Melbourne Stars Team: Squad, Results, Stats & Schedule

Melbourne Stars are Cricket Victoria's green men's Big Bash League club. They have played every BBL season since 2011/12 and are distinct from Melbourne Stars Women, whose WBBL squad and results are tracked separately.

The Stars have reached three finals—BBL|05, BBL|08 and BBL|09—but remain without a men's title. They also topped the league stage in BBL|01 and BBL|03 before losing in the semi-finals.

BBL|15 brought a fourth-place league finish with six wins, four losses, 12 points and NRR +0.759. Their campaign ended in Hobart's rain-shortened Knockout, where a seven-over target of 85 left the Stars three runs short under DLS.

Sam Harper scored 381 runs and was both Stars player of the season and BBL|15 player of the tournament. Captain Marcus Stoinis added 273 runs and 15 wickets, while Tom Curran and Peter Siddle shared the team bowling lead with 16 wickets each.

The ten names are the current BBL|16 contracted core shown by the club and Cricket Australia. The older 17-name directory snapshot still carried seven players from the completed BBL|15 cycle whose contracts were not current in the 26 July list.

The excluded group includes Scott Boland, Tom Curran, Hamish McKenzie, Jon Merlo, Haris Rauf, Mark Steketee and Tom Whitney. They may still be signed later, but an expired or unconfirmed deal cannot be presented as a current contract.

No. Curran and Siddle shared the Stars' BBL|15 bowling lead with 16 wickets, yet their next-season status differs: Siddle is contracted for BBL|16 and Curran is currently listed as uncontracted.

A completed-season performance and a future contract answer different questions. Strong statistics can support a recruitment decision, but they do not prove that a new deal exists.

No. The Stars have five designated home fixtures: four at the MCG and one at Junction Oval. The 16 January derby is played at the MCG but designated as a Renegades home match.

That produces six Stars appearances in Melbourne and five at the MCG without creating a sixth home fixture. Venue, city and home-team designation must be read separately.

The Stars began 4–0, then lost three successive matches before recovering with wins over the Renegades and Strikers. A league-stage loss in Perth left them 6–4 and fourth rather than in the top-two Qualifier path.

Their overall finish was 6–5 after the DLS Knockout defeat in Hobart. The sequence shows a powerful start, a mid-season correction and a short recovery—not a simple season-long collapse.

No. Cricket Victoria's proposed rebrand was shelved for the 2026/27 season, and Cricket Australia confirmed that Melbourne Stars and Melbourne Renegades will both compete under their existing identities in BBL|16.

Future ownership and branding discussions remain separate from the current season. This page therefore keeps the Melbourne Stars identity and does not turn a proposal into a completed change.