Marcus Stoinis and Glenn Maxwell hold key to Melbourne Stars’ hopes
Marcus Stoinis has been marked as a key figure for the Stars within the camp. And will become a force to be reckoned with if he performs well. His record-breaking season as an opener two years ago set the race for the stars in the final. He has spent most of his two years since working on his finishing skills for Delhi Capitals. In IPL and Australia in international cricket.
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He will need to shift his mindset back to the top of the order to set the tone. He hasn’t bowled in both the IPL and the World Cup recently. Due to some injuries, but the Stars may need their bowling skills at the MCG. Especially when Billy Stanlake and Liam Hatcher have been injured.
Dependence on Maxwell and Marcus Stoinis will be the biggest challenge
Dependence on Maxwell and Marcus Stoinis will be a major challenge. In the 2019-20 season, Stoinis scored 705 and Maxwell scored 398 runs. The Stars made the finals. Stoinis and Maxwell scored 396 and 379 runs respectively in the 2020-21 season. The No Stars batsman was among the top 10 run-scorers in the BBL.
Captain Glenn Maxwell
Coach David Hussey
Shaft
Hilton Cartwright, Brody Couch (injury replacement), Nathan Coulter-Nile, Seb Gotch, Liam Hatcher, Clint Hinchliffe, Syed Fariden (Pakistan), Nick Larkin, Glenn Maxwell, Peter Neville (injury replacement), Tom O’Connell , Billy Stanlanke, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa, Joe Burns, Sam Rainbird, Joe Clarke (Eng), Kais Ahmed (Afg), Sam Elliott, Beau Webster
In Kais Ahmed, Joe Burns, Joe Clarke, Syed Faridoun, Beau Webster
Jackson Coleman, Ben Dunk, Andre Fletcher, Nick Maddinson, Lance Morris, Nicholas Pooran, Will Pucovski, Zaheer Khan
Last Season
After losing just short of the final hurdle in 2019-20. The Stars had a disappointing end to the season last year. Losing their last three matches to be knocked out of the finals. The Renegades’ defeat at the Docklands is the game.
That will trouble them for 63 off 26 balls when the Renegades had just five wickets in hand. Coach David Hussey admitted that his team did not deserve to play the final. But were nonetheless disappointed when they could not win their last game with bonus points, which would have scrapped them. He had some injury issues with his bowlers and struggled to get through. Top order balance right.
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International Influence
Hussey celebrated when Australia’s Test and Australia A team went ahead with the Ashes. Requiring no Stars players for long duty against England and the England Lions. Australia have a three-match ODI series against New Zealand. That has been tentatively booked to begin on January 30 with the BBL ending on January 28.