2022–23 Melbourne Stars WBBL season

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.

Melbourne Stars
2022–23 season
Melbourne Stars 2022–23 cap logo
Melbourne Stars 2022–23 cap logo
CoachJonathan Batty
Captain(s)Nicole Faltum
Home groundCitiPower Centre
LeagueWBBL
Record5–6 (6th)
FinalsDNQ
Leading Run ScorerAnnabel Sutherland – 304
Leading Wicket TakerAnnabel Sutherland – 21
Player of the SeasonAnnabel Sutherland

Squad

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Each 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]

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   20 August 2001 Right-handed 7 128 102.40 1 Overseas marquee (replacement)
10 Olivia Henry   27 January 2004 Right-handed Right-arm off spin 1 1
7 Meg Lanning   25 March 1992 Right-handed Right-arm medium Australian marquee (unavailable)
18 Una Raymond-Hoey   28 October 1996 Right-handed Right-arm medium 4 0 0.00 0 Replacement player
20 Sophie Reid   28 August 1997 Left-handed 14 77 98.71 2
5 Jemimah Rodrigues   5 September 2000 Right-handed Right-arm off spin 7 44 84.61 1 Overseas marquee
58 Lauren Winfield-Hill   16 August 1990 Right-handed 14 254 105.39 5 Overseas marquee
All-rounders
26 Alice Capsey   11 August 2004 Right-handed Right-arm off spin 14 259 128.85 9 6.98 4 Overseas marquee
24 Lucy Cripps   6 December 2001 Right-handed Right-arm medium
25 Tess Flintoff   31 March 2003 Right-handed Right-arm medium fast 11 116 165.71 4 7.51 6
34 Kim Garth   25 April 1996 Right-handed Right-arm medium fast 14 115 83.94 12 6.71 5
3 Annabel Sutherland   12 October 2001 Right-handed Right-arm medium fast 14 304 113.85 21 8.00 6 Australian marquee
Wicket-keepers
4 Nicole Faltum   17 January 2000 Right-handed 14 83 97.64 8 1 Captain
Bowlers
6 Sophie Day   2 September 1998 Left-handed Left-arm orthodox spin 14 10 200.00 11 6.83 3
Hasrat Gill   9 November 2005 Left-handed Right-arm leg spin
11 Rhys McKenna   17 August 2004 Right-handed Left-arm medium fast 12 12 109.09 3 8.10 3
99 Sasha Moloney   14 June 1992 Right-handed Right-arm off spin 14 55 114.58 20 6.24 12

Ladder

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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
Source: cricket.com.au,[5] ESPN Cricinfo[6]
  •   The top 4 teams advanced to the knockout phase

Fixtures

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All times are AEDT.


Match 4
15 October 2022
19:05 (N)
Scorecard
Brisbane Heat
3/179 (20 overs)
v
Melbourne Stars
8/170 (20 overs)
Ellie Johnston 54 (34)
Alice Capsey 1/19 (2 overs)
Sophie Day 1/19 (2 overs)
Lauren Winfield-Hill 74 (51)
Jess Jonassen 3/36 (4 overs)
Brisbane Heat won by 9 runs
Great Barrier Reef Arena, Mackay
Umpires: Claire Polosak and Michael Mellifont
Player of the match: Ellie Johnston (Brisbane Heat)

Match 6
16 October 2022
13:40
Scorecard
Sydney Sixers
6/147 (20 overs)
v
Melbourne Stars
9/120 (20 overs)
Alyssa Healy 43 (32)
Kim Garth 2/21 (4 overs)
Bess Heath 37 (30)
Maitlan Brown 3/25 (4 overs)
Sydney Sixers won by 27 runs
Great Barrier Reef Arena, Mackay
Umpires: Michael Mellifont and Sue Redfern
Player of the match: Ashleigh Gardner (Sydney Sixers)

Match 11
20 October 2022
20:10 (D/N)
Scorecard
Melbourne Stars
9/110 (20 overs)
v
Perth Scorchers
8/111 (19.4 overs)
Tess Flintoff 40* (29)
Piepa Cleary 2/8 (2 overs)
Beth Mooney 35 (44)
Annabel Sutherland 2/20 (3 overs)
Perth Scorchers won by 2 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)
WACA Ground, Perth
Umpires: Stephen Dionysius and Trent Steenholdt
Player of the match: Beth Mooney (Perth Scorchers)

Match 15
23 October 2022
13:40
Scorecard
Sydney Thunder
1/102 (13.4 overs)
v
No result
WACA Ground, Perth
Umpires: Jamie Thomas and Sue Redfern
  • 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.

Match 22
29 October 2022
14:00
Scorecard
Melbourne Renegades
91 (19 overs)
v
Melbourne Stars
4/92 (17.3 overs)
Hayley Matthews 24 (24)
Sophie Day 4/19 (4 overs)
Annabel Sutherland 42* (48)
Shabnim Ismail 1/15 (4 overs)
Melbourne Stars won by 6 wickets (with 15 balls remaining)
Eastern Oval, Ballarat
Umpires: Lisa McCabe and Mattis van Eck
Player of the match: Annabel Sutherland (Melbourne Stars)

Match 25
31 October 2022
15:00
Scorecard
Sydney Thunder
2/79 (13.5 overs)
v
Amy Jones 38 (35)
Annabel Sutherland 1/7 (1.5 overs)
No result
Eastern Oval, Ballarat
Umpires: Daryl Brigham and Gaurav Bawa
  • Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
  • No further play was possible due to rain.
  • Broadcast by cricket.com.au and Foxtel

Match 26
2 November 2022
15:30
Scorecard
Melbourne Stars
5/186 (20 overs)
v
Adelaide Strikers
8/164 (20 overs)
Tess Flintoff 51* (16)
Deandra Dottin 2/34 (4 overs)
Katie Mack 47 (38)
Sasha Moloney 4/24 (4 overs)
Melbourne Stars won by 22 runs
North Sydney Oval, Sydney
Umpires: Bede Sajowitz and Daniel Moran
Player of the match: Tess Flintoff (Melbourne Stars)

Match 30
5 November 2022
13:00
Scorecard
Melbourne Stars
8/112 (20 overs)
v
Adelaide Strikers
5/113 (19.1 overs)
Madeline Penna 56* (50)
Annabel Sutherland 2/19 (4 overs)
Adelaide Strikers won by 5 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)
Lilac Hill Park, Perth
Umpires: Ashlee Gibbons and Jarryd Buscall
Player of the match: Madeline Penna (Adelaide Strikers)

Match 40
12 November 2022
13:40
Scorecard
Sydney Sixers
9/160 (20 overs)
v
Melbourne Stars
115 (19.2 overs)
Alyssa Healy 31 (28)
Kim Garth 2/9 (3 overs)
Kim Garth 18 (21)
Ashleigh Gardner 4/27 (4 overs)
Sydney Sixers won by 45 runs
CitiPower Centre, Melbourne
Umpires: Lisa McCabe and Stephen Dionysius
Player of the match: Ashleigh Gardner (Sydney Sixers)

Match 43
13 November 2022
13:40
Scorecard
Melbourne Renegades
8/148 (20 overs)
v
Melbourne Stars
5/149 (20 overs)
Josie Dooley 54 (46)
Sasha Moloney 4/15 (4 overs)
Annabel Sutherland 62* (29)
Sarah Coyte 3/22 (4 overs)
Melbourne Stars won by 5 wickets (with 0 balls remaining)
CitiPower Centre, Melbourne
Umpires: Chris Grant and David Taylor
Player of the match: Annabel Sutherland (Melbourne Stars)

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]


Match 46
15 November 2022
15:00
Scorecard
Hobart Hurricanes
8/130 (20 overs)
v
Melbourne Stars
6/132 (19.1 overs)
Nicola Carey 31 (33)
Annabel Sutherland 3/18 (4 overs)
Alice Capsey 80* (52)
Molly Strano 3/17 (4 overs)
Melbourne Stars won by 4 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)
Latrobe Recreation Ground, Latrobe
Umpires: Craig Seabourne and Muhammad Qureshi
Player of the match: Alice Capsey (Melbourne Stars)

Match 48
16 November 2022
15:00
Scorecard
Hobart Hurricanes
7/152 (20 overs)
v
Melbourne Stars
6/114 (20 overs)
Mignon du Preez 50* (48)
Alice Capsey 2/14 (3 overs)
Alice Capsey 38 (26)
Hayley Jensen 2/24 (3 overs)
Hobart Hurricanes won by 38 runs
Latrobe Recreation Ground, Latrobe
Umpires: Craig Seabourne and Muhammad Qureshi
Player of the match: Mignon du Preez (Hobart Hurricanes)

Match 52
19 November 2022
10:40
Scorecard
Melbourne Stars
8/179 (20 overs)
v
Perth Scorchers
7/173 (20 overs)
Lauren Winfield-Hill 36 (25)
Amy Edgar 3/27 (4 overs)
Chloe Piparo 34 (27)
Alice Capsey 3/37 (4 overs)
Melbourne Stars won by 6 runs
Ted Summerton Reserve, Moe
Umpires: Lisa McCabe and Mattis van Eck
Player of the match: Sasha Moloney (Melbourne Stars)

Match 55
20 November 2022
14:00
Scorecard
Brisbane Heat
4/105 (10 overs)
v
Melbourne Stars
1/49 (3.5 overs)
Danni Wyatt 52 (24)
Sasha Moloney 2/12 (2 overs)
Lauren Winfield-Hill 22* (13)
Amelia Kerr 1/4 (0.5 overs)
No result
Ted Summerton Reserve, Moe
Umpires: Chris Grant and Mattis van Eck
  • 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

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  • 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

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  1. ^ "WBBL preview: Stars name Lanning replacement". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Stars name squad for Heat and Sixers". Melbourne Stars. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Players | Melbourne Stars – BBL". www.melbournestars.com.au. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Women's Big Bash League, 2022/23 - Melbourne Stars Women Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  5. ^ "WBBL|08 Standings". Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  6. ^ Women's BBL Standings, ESPN Cricinfo
  7. ^ "Thunder elect to move Sydney Smash away from home venue". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Emerging star rewrites record books with 16-ball stunner". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  9. ^ "Sarah Coyte becomes the eighth player to reach 100 WBBL wickets 🙌". Twitter. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  10. ^ "Sarah Coyte's 100th WBBL wicket comes at a crucial time for the Renegades!". Twitter. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  11. ^ "Sutherland blasts Stars to win amid injury blow". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  12. ^ "Women's Big Bash League, 2022/23 Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  13. ^ "Women's Big Bash League, 2022/23 Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  14. ^ "Women's Big Bash League, 2022/23 Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  15. ^ "Women's Big Bash League, 2022/23 Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  16. ^ "Women's Big Bash League, 2022/23 Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  17. ^ a b "Gardner caps super season to be crowned WBBL's best". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  18. ^ "Official WBBL|08 Team of the Tournament revealed". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  19. ^ Victoria, Cricket (29 March 2023). "2022-23 CV State and Big Bash award winners announced". Cricket Victoria. Retrieved 1 April 2023.

Further reading

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