Tag: Melbourne stars

Jemimah Rodrigues joins Melbourne Stars for WBBL Season 8

The news came on Tuesday, September 6 that Rodrigues has signed with the club for the eighth season of the league.

September 6, 2022

Ahead of WBBL 6, Meg Lanning returns to Melbourne Stars

Lanning cited the opportunity to play alongside a young exciting group factored heavily in her decision to re-join the Stars.

July 22, 2020

BBL 2020 Final: Sydney Sixers beat Melbourne Stars to win 2nd title

The BBL 2020 final was off to a delayed start due to persistent rain in Sydney. It was finally decided it would be a 12-overs-a-side contest.

February 8, 2020

Big Bash League 2019-20: Marcus Stoinis named player of tournament

The efforts of Marcus Stoinis played a pivotal role for the Melbourne Stars to finish the regular season in first place with 10 wins from 14 matches.

February 4, 2020

EXPLAINED | Format of Big Bash League 2019-20 finals

The new format of the Big Bash League finals have been introduced to provide greater reward for the two teams finishing atop after the league stage.

January 22, 2020

WATCH | Melbourne Stars’ Marcus Stoinis tortures Sydney Sixers bowlers on his way to record-breaking 147

30-year-old Marcus Stoinis added 207 with opener Hilton Cartwright for the first wicket to register the highest-ever opening partnership in a BBL match.

January 12, 2020

WATCH | After Jofra Archer, Glenn Maxwell turns fortune-teller

Melbourne Stars' captain Glenn Maxwell turned fortune-teller and predicted the exact mode of dismissal of a batsman at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).

January 4, 2020

When Glenn Maxwell turned firefighter

Dale Steyn, who is Maxwell's teammate at the Big Bash League side Melbourne Stars, put up a video of the incident in his Instagram story.

December 31, 2019

WATCH | Dale Steyn gets hammered all over on BBL debut before perfect revenge

In Melbourne Stars, Dale Steyn replaced the Golden Cap holder Haris Rauf in the match against Adelaide Strikers at the Carrara Over in Queensland.

December 27, 2019

Glenn Maxwell hits 39-ball 83 in Big Bash League day after earning million-dollar bid in IPL

On Thursday, Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) bought Glenn Maxwell at the IPL 2020 auction at a whopping amount of INR 10.75 crore.

December 20, 2019

Glenn Maxwell returns to Big Bash League

Maxwell's move to take a break and focus on health was praised by many in the cricket world, including Australia coach Justin Langer and India captain Virat Kohli.

December 13, 2019

Nathan Coulter-Nile signs multi-year deal with Melbourne Stars

On Thursday, the Stars confirmed that Coulter-Nile will be joined by Western Australians Clint Hinchliffe and Lance Morris.

August 15, 2019

Women cricketers Hayley Jensen, Nicola Hancock wed

Big Bash League (BBL) franchise Melbourne Stars took to Twitter to announce the development and congratulated the couple by sharing a picture of the wedding ceremony with the caption: "From #TeamGreen, congratulations to Stars bowler Nicola Hancock who married her partner Hayley Jensen last weekend!"

April 19, 2019

Kevin Pietersen declares his exit from Big Bash League

"I love Melbourne. To have some sort of (Stars) involvement going forward would be immense value for me," Pietersen added.

January 8, 2018