The 2022–23 Melbourne Stars Women's season was the eighth in the team's history. Coached by Jonathan Batty and captained by Nicole Faltum, the Stars finished the regular season of WBBL|08 in sixth position and failed to qualify for the finals.
| 2022–23 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Coach | Jonathan Batty | ||
| Captain(s) | Nicole Faltum | ||
| Home ground | CitiPower Centre | ||
| League | WBBL | ||
| Record | 5–6 (6th) | ||
| Finals | DNQ | ||
| Leading Run Scorer | Annabel Sutherland – 304 | ||
| Leading Wicket Taker | Annabel Sutherland – 21 | ||
| Player of the Season | Annabel Sutherland | ||
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Squad
editEach 2022–23 squad was made up of 15 active players. Teams could sign up to five 'marquee players', with a maximum of three of those from overseas. Marquees were classed as any overseas player, or a local player who holds a Cricket Australia national contract at the start of the WBBL|08 signing period.
Personnel changes made ahead of the season included:[1]
- Meg Lanning withdrew from the tournament, having taken indefinite leave from cricket. Nicole Faltum was subsequently appointed captain of the Stars, replacing Lanning.
- Jonathan Batty was appointed head coach of the Stars, replacing Jarrad Loughman.
- Erin Osborne announced her retirement from cricket at the conclusion of the previous season.
- Elyse Villani departed the Stars, signing for the Hobart Hurricanes.
- Maddy Darke departed the Stars, signing for the Perth Scorchers.
- Sasha Moloney signed with the Stars, having previously played for the Hobart Hurricanes.
- English marquees Maia Bouchier and Linsey Smith did not re-sign with the Stars.
- English marquee Alice Capsey signed with the Stars, marking her first appearance in the league.
- English marquee Lauren Winfield-Hill signed with the Stars, having previously played for the Brisbane Heat, Hobart Hurricanes and Adelaide Strikers.
- Indian marquee Jemimah Rodrigues signed with the Stars, having previously played for the Melbourne Renegades.
- Kim Garth, previously an overseas marquee signing, was approved as a local player for the Stars due to her permanent residence in Australia and a lack of recent international cricket appearances for Ireland.
- English marquee Bess Heath signed with the Stars as a replacement player, marking her first appearance in the league.[2]
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.[3][4]
| No. | Name | Nat. | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | G | R | SR | W | E | C | S | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batters | |||||||||||||
| 21 | Bess Heath | 
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20 August 2001 | Right-handed | – | 7 | 128 | 102.40 | – | – | 1 | – | Overseas marquee (replacement) |
| 10 | Olivia Henry | 
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27 January 2004 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | |
| 7 | Meg Lanning |
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25 March 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Australian marquee (unavailable) |
| 18 | Una Raymond-Hoey | 
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28 October 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | – | – | 0 | – | Replacement player |
| 20 | Sophie Reid |
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28 August 1997 | Left-handed | – | 14 | 77 | 98.71 | – | – | 2 | – | |
| 5 | Jemimah Rodrigues | 
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5 September 2000 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 7 | 44 | 84.61 | – | – | 1 | – | Overseas marquee |
| 58 | Lauren Winfield-Hill |
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16 August 1990 | Right-handed | – | 14 | 254 | 105.39 | – | – | 5 | – | Overseas marquee |
| All-rounders | |||||||||||||
| 26 | Alice Capsey |
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11 August 2004 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 14 | 259 | 128.85 | 9 | 6.98 | 4 | – | Overseas marquee |
| 24 | Lucy Cripps |
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6 December 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 25 | Tess Flintoff |
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31 March 2003 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 11 | 116 | 165.71 | 4 | 7.51 | 6 | – | |
| 34 | Kim Garth |
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25 April 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 14 | 115 | 83.94 | 12 | 6.71 | 5 | – | |
| 3 | Annabel Sutherland |
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12 October 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 14 | 304 | 113.85 | 21 | 8.00 | 6 | – | Australian marquee |
| Wicket-keepers | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Nicole Faltum |
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17 January 2000 | Right-handed | – | 14 | 83 | 97.64 | – | – | 8 | 1 | Captain |
| Bowlers | |||||||||||||
| 6 | Sophie Day |
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2 September 1998 | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox spin | 14 | 10 | 200.00 | 11 | 6.83 | 3 | – | |
| Hasrat Gill |
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9 November 2005 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg spin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 11 | Rhys McKenna |
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17 August 2004 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium fast | 12 | 12 | 109.09 | 3 | 8.10 | 3 | – | |
| 99 | Sasha Moloney |
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14 June 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 14 | 55 | 114.58 | 20 | 6.24 | 12 | – | |
Ladder
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sydney Sixers (RU) | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 0.695 |
| 2 | Adelaide Strikers (C) | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 0.390 |
| 3 | Brisbane Heat (CF) | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 0.276 |
| 4 | Hobart Hurricanes (EF) | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 0.457 |
| 5 | Perth Scorchers | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 0.373 |
| 6 | Melbourne Stars | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 13 | −0.339 |
| 7 | Melbourne Renegades | 14 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 9 | −1.042 |
| 8 | Sydney Thunder | 14 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | −1.000 |
- The top 4 teams advanced to the knockout phase
Fixtures
editAll times are AEDT.
Brisbane Heat
3/179 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars
8/170 (20 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat.
- Broadcast by Seven Network and Foxtel
Sydney Sixers
6/147 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars
9/120 (20 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
- Broadcast by Seven Network and Foxtel
Melbourne Stars
9/110 (20 overs) |
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Perth Scorchers
8/111 (19.4 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field.
- Broadcast by Seven Network and Foxtel
Sydney Thunder
1/102 (13.4 overs) |
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Phoebe Litchfield 50* (34)
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- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
- Broadcast by Seven Network and Foxtel
- Match reduced to 17 overs due to rain. No further play was possible due to rain.
Melbourne Renegades
91 (19 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars
4/92 (17.3 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
- Broadcast by cricket.com.au and Foxtel
Sydney Thunder
2/79 (13.5 overs) |
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- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
- No further play was possible due to rain.
- Broadcast by cricket.com.au and Foxtel
Melbourne Stars
5/186 (20 overs) |
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Adelaide Strikers
8/164 (20 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field.
- Broadcast by cricket.com.au and Foxtel
- Venue changed from Blacktown ISP Oval to North Sydney Oval[7]
- Tess Flintoff (Melbourne Stars) set a new WBBL record for the fastest half-century (16 balls).[8]
Melbourne Stars
8/112 (20 overs) |
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Adelaide Strikers
5/113 (19.1 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by cricket.com.au and Foxtel
Sydney Sixers
9/160 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars
115 (19.2 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
- Broadcast by Seven Network and Foxtel
Melbourne Renegades
8/148 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars
5/149 (20 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
- Broadcast by Seven Network and Foxtel
In the 15th meeting between the two Melbourne teams—the first to take place in their home city since 30 November 2019—the Renegades lost three early wickets before Josie Dooley and Courtney Webb formed a 50-run partnership from 39 balls. Sarah Coyte hit two sixes off the bowling of Kim Garth in the 20th over, helping to set a target of 149 for victory.
The Stars began the run chase sluggishly, and failed to capitalise on several controversial umpiring decisions in their favour. Alice Capsey survived a close stumping chance but was ultimately dismissed for just eleven, while the Decision Review System overturned an LBW call for Garth who would nevertheless fall to the bowling of Coyte in the following over. Earlier in the innings, Coyte became the eighth player in WBBL history to claim 100 career wickets.[9][10]
Annabel Sutherland breathed life into the contest as the Stars scored 22 runs from the 14th over against the previously economical Ella Hayward. The Renegades created several opportunities to effectively close out the match but put down key catching chances, which included an error in the field by Shabnim Ismail off her own bowling.
Needing an unlikely 23 runs from six balls to win, Sutherland promptly launched two sixes to dramatically shift the game's momentum. While delivering the third ball of the final over, Renegades captain Sophie Molineux suffered a knee injury which forced her from the field. Georgia Prestwidge was subsequently given the task of finishing the over, having not bowled throughout the innings up to that point. Sutherland proceeded to hit another six, and Stars captain Nicole Faltum then scored one run off the last delivery of the match to clinch her team's sixth win against their crosstown rivals.[11]
Hobart Hurricanes
8/130 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars
6/132 (19.1 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
- Broadcast by cricket.com.au and Foxtel
Hobart Hurricanes
7/152 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars
6/114 (20 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
- Broadcast by cricket.com.au and Foxtel
Melbourne Stars
8/179 (20 overs) |
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Perth Scorchers
7/173 (20 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field.
- Broadcast by cricket.com.au and Foxtel
Brisbane Heat
4/105 (10 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars
1/49 (3.5 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
- Match reduced to 10 overs per side. No further play was possible due to rain.
- Broadcast by cricket.com.au and Foxtel
Statistics and awards
edit- Most runs: Annabel Sutherland – 304 (11th in the league)[12]
- Highest score in an innings: Alice Capsey – 80* (52) vs Hobart Hurricanes, 15 November 2022[13]
- Most wickets: Annabel Sutherland – 21 (equal 6th in the league)[14]
- Best bowling figures in an innings: Sasha Moloney – 4/15 (4 overs) vs Melbourne Renegades, 13 November 2022[15]
- Most catches (fielder): Sasha Moloney – 12 (equal 2nd in the league)[16]
- Player of the Match awards:
- Annabel Sutherland – 2
- Alice Capsey, Tess Flintoff, Sasha Moloney – 1 each
- WBBL|08 Player of the Tournament: Annabel Sutherland (equal 9th)[17]
- WBBL|08 Team of the Tournament: Annabel Sutherland[18]
- WBBL|08 Young Gun Award: Tess Flintoff[17]
- Stars Player of the Season: Annabel Sutherland[19]
References
edit- ^ "WBBL preview: Stars name Lanning replacement". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ "Stars name squad for Heat and Sixers". Melbourne Stars. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ "Players | Melbourne Stars – BBL". www.melbournestars.com.au. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- ^ "Women's Big Bash League, 2022/23 - Melbourne Stars Women Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
- ^ "WBBL|08 Standings". Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ Women's BBL Standings, ESPN Cricinfo
- ^ "Thunder elect to move Sydney Smash away from home venue". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- ^ "Emerging star rewrites record books with 16-ball stunner". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ "Sarah Coyte becomes the eighth player to reach 100 WBBL wickets 🙌". Twitter. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ "Sarah Coyte's 100th WBBL wicket comes at a crucial time for the Renegades!". Twitter. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ "Sutherland blasts Stars to win amid injury blow". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ "Women's Big Bash League, 2022/23 Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ "Women's Big Bash League, 2022/23 Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ "Women's Big Bash League, 2022/23 Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ "Women's Big Bash League, 2022/23 Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ "Women's Big Bash League, 2022/23 Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ a b "Gardner caps super season to be crowned WBBL's best". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ "Official WBBL|08 Team of the Tournament revealed". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ^ Victoria, Cricket (29 March 2023). "2022-23 CV State and Big Bash award winners announced". Cricket Victoria. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
Further reading
edit- Botcherby, Elizabeth (10 October 2022). "WBBL 2022 team guide: Melbourne Stars". The Cricketer. London. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
