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Melbourne Stars (WBBL)

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Captain:
  
Meg Lanning

Colours:
  
Green

Coach:
  
David Hemp

Founded:
  
2015

Home ground:
  
Melbourne Cricket Ground Junction Oval Albert Cricket Ground

Capacity:
  
100,000 (MCG) 10,000 (Junction Oval)

The Melbourne Stars WBBL team is a women's cricket team based in Melbourne, Australia. It competes in the Twenty20 Women's Big Bash League (WBBL), under the same name and team colours as the Melbourne Stars team in the Big Bash League mens' competition.

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One of eight founding teams in the league, the WBBL team is coached by David Hemp, and captained by Meg Lanning, who is also captain of the Australia national women's cricket team.

Current squad

As of the WBBL02 season (2016–17)

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Sources

Overseas internationals

  • Mignon du Preez – South Africa – WBBL01 (2015–16)
  • Hayley Jensen – New Zealand – WBBL01 (2015–16) – present
  • Morna Nielsen – New Zealand – WBBL01 (2015–16) – present
  • Natalie Sciver – England – WBBL01 (2015–16) – present

    • Associate Rookies

  • Wu Juan – China – WBBL01 (2015–16)
  • Kathryn Bryce – Scotland – WBBL02 (2016–17)

    • References

    Melbourne Stars (WBBL) Wikipedia
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