2019–20 Melbourne Stars WBBL season
| 2019–20 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | |||
| Coach | David Hemp | ||
| Captain(s) | Elyse Villani | ||
| Home ground | CitiPower Centre | ||
| League | WBBL | ||
| Record | 2–12 (8th) | ||
| Finals | DNQ | ||
| Leading Run Scorer | Lizelle Lee – 475 | ||
| Leading Wicket Taker | Erin Osborne – 11 | ||
| Player of the Season | Lizelle Lee | ||
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The 2019–20 Melbourne Stars Women's season was the fifth in the team's history. Coached by David Hemp and captained by Elyse Villani, they finished on the bottom of the WBBL|05 ladder. The Stars managed to win just two matches for the season, resulting in their first wooden spoon.
Squad
Each 2019–20 squad featured 15 active players, with an allowance of up to five marquee signings including a maximum of three from overseas. Australian marquees are players who held a national women's team contract at the time of signing for their WBBL|05 team.[1]
Notable details for the Stars squad included:
- Elyse Villani joined the team after spending four years with the Perth Scorchers[2]
- Kristen Beams, ahead of her final season, relinquished the captaincy with Villani taking over the role[3][4]
- Katie Mack did not return to the team for WBBL|05, instead she was recruited by the Adelaide Strikers[5]
- Emma Inglis, having spent the past two seasons with the Melbourne Renegades, switched back to the Stars where she began her Big Bash career[6]
- Madeline Penna and Chloe Rafferty were added to the squad as injury replacements for Alana King and Lucy Cripps[7]
The table below lists the Stars players and their key stats (including runs scored, batting strike rate, wickets taken, economy rate, catches and stumpings) for the season.[8][9][10]
| No. | Name | Nat. | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | G | R | SR | W | E | C | S | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batters | |||||||||||||
| 00 | Mignon du Preez | 
|
13 June 1989 | Right-handed | – | 14 | 404 | 120.59 | – | – | 3 | – | Overseas marquee |
| 67 | Lizelle Lee |
|
2 April 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 14 | 475 | 131.94 | – | – | 3 | – | Overseas marquee |
| 8 | Angela Reakes | 
|
27 December 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 2 | Elyse Villani |
|
6 October 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 14 | 344 | 103.92 | – | – | 5 | – | Captain, Australian marquee |
| All-rounders | |||||||||||||
| 24 | Lucy Cripps |
|
6 December 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 25 | Tess Flintoff |
|
31 March 2003 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 13 | 75 | 120.96 | 2 | 7.78 | 1 | – | |
| 76 | Erin Osborne |
|
27 June 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 14 | 205 | 110.21 | 11 | 7.54 | 2 | – | |
| 3 | Annabel Sutherland |
|
12 October 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 10 | 104 | 92.85 | 5 | 7.67 | 2 | – | |
| Wicket-keepers | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Nicole Faltum |
|
17 January 2000 | Right-handed | – | 9 | 54 | 112.50 | – | – | 1 | 1 | |
| 17 | Emma Inglis |
|
15 July 1988 | Right-handed | – | 2 | 24 | 75.00 | – | – | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | Katey Martin | 
|
7 February 1985 | Right-handed | – | 9 | 74 | 104.22 | – | – | 1 | 2 | Overseas marquee |
| Bowlers | |||||||||||||
| 26 | Kristen Beams |
|
6 November 1984 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | 9 | 8 | 133.33 | 2 | 7.56 | 1 | – | |
| 9 | Holly Ferling |
|
22 December 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 10 | 4 | 80.00 | 5 | 7.06 | 2 | – | |
| 44 | Nicola Hancock |
|
8 November 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 13 | 36 | 109.09 | 4 | 7.73 | 1 | – | |
| 13 | Alana King |
|
22 November 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | 7 | 17 | 51.51 | 2 | 9.17 | 1 | – | |
| 11 | Madeline Penna |
|
30 August 2000 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | 10 | 3 | 30.00 | 10 | 8.23 | – | – | Injury replacement |
| 7 | Chloe Rafferty |
|
16 June 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 4 | 6 | 100.00 | 1 | 11.16 | 1 | – | Injury replacement |
Ladder
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brisbane Heat (C) | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0.723 |
| 2 | Adelaide Strikers (RU) | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0.601 |
| 3 | Perth Scorchers | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0.026 |
| 4 | Melbourne Renegades | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 0.117 |
| 5 | Sydney Sixers | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | −0.076 |
| 6 | Sydney Thunder | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 11 | −0.487 |
| 7 | Hobart Hurricanes | 14 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 9 | −0.197 |
| 8 | Melbourne Stars | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 4 | −0.734 |
Source: [11]
- The four top ranked teams qualified for the play-off phase.
Fixtures
All times are local time
Hobart Hurricanes 5/164 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars 9/144 (20 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Cricket Network
Melbourne Stars 7/136 (20 overs) |
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Hobart Hurricanes 5/137 (18.3 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Cricket Network
Melbourne Stars 9/107 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Sixers 2/108 (17.1 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to bat
- Broadcast by Cricket Network
- Marizanne Kapp became the fifth player to take a WBBL hat-trick
Melbourne Stars 5/141 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Thunder 6/142 (19.4 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Cricket Network
Melbourne Stars 3/155 (20 overs) |
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Perth Scorchers 6/135 (20 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket
Sydney Sixers 0/199 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars 6/154 (20 overs) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat
- Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket
- Alyssa Healy and Ellyse Perry set a new record for the highest partnership in a domestic women's T20 (199 runs)[14]
Adelaide Strikers 4/164 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars 8/147 (20 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket
- Sophie Devine set a new WBBL record for the most sixes scored off consecutive deliveries (five)[16]
- Madeline Penna suffered a new WBBL record for the most expensive over bowled (31 runs)[16]
Melbourne Stars 4/165 (20 overs) |
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Brisbane Heat 1/168 (19.3 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Cricket Network
- Beth Mooney became the first player to score 400 runs in five consecutive WBBL seasons[17][18]
Adelaide Strikers 2/153 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars 8/96 (20 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Cricket Network
Melbourne Stars 6/149 (20 overs) |
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Perth Scorchers 1/151 (19.1 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Cricket Network
- Melbourne Stars eliminated from finals contention
Melbourne Renegades 3/165 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars 3/169 (19.2 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Cricket Network
- Brisbane Heat qualified for finals
Sydney Thunder 6/162 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars 5/144 (20 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Cricket Network
Melbourne Stars 4/162 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Renegades 4/163 (19.5 overs) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket
- Sydney Thunder eliminated from finals contention
Melbourne Stars 6/87 (10 overs) |
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Brisbane Heat 2/88 (8.4 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field
- Match reduced to 10 overs per side due to rain delay
- Broadcast by Cricket Network
- Former Australian player Kristen Beams made her last WBBL appearance[22]
Statistics and awards
- Most runs: Lizelle Lee – 475 (5th in the league)[23]
- Highest score in an innings: Lizelle Lee – 103* vs Perth Scorchers, 2 November[24]
- Most wickets: Erin Osborne – 11 (equal 21st in the league)[25]
- Best bowling figures in an innings: Madeline Penna – 4/20 (4 overs) vs Sydney Thunder, 27 October[26]
- Most catches (fielder): Elyse Villani – 5 (equal 14th in the league)[27]
- Player of the Match awards: Mignon du Preez, Lizelle Lee – 1 each
- Stars Player of the Season: Lizelle Lee[28]
- WBBL|05 Young Gun Award: Annabel Sutherland (nominated)[29]
References
- ^ "Complete squad lists for WBBL|05". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- ^ "Villani joins Stars as WBBL fixture is released". Melbourne Stars. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ "Beams to play her final season". Melbourne Stars. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ "Villani shelves anger over axing with Stars in her sights". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ "Mack signs with Strikers". Adelaide Strikers. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ "Emma Inglis | Melbourne Stars – BBL". www.melbournestars.com.au. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ "Stars name squad for WBBL opening weekend". Melbourne Stars. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- ^ "WBBL|05 Fan's guide: Melbourne Stars". bigbash.com.au. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- ^ "Players | Melbourne Stars – BBL". www.melbournestars.com.au. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- ^ "Women's Big Bash League, 2019/20 – Melbourne Stars Women Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ "Rebel WBBL|05 | cricket.com.au". www.cricket.com.au. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
- ^ "Stars sunk again as Hurricanes complete weekend sweep". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ^ "Amazing to have the support of 606 members of our #ThunderNation at Bankstown Oval today!". twitter.com/ThunderWBBL. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ^ "Perry, Healy break world record in WBBL run spree". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ^ "Devine's stunning finale sinks Stars". Adelaide Strikers. Archived from the original on 11 November 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ^ a b "Devine's stunning finale sinks Stars | Adelaide Strikers – BBL". www.adelaidestrikers.com.au. Archived from the original on 11 November 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- ^ "Mooney in rare form, on track for record". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ^ "Mooney peaks at perfect time". bigbash.com.au. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ^ "Sophie sizzles in Nuriootpa win". Adelaide Strikers. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ^ "We had some awesome crowds today enjoying the #WBBL05 action! Thanks to the 2,337 people in Ballarat". twitter.com/WBBL. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "The Renegades Win The Derby". Melbourne Stars. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- ^ "Stars congratulate Beams on WBBL career". Melbourne Stars. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
- ^ "Women's Big Bash League, 2019/20 Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ "Women's Big Bash League, 2019/20 Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ "Women's Big Bash League, 2019/20 Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ "Women's Big Bash League, 2019/20 Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ "Women's Big Bash League, 2019/20 Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ "Stoinis and Lee take top honours". Melbourne Stars. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ "Darlington named WBBL|05 Young Gun". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
