sixers Hurricanes Sydney 23 Jan 2019 3rd 151 BR McDermott, GJ Bailey Hurricanes Melb Renegades Docklands 12 Jan 2017 4th 145 TD Paine, GJ Bailey Hurricanes Melbourne Stars Hobart 26 Dec 2016 5th 137 CT Bancroft, HWR Cartwright Perth Scorchers Sydney Thunder Sydney 11 Jan 2018 6th 94* Mohammad Nabi, DT Christian Melb Renegades Strikers Adelaide 23 Dec 2018 7th 88 TK Curran, SA Abbott Sydney Sixers Sydney Thunder Sydney 24 Dec 2018 8th 56* RGL Carters, CP Tremain Sydney Thunder Melb Renegades Sydney 14 Dec 2012 9th 48 JC Silk, NM Lyon Sydney Sixers Adelaide Strikers Sydney 14 Jan 2015 10th 45 CP Tremain, GB Hogg Brisbane Heat Adelaide Strikers Docklands 19 Dec 2018

Tied Matches: All BBL Teams

Team 1 Team 2 Location Match Date Won Eliminator Sydney Sixers Perth Scorchers 10 Jan 2014 Perth Scorchers Melbourne Stars Sydney Sixers 5 Jan 2015 Melbourne Stars Brisbane Heat Sydney Sixers Brisbane Cricket Ground 25 Jan 2017 Sydney Sixers Sydney Sixers Sydney Thunder Sydney Cricket Ground 28 dec 2019 Sydney Sixers Note: The Melbourne Stars’ tied match against the Sixers was decided when the Stars won the “Super Over” at the end of the match. Career Runs: BBL01-09

Player M I NO R HS Ave Balls StRte 100 50 0 4 6 CA Lynn 77 75 13 2332 101 37.61 1552 150.26 1 18 6 174 146 AJ Finch 63 63 5 2252 111 38.83 1648 136.65 2 18 3 204 83 M Klinger 71 71 7 1947 105 30.42 1650 118.00 1 12 6 187 37 SE Marsh 49 49 8 1884 99* 45.95 1466 128.51 - 17 1 167 62 GJ Maxwell 73 69 13 1830 84 32.68 1215 150.62 - 14 2 139 80 JW Wells 81 73 23 1791 72 35.82 1443 124.12 - 9 2 152 28 DJM Short 43 43 5 1764 122 46.42 1231 143.30 2 15 4 169 71 MC Henriques 82 79 14 1745 77* 26.85 1346 129.64 - 9 5 124 55 MP Stoinis 61 58 12 1741 147 37.85 1346 129.35 1 12 3 152 53 MS Wade 65 61 9 1726 130 33.19 1216 141.94 1 12 2 137 60 GJ Bailey 80 67 16 1677 74 32.88 1238 135.46 - 11 3 138 49 BR Dunk 77 74 3 1658 96* 23.35 1301 127.44 - 10 7 143 50 NJ Maddinson 81 80 3 1607 85 20.87 1290 124.57 - 8 5 153 64 CL White 75 73 12 1582 88 25.93 1373 115.22 - 11 1 111 56 CJ Ferguson 72 68 8 1530 113 25.50 1235 123.89 1 5 5 124 34 LJ Wright 57 57 6 1480 117* 29.02 1127 131.32 2 6 3 165 42 DT Christian 88 84 21 1473 75 23.38 1111 132.58 - 6 5 95 68 Career Wickets: BBL01-09

Player M I Balls Mdn R W Ave Best Econ Wkts/Inns Bwlng 3W+ 4W 5W B Laughlin 88 87 1825 1 2435 110 22.14 4/26 8.01 11 2 - SA Abbott 76 76 1486 1 2100 99 21.21 5/16 8.48 12 2 1 KW Richardson 68 67 1478 4 1921 83 23.14 4/22 7.80 13 4 - CJ Boyce 76 75 1576 - 2011 79 25.46 4/15 7.66 7 1 - AJ Tye 52 52 1137 1 1426 72 19.81 5/23 7.53 9 4 1 JP Faulkner 65 65 1233 3 1607 72 22.32 4/46 7.82 9 1 - A Zampa 63 62 1344 1 1607 69 23.29 3/19 7.17 5 - - DT Christian 88 79 1336 - 1840 67 27.46 5/14 8.26 6 2 2 MG Neser 64 63 1256 2 1746 65 26.86 3/24 8.34 5 - - BCJ Cutting 79 74 1293 1 1901 63 30.17 3/24 8.82 2 - - BJ Dwarshuis 56 55 1183 1 1551 61 25.43 3/7 7.87 5 - - GB Hogg 60 59 1326 1 1466 61 24.03 4/29 6.63 5 1 - 65 63 1398 2 1615 60 26.92 4/14 6.93 5 1 - 40 40 932 1 989 56 17.66 4/22 6.37 4 1 -