2016–17 Melbourne Stars WBBL season

Melbourne Stars
2016–17 season
Coach	David Hemp
Captain(s)	Meg Lanning
Home ground	Melbourne Cricket Ground; Junction Oval; Albert Cricket Ground
WBBL Season	5th
WBBL Finals	DNQ
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The 2016–17 Melbourne Stars WBBL season was the second in the team's history. Coached by David Hemp and captained by Meg Lanning, the team competed in the WBBL|02 tournament.

At the conclusion of the group stage, the Stars were fifth on the ladder, and were therefore eliminated.

Squad

The following is the Stars women squad for WBBL|02. Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batsmen
15	Makinley Blows	(1997-12-12) 12 December 1997 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right arm medium
6	Jess Cameron	(1989-06-27) 27 June 1989 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right arm leg spin
7	Meg Lanning	(1992-03-25) 25 March 1992 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right arm medium	Captain
All-rounders
	Kathryn Bryce	(1997-11-17) 17 November 1997 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right arm medium	Associate Rookie
13	Alana King	(1995-11-22) 22 November 1995 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right arm leg spin
9	Anna Lanning	(1994-03-25) 25 March 1994 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right arm medium
2	Katie Mack	(1993-09-14) 14 September 1993 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right arm leg spin
39	Natalie Sciver	(1992-08-20) 20 August 1992 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right arm medium	Overseas international
Wicketkeepers
10	Lily Bardsley	(1995-08-07) 7 August 1995 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right arm leg spin
19	Emma Inglis	(1988-07-15) 15 July 1988 (age 36)	Right-handed
Pace bowlers
27	Hayleigh Brennan	(1999-03-05) 5 March 1999 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right arm medium
87	Hayley Jensen	(1992-10-07) 7 October 1992 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right arm medium	Overseas international
22	Emma Kearney	(1989-09-24) 24 September 1989 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right arm medium
23	Morna Nielsen	(1990-02-24) 24 February 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed	Left arm medium, Left-arm orthodox spin	Overseas international
8	Gemma Triscari	(1990-01-24) 24 January 1990 (age 34)	Left-handed	Left arm fast medium
Spin bowlers
26	Kristen Beams	(1984-11-06) 6 November 1984 (age 40)	Right-handed	Right arm leg spin

Sources ^[1]^[2]

Ladder

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Ded	Pts	NRR
1	Sydney Sixers (C)	14	9	5	0	0	18	0.442
2	Perth Scorchers (RU)	14	8	6	0	0	16	0.300
3	Brisbane Heat	14	8	6	0	0	16	0.046
4	Hobart Hurricanes	14	7	6	1	0	15	−0.034
5	Melbourne Stars	14	7	7	0	0	14	0.256
6	Sydney Thunder	14	6	7	1	0	13	−0.046
7	Melbourne Renegades	14	6	8	0	0.5	11.5	−0.519
8	Adelaide Strikers	14	3	9	2	0	8	−0.541

Source: ^[3]

The top four teams qualified for the semi finals.

Fixtures

Group stage

Match 3
10 December
18:15 (D/N)
Scorecard

Sydney Thunder 4/141 (20 overs)	v	Melbourne Stars 8/147 (20 overs)
Harmanpreet Kaur 47* (28) Alana King 2/21 (4 overs)		Emma Inglis 46 (28) Erin Osborne 3/27 (4 overs)

Melbourne Stars won by 6 runs
North Sydney Oval
Umpires: Claire Polosak and Tony Wilds
Player of the match: Emma Inglis (Stars)

Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to bat
Streamed on cricket.com.au; broadcast by Network Ten

Match 8
13 December
10:00
Scorecard

Melbourne Stars 9/116 (20 overs)	v	Sydney Thunder 2/121 (18.5 overs)
Jess Cameron 36 (39) Harmanpreet Kaur 4/27 (4 overs)		Rachael Haynes 35 (31) Gemma Triscari 1/10 (3 overs)

Sydney Thunder won by 8 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)
Lavington Sports Ground, Albury
Umpires: Kumar Jeyakkumar and Deanne Young
Player of the match: Harmanpreet Kaur (Stars)

Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to bat
Streamed on cricket.com.au

Match 11
17 December
14:00
Scorecard

Sydney Sixers 8/122 (20 overs)	v	Melbourne Stars 3/124 (17.2 overs)
Sara McGlashan 40 (32) Emma Kearney 3/13 (4 overs)		Meg Lanning 66* (48) Marizanne Kapp 2/21 (4 overs)

Melbourne Stars won by 7 wickets (with 16 balls remaining)
Casey Fields No.4, Melbourne
Umpires: Dale Ireland and David Shepard
Player of the match: Meg Lanning

Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat
Streamed on cricket.com.au

Match 14
17 December
10:00
Scorecard

Melbourne Stars 3/115 (16.5 overs)	v	Sydney Sixers 8/111 (20 overs)
Katie Mack 48* (33) Marizanne Kapp 2/13 (3.5 overs)		Ashleigh Gardner 43 (32) Danielle Hazell 2/15 (4 overs)

Melbourne Stars won by 7 wickets (with 19 balls remaining)
Casey Fields No.4, Melbourne
Umpires: Dale Ireland and David Shepard
Player of the match: Danielle Hazell

Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field
Streamed on cricket.com.au

Match 17
26 December
13:00
Scorecard

Melbourne Stars 2/148 (20 overs)	v	Brisbane Heat 7/94 (20 overs)
Meg Lanning 97* (72) Holly Ferling 1/19 (4 overs)		Kirby Short 27 (37) Morna Nielson 3/19 (4 overs)

Melbourne Stars won by 54 runs
Allan Border Field, Brisbane
Umpires: S Farrell and Murray Branch
Player of the match: Meg Lanning (Stars)

Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field
Streamed on cricket.com.au

Match 20
27 December
10:00
Scorecard

Brisbane Heat 5/129 (20 overs)	v	Melbourne Stars 6/124 (20 overs)
Beth Mooney 55 (50) Gemma Triscari 2/20 (4 overs)		Meg Lanning 50 (42) Smriti Mandhana 2/6 (2 overs)

Brisbane Heat won by 5 runs
Allan Border Field, Brisbane
Umpires: Stephen Dionysuis and Donovan Koch
Player of the match: Beth Mooney (Heat)

Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat
Brisbane Heat player Deandra Dottin collided with a teammate while fielding a ball and received a head injury.^[4]
Streamed on cricket.com.au

Match 27
1 January
13:45
Scorecard

Melbourne Stars 3/127 (20 overs)	v	Melbourne Renegades 1/52 (5.3 overs)
Meg Lanning 64 (53) Nicole Goodwin 1/29 (4 overs)		Rachel Priest 31 (19) Natalie Sciver 1/6 (1 over)

Melbourne Renegades won by 9 wickets (D/L method)
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance: 24,547
Umpires: Stephen Brne and David Shepard
Player of the match: Rachel Priest (Renegades)

Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to bat
Melbourne Renegades' target revised to 52 runs from 8 overs following a rain delay
The match was played in front of a WBBL record crowd of 24,547 ^[5]
Double header with BBL game
Streamed on cricket.com.au; broadcast by Network Ten

Match 33
5 January
13:00
Scorecard

Perth Scorchers 1/118 (16.1 overs)	v	Melbourne Stars 6/117 (20 overs)
Elyse Villani 57 (44) Morna Nielsen 1/20 (3 overs)		Meg Lanning 30 (27) Emma King 1/19 (4 overs)

Perth Scorchers won by 9 wickets (with 23 balls remaining)
Toorak Park, Melbourne
Umpires: Dale Ireland and David Shepherd
Player of the match: Elyse Villani (Scorchers)

Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field
Streamed on cricket.com.au

Match 35
7 January
14:35
Scorecard

Melbourne Renegades 5/128 (19.3 overs)	v	Melbourne Stars 7/127 (20 overs)
Danielle Wyatt 40 (31) Gemma Triscari 1/17 (4 overs)		Natalie Sciver 37 (27) Molly Strano 2/20 (4 overs)

Melbourne Renegades won by 5 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)
Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
Umpires: Stephan Brne and Dale Ireland
Player of the match: Danielle Wyatt (Renegades)

Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field
Double header with BBL game
Streamed on cricket.com.au

Match 40
10 January
15:05
Scorecard

Melbourne Stars 4/96 (16.5 overs)	v	Adelaide Strikers 9/94 (20 overs)
Katie Mack 31* (33) Megan Schutt 2/14 (4 overs)		Bridget Patterson 22* (24) Kristen Beams 3/12 (4 overs)

Melbourne Stars won by 6 wickets (with 19 balls remaining)
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Umpires: Daryl Brigham and Stephen Brne
Player of the match: Kristen Beams (Stars)

Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field
Double header with BBL game
Streamed on cricket.com.au

Match 42
13 January
14:00
Scorecard

Adelaide Strikers 88 (17.4 overs)	v	Melbourne Stars 125 (19.3 overs)
Charlotte Edwards 35 (39) Kristen Beams 3/11 (3 overs)		Jess Cameron 42 (48) Megan Schutt 2/15 (4 overs)

Melbourne Stars won by 37 runs
Lilac Hill, Perth
Umpires: A Kovalevs and Todd Rann
Player of the match: Jess Cameron (Stars)

Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field
Streamed on cricket.com.au

Match 47
15 January
10:00
Scorecard

Melbourne Stars 9/97 (20 overs)	v	Perth Scorchers 4/130 (20 overs)
Natalie Sciver 31 (32) Anya Shrubsole 2/9 (3 overs)		Lauren Ebsary 45* (53) Emma Kearney 1/11 (4 overs)

Perth Scorchers won by 33 runs
Lilac Hill, Perth
Umpires: Hennie Botes and Nathan Johnstone
Player of the match: Katherine Brunt (Scorchers)

Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field
Streamed by cricket.com.au

Match 51
20 January
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard

Melbourne Stars 6/98 (12 overs)	v	Hobart Hurricanes 3/115 (14 overs)
Emma Inglis 51 (31) Brooke Hepburn 2/14 (2 overs)		Heather Knight 45 (31) Emma Kearney 1/19 (3 overs)

Melbourne Stars won by 4 wickets (D/L method)
Blundstone Arena, Hobart
Umpires: Darren Close and Harvey Wolff
Player of the match: Emma Inglis (Stars)

Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field
Melbourne Stars' target revised to 98 runs from 12 overs following a rain delay
Streamed by cricket.com.au

Match 54
21 January
11:45
Scorecard

Hobart Hurricanes 6/136 (19.5 overs)	v	Melbourne Stars 8/135 (20 overs)
Heather Knight 35 (26) Kristen Beams 3/11 (4 overs)		Meg Lanning 81 (55) Hayley Matthews 2/23 (3 overs)

Hobart Hurricanes won by 4 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)
Blundstone Arena, Hobart
Umpires: Muhammad Qureshi and David Shepard
Player of the match: Meg Lanning (Stars)

Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to bat
Double header with BBL game
Broadcast by Network Ten

References

^ "Players". Melbourne Stars. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
^ Heatly, Gary (15 November 2016). "Capital's Kathryn Bryce wins rookie place at Big Bash in Australia". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
^ "Women's Big Bash League Table – 2016–17". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
^ "Deandra Dottin taken to hospital after collision". ESPN Cricinfo. 27 December 2016.
^ "Renegades' soggy WBBL derby triumph over Stars". The Australian. Melbourne. 2 January 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2017.

[1] "Players". Melbourne Stars. Retrieved 25 December 2016.

[2] Heatly, Gary (15 November 2016). "Capital's Kathryn Bryce wins rookie place at Big Bash in Australia". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 25 December 2016.

[3] "Women's Big Bash League Table – 2016–17". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 December 2017.

[4] "Deandra Dottin taken to hospital after collision". ESPN Cricinfo. 27 December 2016.

[5] "Renegades' soggy WBBL derby triumph over Stars". The Australian. Melbourne. 2 January 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2017.

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