Melbourne Renegades

The Melbourne Renegades are an Australian professional men's Twenty20 franchise cricket team based in the Australian state of Victoria. They compete in the Australian Twenty20 cricket competition, the Big Bash League. The Renegades play their home matches at Marvel Stadium, in Melbourne's Docklands precinct, whilst also using Geelong's GMHBA Stadium for home matches. The team is coached by Michael Klinger and captained by Aaron Finch. Melbourne Renegades won their first title in BBL08 when they defeated their arch rivals the Melbourne Stars at Marvel Stadium. However, results for the team has since dramatically dropped leading to calls from fans to relegate the side to a 2nd division. Some of the Renegades most important players from their inception to date, have been Aaron Finch, Sam Harper, Cameron White, Beau Webster, Tom Cooper, Ben Rohrer, Mohammad Nabi, Dwayne Bravo, Cameron Boyce, Kane Richardson and Nathan Rimmington.[1]

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Melbourne Renegades (WBBL).

Melbourne Renegades
Personnel
Captain Aaron Finch
Coach Michael Klinger
Team information
Colours  Red   Black
Founded2011
Home groundMarvel Stadium, Melbourne
Capacity56,347
Secondary home ground(s)GMHBA Stadium, Geelong
Secondary ground capacity34,000
History
BBL wins1 (BBL08)
Official websitemelbournerenegades.com.au

Home kit

Away kit

Current season

Players
Main article: List of Melbourne Renegades cricketers

Mens squad
S/N Name Nat. Date of birth (age) Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
5Aaron Finch (1986-11-17) 17 November 1986Right-handedSlow left arm orthodoxCaptain, International Cap
23 Jake Fraser-McGurk (2002-04-11) 11 April 2002 Right-handed Right arm leg break
14Marcus Harris (1992-07-21) 21 July 1992Left-handedRight arm off breakInternational Cap
3 Mackenzie Harvey (2000-09-18) 18 September 2000 Left-handed Right arm medium-fast
9Shaun Marsh9 July 1983 (age 36)Left-handedSlow left arm orthodoxInternational Cap
8 Rilee Rossouw 9 October 1989 (age 31) Left-handed Right arm off break Visa contract, International Cap
All-rounders
7 Mohammad Nabi 1 January 1985 (age 34) Right-handed Right arm off break Visa contract, International Cap
20 Beau Webster 1 December 1993 (age 25) Right-handed Right arm off break
4Imad Wasim (1988-12-18) 18 December 1988Left-handedLeft-arm off breakVisa contract, International Cap
12Will Sutherland (1999-10-27) 27 October 1999Right-handedRight arm fast medium
17Benny Howell (1988-10-05) 5 October 1988Right-handedRight arm fast mediumVisa contract
61 Jack Prestwidge 28 February 1996 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm medium fast
Wicketkeepers
6Sam Harper (1996-12-10) 10 December 1996Right-handed–
Pace bowlers
2 Zak Evans 26 March 2000 (age 19) Right-handed Right-arm fast
16 Mitchell Perry 27 April 2000 (age 20) Left-handed Right-arm fast medium
19James Pattinson (1990-05-03) 3 May 1990Right-handedRight arm fastInternational Cap
55Kane Richardson (1991-02-12) 12 February 1991Right-handedRight arm fast mediumInternational Cap
11 Josh Lalor 2 November 1987 ( age 33) Right-handed Left arm fast medium
Spin bowlers
13Cameron Boyce (1989-07-27) 27 July 1989Right-handedRight arm leg breakInternational Cap
41Peter Hatzoglou (1998-11-27) 27 November 1998Right-handedRight arm leg break
18 Jon Holland 29 May 1987 (age 32) Right-handed Slow left arm orthodox International Cap
15 Noor Ahmad 3 January 2005 (age 16) Left-handed Left arm wrist spin Visa contract

Women's squad
Main article: Melbourne Renegades Women

History

2011–12 season
See also: 2011–12 Melbourne Renegades season

The Renegades' foundation captain was Victorian all-rounder Andrew McDonald and coached by then Victorian Bushrangers one-day coach, Simon Helmot. In their first season, the Renegades signed local state players such as Aaron Finch, Glenn Maxwell, Brad Hodge and Dirk Nannes, along with Pakistani imports Shahid Afridi and Abdul Razzaq. The Renegades struggled in their first season, only winning two games against the Sydney Thunder and the Sydney Sixers respectively. Aaron Finch scored 259 runs, whilst Shahid Afridi took 10 wickets.

Position Pld W L NR NRR Pts
7th (of 8)7250−0.5824

2012–13 season
See also: 2012–13 Melbourne Renegades season

The 2012–13 Big Bash League season saw the Renegades release several star players including the previous seasons captain, Andrew McDonald. However, the recruitment of consistent players such as Ben Rohrer and Peter Nevill and cricket legend Muttiah Muralitharan, saw the season being the Renegades most successful season to date, finishing on top of the ladder, only losing to the Perth Scorchers in the regular season. Aaron Finch also became the first Renegades player to score a century after scoring 111 from 65 balls against the Melbourne Stars. The Renegades were knocked out by the Brisbane Heat in the semi-finals, losing by 15 runs.

Position Pld W L NR NRR Pts
1st (of 8)8710+0.79114

2013–14 season
See also: 2013–14 Melbourne Renegades season

Despite maintaining the majority of their squad from the previous season, and also recruiting Australian test bowlers Peter Siddle and James Pattinson, the Renegades struggled in the 2013–14 Big Bash League season, only winning 3 games, and in the process finishing 6th and missing the finals.

Position Pld W L NR NRR Pts
6th (of 8)8350–0.4756

2014–15 season
See also: 2014–15 Melbourne Renegades season

Similarly to the previous season, the Renegades headed into the 2014–15 Big Bash League season with confidence after signing Matthew Wade and Callum Ferguson in the pre-season, but failed to qualify for the finals yet again, finishing 6th. The poor run from the previous season resulted in the coach Simon Helmot being sacked.

Position Pld W L NR NRR Pts
6th (of 8)8350–0.3316

2015–16 season
See also: 2015–16 Melbourne Renegades season and 2015–16 Melbourne Renegades WBBL season

The Renegades hired David Saker as the new coach for the 2015–16 Big Bash League season. The Renegades also signed experienced players Cameron White, Xavier Doherty and Chris Gayle to strengthen their squad.

Position Pld W L NR NRR Pts
5th (of 8)8350–0.0416

2016–17 season
See also: 2016–17 Melbourne Renegades season and 2016–17 Melbourne Renegades WBBL season
Position Pld W L NR NRR Pts
5th (of 8)8440+0.0428

2017–18 season
See also: 2017–18 Melbourne Renegades season and 2017–18 Melbourne Renegades WBBL season

The Renegades won their maiden Big Bash League title on 17 February 2019 defeating the Melbourne Stars by 13 runs. After the Stars being in control at 0/91 late in the 13th over the Renegades fought back taking 7 wickets and only conceading 39 runs in the remaining 6 overs to take the win in front of 40,816 fans. Dan Christian was named the man of the match.

Position Pld W L NR NRR Pts
3rd (of 8)10640+0.29712

Rivalries
  • The Melbourne Derby – When the league began in 2011, Cricket Australia decided they would place two teams in Melbourne. With the core group of players for both sides coming from the Victoria cricket team, this rivalry automatically became widely anticipated in Melbourne. The derby between the new two teams, the Melbourne Stars and the Melbourne Renegades, quickly became hugely popular with big crowds flocking in to the derby matches at both the MCG and Etihad Stadium in Melbourne. In BBL05, during the first leg of the two derbies at the MCG, it drew a record crowd of 80,883 which is the highest crowd for any domestic cricket match ever in the history of the sport.[2]

List of Melbourne Derby Matches
No. Date Winner Margin Venue Attendance MoM
1
7 January 2012
Stars
11 Runs (D/L)MCG40,227David Hussey
2
7 December 2012
Renegades
8 WicketsEtihad Stadium23,589Aaron Finch
3
6 January 2013
Renegades
9 WicketsMCG46,581Aaron Finch
4
20 December 2013
Stars
76 RunsMCG25,266Luke Wright
5
4 January 2014
Stars
9 WicketsEtihad Stadium42,837Cameron White
6
3 January 2015
Stars
112 RunsEtihad Stadium33,734Michael Beer
7
10 January 2015
Stars
3 WicketsMCG37,323Glenn Maxwell
8
2 January 2016
Stars
7 WicketsMCG80,883Luke Wright
9
9 January 2016
Stars
8 WicketsEtihad Stadium43,176Marcus Stoinis
10
1 January 2017
Renegades
7 Runs (D/L)MCG71,162Brad Hogg
11
7 January 2017
Stars
46 RunsEtihad Stadium44,189Adam Zampa
12
6 January 2018
Renegades
6 WicketsMCG48,086Mohammad Nabi
13
12 January 2018
Stars
23 RunsEtihad Stadium44,316Kevin Pietersen
14
1 January 2019
Stars
7 WicketsMCG46,418Marcus Stoinis
15
19 January 2019
Stars
6 WicketsMarvel Stadium38,117Marcus Stoinis
16
17 February 2019
Renegades
13 RunsMarvel Stadium40,816Daniel Christian
17
4 January 2020
Stars
7 WicketsMCG54,478Adam Zampa
18
10 January 2020
Stars
7 wicketsMarvel Stadium30,388Glenn Maxwell
19 17 January 2021 Stars 6 Wickets MCG 15,000
20 20 January 2021 Renegades 5 Wickets Marvel

Stadium

 15,000
  •   Denotes BBL non-final playoff matches.
  •   Denotes BBL grand final matches.

Support

The Renegades averaged 13,323 fans to their home games for the inaugural BBL season, and 13,406 supporters in their second BBL season. The average attendance increased by a huge margin in the third season when they registered an average crowd of 21,929. The fourth season had an even better average crowd of 22,324 fans for their home matches.

Their highest home attendance was to the Melbourne Derby in their third BBL season, attracting 42,837 fans.[3] The biggest non-home attendance in BBL history occurred in the 2015/2016 season against the Stars, with 80,883 present.[4] Their largest non-Derby attendance was 30,018, which came in their seventh BBL season against the Perth Scorchers.

Membership

Renegades' members have steadily increased with every passing season. They reached their biggest membership mark ever for a season two weeks before the start of the 2015–16 Big Bash League season.[5]

Season Members
2013–14 3,383[6]
2014–15 5,510[6]
2015–16 7,520
2016–17 8,828

List of Captains
As of 20 December 2020[7]
Name Period Mat Won Lost Ties NR %
Andrew McDonald 2011-2012 7 2 5 0 0 28.57
Aaron Finch 2012–present 56 27 29 0 0 48.21
Ben Rohrer 2013-2015 5 3 2 0 0 60.00
Cameron White 2016-2018 5 1 4 0 0 20.00
Dwayne Bravo 2018 3 2 1 0 0 66.66
Tom Cooper 2018-2019 8 4 4 0 0 50.00
Shaun Marsh 2020 1 0 1 0 0 0.00

Series results
Season League Position Finals Position Ref 3rd
2011–12 1st [1]
2012–13 1st Semis Loss [2]
2013–14 6th DNQ [3]
2014–15 6th DNQ [4]
2015–16 5th DNQ [5]
2016–17 5th DNQ [6]
2017–18 3rd Semis Loss [7]
2018–19 2nd Champions [8]
2019-20 8th DNQ [9]

Sponsorship
Season Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Breast sponsor
2011-12 KooGa Harbour Town Reach
2012-13 True Value Solar Country Fire Authority
2013-14 Bartercard
2014-15 Majestic Athletic Coco Joy
2015-16
2016-17 Mars Carsales
2017-18
2018-19
2019-20
2020-21 Liberty Financial Mitre 10

Club officials

Coaching staff
Position Name[8]
Head Coach Michael Klinger
Bowling Coach Mick Lewis
Physiotherapist Nick Adcock

Managerial history
As of 17 February 2016
FromToNamePWLNRWin %
2011–12 2014–15 Simon Helmot 32 15 17 0 46.88
2015–16 2015–16 David Saker 8 3 5 0 37.50
2016–17 2018–19 Andrew McDonald 35 20 15 0 57.14

Mascot
Official Mascot

The official mascot of the team – 'Sledge' – was revealed on 2 November 2011 after online voting on the team's official Facebook page.[9][10]

The mascot has been described as the future of cricket. He comes from the year 2020 and wears industrial gear clad in corrugated shin pads and a futuristic helmet that hides his true identity.[11]

For the 2014–15 season a new female mascot, Willow was added, with the club also retaining the Sledge mascot.[12]

Honours

Domestic

International

Records and statistics
See also: List of Melbourne Renegades records and statistics

Visa players

See also

References
  1. "Greatest ever BBL teams". theroar.com.au/. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  2. "Big Bash League: Huge MCG crowd of 80,883 stuns Ricky Ponting". The Australian.
  3. Scorecard. Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  4. . Cricket.com.au. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  5. NEW MEMBERSHIP RECORD melbournerenegades.com.au. Retrieved 9 Dec 2015
  6. We've broken the ALL TIME membership record twitter.com/RenegadesBBL. Retrieved 13 Dec 2015
  7. "Cricket Records | Melbourne Renegades | Records | Twenty20 matches | List of captains | ESPN Cricinfo". Stats.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  8. "Our Coaches". Melbourne Renegades. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  9. Renegades fans, we need your help choosing our mascot!. Facebook.com. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  10. Meet the future of Cricket. Facebook.com. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  11. The fans have spoken!. Facebook.com/MelbourneRenegades. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  12. Name our mascot. melbournerenegades.com.au. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
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