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The Melbourne Stars are the hot favourites to win the WBBL crown after their sixth win on the trot lifted them five points clear at the top of the table.
The Melbourne Stars are the hot favourites to win the WBBL crown after their sixth win on the trot lifted them five points clear at the top of the table.
The last year has been big for Annabel Sutherland.
After five years away from the Big Bash League, the Sydney Sixers have announced the signing of Mitchell Starc for BBL|10, while Melbourne Stars have confirmed the arrival of English international Jonny Bairstow.
The Melbourne Stars are the only team in the WBBL not to have featured in the finals yet.
The Melbourne Stars have been a very consistent team in the BBL bar one poor season.
Glenn Maxwell says Melbourne Stars’ BBL regular-season dominance makes their loss to Sydney Sixers in the final harder to take than previous failures.
The Sydney Sixers have been crowned Big Bash champions in bizarre scenes, triumphing over the Melbourne Stars without the need for synoptic charts or bureaucracy.
In the end, the conclusion was almost the perfect way to end what has been a funny old week in Big Bash League history.
Peter Handscomb has set his sights on a top-order spot at the Hobart Hurricanes after signing a two-year deal with the BBL franchise.
Peter Handscomb has set his sights on a top-order spot at the Hobart Hurricanes after signing a two-year deal with the BBL franchise.
Peter Handscomb has set his sights on a top-order spot at the Hobart Hurricanes after signing a two-year deal with the BBL franchise.
The ninth Big Bash League season comes down to this: the Sydney Sixers hosting the Melbourne Stars at the SCG on Saturday night. Join The Roar for live scores and a blog of the match from 7:15pm AEDT.
The ninth Big Bash League season comes down to this: the Sydney Sixers hosting the Melbourne Stars at the SCG on Saturday night. Join The Roar for live scores and a blog of the match from 7:15pm AEDT.
The ninth Big Bash League season comes down to this: the Sydney Sixers hosting the Melbourne Stars at the SCG on Saturday night. Join The Roar for live scores and a blog of the match from 7:15pm AEDT.
The stakes don’t get much bigger than this tonight when the MCG hosts the Challenger final between the Melbourne Stars and Sydney Thunder. The winner will go on to play the Sydney Sixers in the Final. Join The Roar for live scores and a blog of the match, starting from 7:40pm AEDT.
Sydney Thunder coach Shane Bond has taken a jab at the Melbourne Stars because of the side’s dire finals record ahead of their BBL showdown.
Twenty20 cricket was first thought to be a batsman’s game, and the proliferation of big scores that couldn’t be chased down certainly helped that narrative early in the piece.
BBL stars Nathan Lyon, Callum Ferguson and Adam Zampa agree there should be a reserve day for the BBL final as rain threatens to ruin Saturday night’s decider.
“Death, taxes, and the Melbourne Stars losing a Big Bash semi,” was the theme of a number of only semi-trolling tweets I saw on Friday night.
In the second BBL final, the Qualifier, the top-of-the-table Melbourne Stars host the second-placed Sydney Sixers at the MCG. Join The Roar for live scores and coverage of the match from 7:15pm (AEDT).
The value of momentum and the importance it holds in determining the next result is always a point of contention within cricket circles.
The Melbourne Stars will limp into the BBL finals on a three-game losing streak following their 71-run drubbing at the hands of the AB de Villiers-inspired Brisbane Heat.
If the choker tag wasn’t affixed firmly enough to the Melbourne Stars after last season’s calamitous final, Friday night’s loss to the Sydney Sixers would see it branded onto their green kits.
If the choker tag wasn’t affixed firmly enough to the Melbourne Stars after last season’s calamitous final, Friday night’s loss to the Sydney Sixers would see it branded onto their green kits.
If the choker tag wasn’t affixed firmly enough to the Melbourne Stars after last season’s calamitous final, Friday night’s loss to the Sydney Sixers would see it branded onto their green kits.
The Melbourne Stars are the hot favourites to win the WBBL crown after their sixth win on the trot lifted them five points clear at the top of the table.