Melbourne Stars (WBBL)

Melbourne Stars Women

Coach:	David Hemp[1]
Colours:	Green
Founded:	2015
Home ground:	Melbourne Cricket Ground Junction Oval Albert Cricket Ground[2]
Capacity:	100,000 (MCG) 10,000 (Junction Oval)
BBL wins:	0

The Melbourne Stars Women's team is a cricket team based in Melbourne, Australia that will compete in the inaugural women's Twenty20 Women's Big Bash League commencing in December 2015.^[3] They will be one of eight founding teams. They are a franchise aligned with the current men's competition (Big Bash League), adopting the same colours and team name.

Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland said in a media release, "We see T20 as the premium format of the women's game and the WBBL is an exciting concept that will increase the promotion and exposure of women’s cricket".^[4] The team will be captained by Southern Stars captain Meg Lanning,^[5] and coached by David Hemp.

Squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nat.	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batsmen
	Kelly Applebee		(1982-01-28) 28 January 1982	Right-handed	Right arm medium
10	Lily Bardsley		(1995-08-07) 7 August 1995	Right-handed	Right arm leg spin
7	Meg Lanning		(1992-03-25) 25 March 1992	Right-handed	Right arm medium	Team's Captain
00	Mignon du Preez		(1989-06-13) 13 June 1989	Right-handed		Overseas player
All-rounders
13	Alana King		(1995-11-22) 22 November 1995	Right-handed	Right arm leg spin
9	Anna Lanning		(1994-03-25) 25 March 1994	Right-handed	Right arm medium
2	Katie Mack		(1993-09-14) 14 September 1993	Right-handed	Right arm leg spin
39	Natalie Sciver		(1992-08-20) 20 August 1992	Right-handed	Right arm medium	Overseas player
Wicketkeepers
19	Emma Inglis		(1988-07-15) 15 July 1988	Right-handed
Pace bowlers
18	Kath Hempenstall		(1988-09-20) 20 September 1988	Right-handed	Right arm medium
	Hayley Jensen		(1992-10-07) 7 October 1992	Right-handed	Right arm medium	Overseas player
22	Emma Kearney		(1989-09-24) 24 September 1989	Right-handed	Right arm medium
23	Morna Nielsen		(1990-02-24) 24 February 1990	Right-handed	Left arm medium, Left-arm orthodox spin	Overseas player
8	Gemma Triscari		(1990-01-24) 24 January 1990	Left-handed	Left arm fast medium
Spin bowlers
	Kristen Beams		(1984-11-06) 6 November 1984	Right-handed	Right arm leg spin

Source^[6][7]

References

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