2015–16 Melbourne Stars season
2015–16 season | |
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Coach | Stephen Fleming |
Captain(s) | David Hussey |
Home ground | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne |
BBL | 2nd |
BBL Finals | Runners |
Leading Run Scorer | Kevin Pietersen(323) |
Highest home attendance |
80,883 vs Renegades (2 January 2016) |
Lowest home attendance |
18,809 vs Thunder (20 December 2015) |
Average home attendance | 40,298 |
Ladder
Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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Adelaide Strikers | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 14 | +0.544 | Teams qualified for the semi-finals |
Melbourne Stars (R) | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | +0.366 | |
Perth Scorchers | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | +0.181 | |
Sydney Thunder (W) | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | +0.375 | |
Melbourne Renegades | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | -0.041 | Teams eliminated after regular season |
Brisbane Heat | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | -0.204 | |
Hobart Hurricanes | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | -0.955 | |
Sydney Sixers | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | -0.330 |
Ladder progress
Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
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Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
Result | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | W |
Position | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Ground: A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win
Regular season
Main article: 2015–16 Big Bash League season
(H) Adelaide Strikers 5/187 (20 overs) |
v |
Melbourne Stars 7/168 (20 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
Sydney Thunder 6/178 (20 overs) |
v |
Melbourne Stars (H) 5/177 (20 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Sydney Sixers 6/139 (20 overs) |
v |
Melbourne Stars 5/143 (18.4 overs) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat.
- The crowd of 29,104 is the highest crowd at the SCG for a non-derby BBL match.[3]
Melbourne Renegades 7/161 (20 overs) |
v |
Melbourne Stars (H) 3/163 (19.1 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
- The crowd of 80,883 is the highest ever recorded attendance for a domestic cricket match.[5]
Hobart Hurricanes 124 (20 overs) |
v |
Melbourne Stars (H) 2/126 (15 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Melbourne Renegades 6/155 (20 overs) |
v |
Melbourne Stars 2/156 (18 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
- Aaron Ayre (Renegades) made his T20 debut.
- The crowd of 43,176 is the highest at Etihad Stadium for a cricket match.
Brisbane Heat 7/188 (20 overs) |
v |
Melbourne Stars (H) 9/132 (20 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
Melbourne Stars 9/146 (20 overs) |
v |
Perth Scorchers (H) 94 (19 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field.
- Jhye Richardson (Scorchers) made his T20 debut.
- The crowd of 20,870 is the highest crowd for a BBL at this ground.[10]
Knockout phase
Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
1 | Adelaide Strikers (H) | 7/159 (20 ov) | |||||||
4 | Sydney Thunder | 2/160 (17.4 ov) | |||||||
2 | Melbourne Stars (H) | 9/176 (20 ov) | |||||||
4 | Sydney Thunder | 7/181 (19.3 ov) | |||||||
3 | Perth Scorchers | 7/139 (20 ov) | |||||||
2 | Melbourne Stars (H) | 3/140 (18.1 ov) | |||||||
Semi Finals
The top four teams from the group stage qualified for the semi finals.
Perth Scorchers 7/139 (20.0 overs) |
v |
Melbourne Stars (H) 3/140 (18.1 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
Final
(H) Melbourne Stars 9/176 (20 overs) |
v |
Sydney Thunder 7/181 (19.3 overs) |
- Sydney Thunders won the toss and elected to field.
2015/16 squad
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
Name | Nat | Birth date | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Notes | Shirt Number |
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Batsmen | ||||||
Kevin Pietersen | ![]() | 27 June 1980 | Right-handed | Right arm off spin | Overseas player | 24 |
David Hussey | ![]() | 15 July 1977 | Right-handed | Right arm off spin | Captain | 8 |
Robert Quiney | ![]() | 20 August 1982 | Left-handed | Right arm medium | 21 | |
All-rounders | ||||||
Luke Wright | ![]() | 7 March 1985 | Right-handed | Right arm fast medium | Overseas Player | 6 |
James Faulkner | ![]() | 29 April 1990 | Right-handed | Left arm fast medium | Vice-Captain | 5 |
Glenn Maxwell | ![]() | 14 October 1988 | Right-handed | Right arm off spin | 32 | |
John Hastings | ![]() | 4 November 1985 | Right-handed | Right arm fast medium | 11 | |
Marcus Stoinis | ![]() | 16 August 1989 | Right-handed | Right arm medium | 16 | |
Evan Gulbis | ![]() | 26 March 1986 | Right-handed | Right arm fast medium | 4 | |
Wicketkeepers | ||||||
Peter Handscomb | ![]() | 26 April 1991 | Right-handed | 54 | ||
Tom Triffitt | ![]() | 13 November 1990 | Right-handed | 7 | ||
Sam Harper | ![]() | 10 December 1996 | Right-handed | 2 | ||
Bowlers | ||||||
Daniel Worrall | ![]() | 10 July 1991 | Right-handed | Right arm fast medium | 17 | |
Scott Boland | ![]() | 11 April 1989 | Right-handed | Right arm fast medium | 25 | |
Ben Hilfenhaus | ![]() | 15 March 1983 | Right-handed | Right arm fast medium | 20 | |
Michael Beer | ![]() | 9 June 1984 | Right-handed | Left arm orthodox | 19 | |
Adam Zampa | ![]() | 31 March 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 63 |
Home attendance
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