Melbourne Stars

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.[2]

The current squad of the Melbourne Stars for the 2022–23 Big Bash League season as of 28 January 2023.

• Players with international caps are listed in bold.
•  *  denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection.
•  *  denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season.

S/N	Name	Nationality	Date of birth	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
15	Tom Rogers	Australia	(1999-07-02) 2 July 1999	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
15	Joe Burns	Australia	(1989-09-06) 6 September 1989	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
35	Hilton Cartwright	Australia	(1992-02-14) 14 February 1992	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
36	Nick Larkin	Ireland	(1990-05-01) 1 May 1990	Right-handed	—
37	Campbell Kellaway	Australia	(2002-11-01) 1 November 2002	Left-handed	—
53	James Seymour	Australia	(1992-03-13) 13 March 1992	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Injury replacement player for Joe Burns
All-rounders
7	Nathan Coulter-Nile	Australia	(1987-10-11) 11 October 1987	Right-handed	Right-arm fast
9	Clint Hinchliffe	Australia	(1996-10-23) 23 October 1996	Left-handed	Left-arm unorthodox spin
14	Luke Wood	England	(1995-08-02) 2 August 1995	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	Overseas Draft Pick (Silver)
16	Marcus Stoinis	Australia	(1989-08-16) 16 August 1989	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
20	Beau Webster	Australia	(1993-12-01) 1 December 1993	Right-handed	Right-arm medium, Right-arm off break
32	Glenn Maxwell	Australia	(1988-10-14) 14 October 1988	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Captain, unavailable for BBL|12 due to injury[3]
Wicketkeepers
33	Joe Clarke	England	(1996-05-26) 26 May 1996	Right-handed	—	Overseas Draft Pick (Gold)
Pace bowlers
1	Sam Elliott	Australia	(2000-02-18) 18 February 2000	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
13	Cameron McClure	Australia	(2001-09-21) 21 September 2001	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
18	Trent Boult	New Zealand	(1989-07-22) 22 July 1989	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	Overseas Draft Pick (Platinum)
19	Liam Hatcher	Australia	(1996-09-17) 17 September 1996	Right-handed	Right-arm fast
24	Brody Couch	Australia	(1999-12-05) 5 December 1999	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Spin bowlers
6	Tom O'Connell	Australia	(2000-06-14) 14 June 2000	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break
88	Adam Zampa	Australia	(1992-03-31) 31 March 1992	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	Captain (Replacement for Glenn Maxwell)

As of 4 January 2022[4]

Current captain listed in bold.

• The Melbourne Derby – 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 Melbourne Stars and Melbourne Renegades quickly became hugely popular with big crowds flocking in to the derby matches at both of the MCG and Marvel Stadium in Melbourne. In the fifth season, during the first of the two BBL|05 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.[5]
• Other Rivalries – Other rivalries include the Scorchers v Stars (following close finals encounters) and the Stars v the Sydney Sixers and the Sydney Thunder, due to the rivalry between Melbourne and Sydney.

•   Denotes BBL play-off matches.
•   Denotes BBL grand final matches.

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	Matt Parkinson	England	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	Pat Brown	England	Pace bowler	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
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	Jonny Bairstow	England	Wicket-keeper-batsman	Right-handed	—
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

•   Withdrew without playing a game
•   Did not play due to injury

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