2012–13 Melbourne Renegades season

Melbourne Renegades
2012–13 season
President James Brayshaw
Coach Simon Helmot
Captain(s) Aaron Finch
Home ground Etihad Stadium
BBL Season 1st
BBL Finals Semi-Final
Leading Run Scorer Aaron Finch (332)
Leading Wicket Taker Muttiah Muralitharan (11)
Highest home attendance 23,589
Lowest home attendance 5,029
Average home attendance 13,406

The 2012–13 Melbourne Renegades season was the second in the club's history. Coached by Simon Helmot and captained by Aaron Finch, they competed in the BBL's 2012–13 season.

Summary

The 2012–13 Big Bash League season saw the Renegades release several star players including the previous seasons captain, Andrew McDonald. However the recruitment of consistent players such as Ben Rohrer and Peter Nevill and cricket legend Muttiah Muralitharan, saw the season being the Renegades most successful season to date, finishing on top of the ladder, only losing to the Perth Scorchers in the regular season. Aaron Finch also became the first Renegades player to score a century after scoring 111 from 65 balls against the Melbourne Stars. Finch also won the The Renegades were knocked out by the Brisbane Heat in the semi-finals, losing by 15 runs.

Fixtures

Regular season

7 December
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Melbourne Stars
5/167 (20 overs)
v
Melbourne Renegades (H)
2/168 (18.2 overs)
Luke Wright 53 (41)
Aaron O'Brien 2/27 (4 overs)
Aaron Finch 111* (65)
Jackson Bird 1/29 (4 overs)
Melbourne Renegades won by 8 wickets
Docklands Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 23,589
Umpires: Simon Fry & Paul Reiffel
Player of the match: Aaron Finch (Melbourne Renegades)
  • Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to bat

14 December
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Sydney Thunder
7/116 (20 overs)
v
Melbourne Renegades
5/117 (18.2 overs)
Chris Tremain 37* (23)
Aaron O'Brien 3/15 (3 overs)
Aaron Finch 31 (33)
Azhar Mahmood 2/18 (4 overs)
Melbourne Renegades won by 5 wickets
Stadium Australia, Sydney
Attendance: 7,413
Umpires: Ashley Barrow & Tony Ward
Player of the match: Aaron O'Brien (Melbourne Renegades)
  • Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field

19 December
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Hobart Hurricanes
9/102 (20 overs)
v
Melbourne Renegades (H)
3/103 (13.2 overs)
Ricky Ponting 25 (25)
Nathan Rimmington 3/18 (4 overs)
Aaron Finch 46* (40)
Xavier Doherty 2/17 (4 overs)
Melbourne Renegades won by 7 wickets
Docklands Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 7,951
Umpires: Sam Nogajski & John Ward
Player of the match: Marlon Samuels (Melbourne Renegades)
  • Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field

22 December
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Brisbane Heat
7/133 (20 overs)
v
Melbourne Renegades (H)
4/137 (19.1 overs)
Thisara Perera 38 (24)
Muttiah Muralitharan 2/22 (4 overs)
Aaron Finch 33 (34)
Ben Cutting 2/12 (4 overs)
Melbourne Renegades won by 6 wickets
Docklands Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 7,023
Umpires: Gerard Abood & Bruce Oxenford
Player of the match: Ben Cutting (Brisbane Heat)
  • Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat

29 December
18:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Perth Scorchers
3/187 (20 overs)
v
Melbourne Renegades
136 (19.1 overs)
Shaun Marsh 85 (52)
Will Sheridan 1/22 (3 overs)
Ben Rohrer 52 (33)
Alfonso Thomas 4/8 (3 overs)
Perth Scorchers won by 51 runs
Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth
Attendance: 14,000[1]
Umpires: Geoff Joshua & Mick Martell
Player of the match: Shaun Marsh (Perth Scorchers)
  • Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field
  • Twenty20 debut: Jason Behrendorff (Perth Scorchers)

2 January
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Melbourne Renegades
6/155 (20 overs)
v
Adelaide Strikers
107 (18.3 overs)
Tom Cooper 59 (46)
Brad Young 2/37 (4 overs)
Johan Botha 31 (31)
Muttiah Muralitharan 3/18 (4 overs)
Melbourne Renegades won by 48 runs
Docklands Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 14,174
Umpires: Paul Wilson and Sam Nogajski
Player of the match: Muttiah Muralitharan (Melbourne Renegades)
  • Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field

6 January
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Melbourne Stars
9/146 (20 overs)
v
Melbourne Renegades
1/147 (18.5 overs)
Luke Wright 29 (22)
Will Sheridan 3/36 (4 overs)
Aaron Finch 67* (47)
Shane Warne 1/24 (4 overs)
Melbourne Renegades won by 9 wickets
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Attendance: 46,581
Umpires: Sam Nogajski & Simon Fry
Player of the match: Aaron Finch (Melbourne Renegades)
  • Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to bat

9 January
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Melbourne Renegades
5/178 (20 overs)
v
Sydney Sixers (H)
149 (20 overs)
Alex Hales 89 (52)
Moisés Henriques 1/9 (1 over)
Stephen O'Keefe 41 (29)
Nathan Rimmington 3/27 (4 overs)
Melbourne Renegades won by 29 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground
Attendance: 17,801
Umpires: Gerard Abood & Ashley Barrow
Player of the match: Alex Hales (Melbourne Renegades)
  • Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to bat
  • Twenty20 debut: Fawad Ahmed (Melbourne Renegades)

Knockout stage

15 January
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Melbourne Renegades
9/168 (20 overs)
v
Brisbane Heat
3/183 (20 overs)
Ben Rohrer 42 (22)
Ben Cutting 3/24 (4 overs)
Luke Pomersbach 112* (70)
Aaron Finch 1/23 (2 overs)
Brisbane Heat won by 15 runs
Docklands Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 16,285
Umpires: John Ward & Paul Wilson
Player of the match: Luke Pomersbach (Brisbane Heat)

Ladder

Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
Melbourne Renegades 8 7 1 0 14 +0.791 Teams qualified for the semi-finals
Perth Scorchers 8 5 3 0 10 +1.322
Melbourne Stars 8 5 3 0 10 +0.246
Brisbane Heat 8 4 4 0 8 +0.464
Adelaide Strikers 8 4 4 0 8 –0.162 Teams eliminated after regular season
Hobart Hurricanes 8 4 4 0 8 –0.569
Sydney Sixers 8 3 5 0 6 –0.380
Sydney Thunder 8 0 8 0 0 –1.360

Points table on ESPN Cricinfo

Ladder progress

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GroundHAHAAHAA
Result W W W W L W W W
Position 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1


Ground: A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win

Squad information

Name Nat. Date of birth (age) Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
Meyrick Buchanan Australia 13 September 1993 Right-handed Right arm off break
Tom Cooper Netherlands 26 November 1986 Right-handed Right arm off break Non-visa Dutch international
Alex Doolan Australia 25 November 1985 Right-handed Right arm medium
Aaron Finch Australia 17 November 1986 Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Captain
Alex Hales England 3 January 1989 Right-handed Right arm medium Visa contract
Daniel Harris Australia 31 December 1979 Right-handed Right arm medium
Michael Hill Australia 29 September 1988 Left-handed Right arm medium
Ben Rohrer Australia 26 March 1981 Left-handed Vice captain
All-rounders
Faf du Plessis South Africa 13 July 1984 Right-handed Right arm leg break Visa contract
Aaron O'Brien Australia 2 October 1981 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Marlon Samuels Jamaica 5 February 1981 Right-handed Right arm off break Visa contract
Will Sheridan Australia 7 May 1987 Right-handed Left arm fast medium
Wicket-keepers
Peter Nevill Australia 13 October 1985 Right-handed
Pace bowlers
Brendan Drew Australia 16 December 1983 Right-handed Right arm fast medium
Jake Haberfield Australia 18 June 1986 Right-handed Right arm fast medium
Jayde Herrick Australia 16 January 1985 Right-handed Right arm fast medium
Darren Pattinson England 2 August 1979 Right-handed Right armfast medium Non-visa English international
Nathan Rimmington Australia 11 November 1982 Right-handed Right armfast medium
Spin bowlers
Fawad Ahmed Australia 10 March 1979 Right-handed Right arm leg break
James Muirhead Australia 30 July 1993 Right-handed Right arm leg break
Muttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka 17 April 1972 Right-handed Right arm off break Visa contract

Transfers

In:

Nat. Name Role From
Netherlands Tom Cooper Batsmen Adelaide Strikers
Australia Aaron O'Brien All-rounder Adelaide Strikers
Australia Daniel Harris Batsmen Adelaide Strikers
Australia Alex Doolan Batsmen Unattached
South Africa Faf du Plessis Batsmen Unattached
England Alex Hales Batsmen Unattached
Australia Ben Rohrer Batsmen Sydney Sixers
Australia Peter Nevill Wicket-keeper Sydney Sixers
Jamaica Marlon Samuels All-rounder Unattached
Australia Brendan Drew Bowler Adelaide Strikers
Australia Fawad Ahmed Bowler Unattached
Australia Jake Haberfield Bowler Unattached
Australia James Muirhead Bowler Adelaide Strikers
Sri Lanka Muttiah Muralitharan Bowler Unattached
England Darren Pattinson Bowler Unattached
Australia Nathan Rimmington Bowler Perth Scorchers

Out:

Nat. Name Role To
Australia Brad Hodge Batsmen Melbourne Stars
Australia Glenn Maxwell All-rounder Melbourne Stars
Australia Nathan Reardon Batsmen Adelaide Strikers
Australia Graham Manou Wicket-keeper Delisted
Australia Ryan Carters Wicket-keeper Sydney Thunder
Australia Andrew McDonald All-rounder Adelaide Strikers
Pakistan Abdul Razzaq All-rounder Delisted
Pakistan Shahid Afridi All-rounder Sydney Thunder
Australia Shane Harwood Bowler Delisted
Australia Aaron Heal Bowler Delisted
Australia Brenton McDonald Bowler Delisted
Australia Dirk Nannes Bowler Sydney Thunder
Australia Shaun Tait Bowler Adelaide Strikers

Season statistics

Home attendance

Game Opponent Attendance
1 Melbourne Stars 23,589
3 Hobart Hurricanes 7,951
4 Brisbane Heat 5,029
6 Adelaide Strikers 14,174
SF1 Brisbane Heat 16,285
Total Attendance 67,028
Average Attendance 13,406

References

External links

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