After an epic encounter last Sunday, the Renegades host the Stars at Marvel Stadium in the return Melbourne derby
Melbourne Renegades v Melbourne Stars: match preview
Match facts
Who: Melbourne Renegades v Melbourne Stars
What: Match 30, KFC BBL|15
Where: Marvel Stadium, Melbourne
When: Saturday, January 10. Bat flip at 6.30pm AEDT, first ball at 7.15pm AEDT
How to watch: Fox Cricket, Kayo Sports
Listen: ABC, SEN Radio. Listen in standard and real-time with no delay to live play via Cricket Radio on the CA Live app. Find out more here
Buy tickets: Tickets are on sale here
Live scores: Match Centre
Highlights, news and reactions after the match: cricket.com.au, the CA Live and Big Bash apps
Officials: Sam Nogajski and Riki Wessels (field), Donovan Koch (third), Daryl Brigham (fourth), Kent Hannam (match referee)
Match squads
Melbourne Renegades: Jason Behrendorff, Jason Brown, Harry Dixon, Brendan Doggett, Sam Elliott, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Caleb Jewell, Hassan Khan, Muhammad Rizwan, Gurinder Sandhu, Tim Seifert, Matthew Spoors, Callum Stow, Will Sutherland (c)
Ins: Brendan Doggett, Harry Dixon. Outs: Ollie Peake (national duties), Andrew Tye (omitted)
Brendan Doggett is primed to play his first match for the Renegades in time for the second Melbourne Derby of BBL|15, joining a number of Australian Test squad members in rejoining the Big Bash ranks. Batter Harry Dixon also folds back into the squad. Andrew Tye has been omitted for Saturday night, while last week's match-winner, Ollie Peake, has departed to Namibia for the Under 19 World Cup.
Melbourne Stars: Hilton Cartwright, Tom Curran, Sam Hain, Sam Harper, Liam Hatcher, Campbell Kellaway, Blake Macdonald, Glenn Maxwell, Hamish McKenzie, Haris Rauf, Tom Rogers, Peter Siddle, Marcus Stoinis (c), Mitch Swepson
Ins: Tom Curran. Outs: Jono Merlo (omitted)
Tom Curran slots back into the Stars' squad after being a late withdrawal with hip soreness just prior to his side's most recent match against the Sydney Sixers. Curran's replacement, Jono Merlo, comes out of the squad in lieu of the international's return.
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Will Sutherland (Renegades): Can the Renegades skipper do it again? His penultimate ball six off his Stars counterpart last Sunday revived the Renegades season and he's primed for a big performance after providing handy contributions with bat and ball in their past two victories with scores of 15 and 19 not out, as well as a wicket in each.
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— KFC Big Bash League (@BBL) January 4, 2026
Will Sutherland hits Marcus Stoinis for SIX to win the Melbourne Derby for the Renegades! #BBL15 pic.twitter.com/W2HsNyGYXQ
Marcus Stoinis (Stars): The Stars skipper will be seeking redemption after conceding a six from the second last ball to go down in the first Melbourne derby of the season. Stoinis has been in great touch with the bat in BBL|15 but will be hoping to kick on to another big score after being dismissed for 33, 16 and 43 in his past three innings. The allrounder has also been a reliable contributor with the ball, taking nine wickets this season.
Top performers
Most Runs
BBL|15 BKT Golden Bat
| Player | Total |
|---|---|
1
Finn Allen
F Allen
|
466 |
|
2
David Warner
D Warner
|
433 |
|
3
Sam Harper
S Harper
|
381 |
|
4
Mitch Marsh
M Marsh
|
360 |
|
5
Aaron Hardie
A Hardie
|
339 |
|
6
Matthew Renshaw
M Renshaw
|
324 |
|
7
Ben McDermott
B McDermott
|
322 |
|
8
Josh Brown
J Brown
|
311 |
Most Wickets
BBL|15 BKT Golden Arm
| Player | Total |
|---|---|
|
1
Haris Rauf
H Rauf
|
20 |
|
2
Jack Edwards
J Edwards
|
19 |
|
3
Gurinder Sandhu
G Sandhu
|
18 |
|
4
Tom Curran
T Curran
|
16 |
|
5
Peter Siddle
P Siddle
|
16 |
|
6
Ben Dwarshuis
B Dwarshuis
|
16 |
|
7
Xavier Bartlett
X Bartlett
|
15 |
|
8
Lloyd Pope
L Pope
|
15 |
Most sixes scored
BBL|15
| Player | Total |
|---|---|
|
1
Finn Allen
F Allen
|
38 |
|
2
Josh Brown
J Brown
|
20 |
|
3
Mitch Marsh
M Marsh
|
20 |
|
4
David Warner
D Warner
|
20 |
|
5
Nikhil Chaudhary
N Chaudhary
|
17 |
|
6
Matthew Renshaw
M Renshaw
|
17 |
|
7
Ashton Turner
A Turner
|
16 |
|
8
Sam Harper
S Harper
|
15 |
Local knowledge
Rapid stats
- Melbourne Renegades defeated Melbourne Stars by four wickets when they last met in the BBL last Sunday, snapping a three-match losing run against them; the Renegades will be aiming to defeat the Stars more than once in a single season for just the third time in the history of the competition (also won two in BBL|12 and BBL|02).
- Each of the Melbourne Stars' past seven BBL matches have been won by the team bowling first on the day; the Stars have won four of those seven games.
- Melbourne Renegades have won their past two BBL matches; the last time the Renegades won more than two consecutive games was a three-match span in December 2022.
- Three players have taken 10-plus wickets for the Melbourne Stars in this BBL|15 season – Peter Siddle (13), Haris Rauf (13), Tom Curran (10). The last time the Stars had more players reach double figures in this category was four in BBL|12 (Luke Wood – 20, Nathan Coulter-Nile – 16, Adam Zampa – 16, Liam Hatcher – 11).
- Tim Seifert (187 in BBL|15) is 13 away from reaching 200-plus runs for Melbourne Renegades in a BBL season for the second time (200 in BBL|14); he'd be the seventh player to achieve it more than once for the Renegades in BBL history – Aaron Finch (9 times), Sam Harper (4), Shaun Marsh (4), Cameron White (3), Marcus Harris (2) and Tom Cooper (2).
What's on the line?
Two wins on the bounce, which began with their thrilling penultimate ball victory over the Stars at the MCG, has the Renegades back in the hunt for a finals berth. They'll be seeking to keep that momentum rolling and make it two from two against their crosstown rivals in BBL|15 after losing both Melbourne derbies last season. The Stars meanwhile need to snap a three-game losing streak to get their season back on track and maintain their strong position in the finals race.
The Melbourne Mace, a new 1.4m tall trophy that's plinth will light up with the winner's colours, will again be up for grabs in the return derby. The Renegades are the current holders following their victory last Sunday with Jackson Warne, the son of inaugural Melbourne Star and Aussie legend Shane Warne, presenting the mace to Will Sutherland in the middle of the MCG after he hit the winning runs. The family of 17-year-old Ben Austin, a passionate Renegades fan who tragically passed away after being struck by a cricket ball while training at Ferntree Gully, will be presenting the trophy post-game to the winning team.
KFC BBL|15 standings
| Team | M | W | L | T | N/R | NRR | Ded. | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
SCO
|
10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.363 | 0 | 14 |
|
2
SIX
|
10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.605 | 0 | 13 |
|
3
HUR
|
10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.331 | 0 | 13 |
|
4
STA
|
10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.759 | 0 | 12 |
|
5
HEA
|
10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | -0.431 | 0 | 10 |
|
6
STR
|
10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | -0.231 | 0 | 8 |
|
7
REN
|
10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | -1.202 | 0 | 6 |
|
8
THU
|
10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | -1.212 | 0 | 4 |
M: Matches played
W: Wins
L: Losses
T: Ties
N/R: No results
NRR: Net Run Rate
Ded.: Deductions
PTS: Total points