2017–18 Melbourne Renegades season

The 2017–18 Melbourne Renegades season is the seventh in the club's history. Coached by Andrew McDonald and captained by Aaron Finch, they competed in the BBL's 2017–18 season.

Melbourne Renegades

2017–18 season
Coach	Andrew McDonald
Captain(s)	Aaron Finch
Home ground	Etihad Stadium
BBL Season	3rd
BBL Finals	Semi-Finalists
Leading Run Scorer	Marcus Harris (324)
Leading Wicket Taker	Dwayne Bravo (18)
Highest home attendance	44,316 vs Melbourne Stars (12 January 2018)
Lowest home attendance	20,567 vs Brisbane Heat (23 December 2017)
Average home attendance	28,315
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Fixtures

Pre-season

10 December 2017 Report

Team Red 8/189 (20 overs)

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Team Black 1/190 (17.1 overs)

Team Black won by 9 wickets Geelong Cricket Ground, Geelong

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15 December 2017 Report

Melbourne Renegades 6/169 (20 overs)

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(H) Brisbane Heat 8/150 (20 overs)

Melbourne Renegades won by 19 runs John Blank Oval, Maroochydore

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16 December 2017 Report

Brisbane Heat (H) 6/136 (20 overs)

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Melbourne Renegades 1/139 (13 overs)

Melbourne Renegades won by 9 wickets John Blank Oval, Maroochydore

Regular season

21 December 2017 19:40 (D/N) Scorecard

(H) Hobart Hurricanes 8/164 (20 overs)	v	Melbourne Renegades 3/165 (18.3 overs)
D'Arcy Short 34 (19) Dwayne Bravo 5/28 (4 overs)		Cameron White 79 (59) Jofra Archer 2/17 (4 overs)

Melbourne Renegades won by 7 wickets Bellerive Oval, Hobart Attendance: 11,010[1] Umpires: Michael Graham-Smith and Sam Nogajski Player of the match: Dwayne Bravo (Melbourne Renegades)

• Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field
• Aaron Summers (Hobart Hurricanes) made his T20 debut.

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23 December 2017 19:25 (D/N) Scorecard

Brisbane Heat 8/132 (20 overs)	v	Melbourne Renegades (H) 3/137 (18.4 overs)
Alex Ross 48 (44) Jack Wildermuth 3/16 (4 overs)		Tom Cooper 52* (44) Shadab Khan 2/17 (4 overs)

Melbourne Renegades won by 7 wickets Docklands Stadium, Melbourne Attendance: 20,567[2] Umpires: John Ward and Paul Wilson Player of the match: Jack Wildermuth (Melbourne Renegades)

• Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field.

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29 December 2017 19:10 (D/N) Scorecard

(H) Melbourne Renegades 9/130 (20 overs)	v	Perth Scorchers 7/133 (19 overs)
Tom Cooper 34 (24) Mitchell Johnson 3/13 (4 overs)		Michael Klinger 37 (27) Brad Hogg 2/16 (4 overs)

Perth Scorchers won by 3 wickets Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Attendance: 30,018[3] Umpires: Phillip Gillespie and Tony Wilds Player of the match: Mitchell Johnson (Perth Scorchers)

• Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field.

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3 January 2018 19:10 (D/N) Scorecard

Sydney Sixers 8/111 (20 overs)	v	Melbourne Renegades (H) 2/112 (15.3 overs)
Johan Botha 32* (23) Dwayne Bravo 3/29 (4 overs)		Aaron Finch 51 (38) Ben Dwarshuis 1/19 (4 overs)

Melbourne Renegades won by 8 wickets GMHBA Stadium, Geelong Attendance: 23,586[4] Umpires: Greg Davidson and Simon Fry Player of the match: Aaron Finch (Melbourne Renegades)

• Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field
• Mickey Edwards (Sydney Sixers) made his T20 debut.

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6 January 2018 19:10 (D/N) Scorecard

(H) Melbourne Stars 4/157 (20 overs)	v	Melbourne Renegades 4/159 (17.5 overs)
Ben Dunk 47 (30) Mohammad Nabi 1/27 (4 overs)		Mohammad Nabi 52 (30) John Hastings 2/24 (3.5 overs)

Melbourne Renegades won by 6 wickets Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Attendance: 48,086[5] Umpires: Shawn Craig and John Ward Player of the match: Mohammad Nabi (Melbourne Renegades)

• Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field
• Jackson Coleman (Melbourne Stars) made his T20 debut.

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8 January 2018 18:20 (D/N) Scorecard

Melbourne Renegades 3/185 (20 overs)	v	Perth Scorchers (H) 5/186 (19.5 overs)
Cameron White 68* (30) Andrew Tye 2/36 (4 overs)		Ashton Turner 70 (32) Mohammed Nabi 1/30 (3.5 overs)

Perth Scorchers won by 5 wickets WACA Ground, Perth Attendance: 22,475[6] Umpires: Michael Graham-Smith & Sam Nogajski Player of the match: Ashton Turner (Perth Scorchers)

• Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field

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12 January 2018 19:40 (D/N) Scorecard

Melbourne Stars 4/167 (20 overs)	v	(H) Melbourne Renegades 9/144 (20 overs)
Kevin Pietersen 74 (46) Mohammad Nabi 2/15 (4 overs)		Dwayne Bravo 26 (18) Jackson Coleman 3/27 (4 overs)

Melbourne Stars won by 23 runs Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Attendance: 44,316[7] Umpires: Michael Graham-Smith and Geoff Joshua Player of the match: Kevin Pietersen (Melbourne Stars)

• Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field
• Daniel Fallins (Melbourne Stars) made his T20 debut.

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22 January 2018 19:40 (D/N) Scorecard

Adelaide Strikers 5/173 (20 overs)	v	(H) Melbourne Renegades 7/147 (20 overs)
Colin Ingram 68 (36) Dwayne Bravo 2/30 (4 overs)		Brad Hodge 30* (18) Ben Laughlin 2/18 (4 overs)

Adelaide Strikers won by 26 runs Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Attendance: 23,089[8] Umpires: Michael Graham-Smith and Geoff Joshua Player of the match: Colin Ingram (Adelaide Strikers)

• Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field

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24 January 2018 19:40 (D/N) Scorecard

Melbourne Renegades 6/189 (20 overs)	v	(H) Sydney Thunder 180 (20 overs)
Marcus Harris 64 (41) Gurinder Sandhu 2/37 (4 overs)		Ben Rohrer 48 (21) Kane Richardson 4/22 (4 overs)

Melbourne Renegades won by 9 runs Manuka Oval, Canberra Attendance: 11,319[9] Umpires: Shawn Craig and John Ward Player of the match: Kane Richardson (Melbourne Renegades)

• Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field

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27 January 2018 18:20 (D/N) Scorecard

Melbourne Renegades 3/187 (20 overs)	v	(H) Brisbane Heat 161 (19.5 overs)
Tom Cooper 65* (36) Mitchell Swepson 1/27 (4 overs)		Alex Ross 36 (27) Kane Richardson 4/35 (4 overs)

Melbourne Renegades won by 26 runs The Gabba, Brisbane Attendance: 34,543[10] Umpires: Gerard Abood and Phillip Gillespie Player of the match: Tom Cooper (Melbourne Renegades)

• Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field

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Knockout phase

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Semi final

2 February 2018 19:10 (D/N) Scorecard

(H) Adelaide Strikers 5/178 (20 overs)	v	Melbourne Renegades 4/177 (20 overs)
Travis Head 85* (57) Joe Mennie 1/21 (4 overs)		Marcus Harris 45 (27) Travis Head 1/27 (4 overs)

Adelaide Strikers won by 1 run Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Attendance: 36,298[11] Umpires: Shawn Craig and Phillip Gillespie Player of the match: Travis Head (Adelaide Strikers)

• Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat
• Harry Nielsen (Adelaide Strikers) made his T20 debut.

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Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Perth Scorchers	10	8	2	0	16	0.154
2	Adelaide Strikers (C)	10	7	3	0	14	0.801
3	Melbourne Renegades	10	6	4	0	12	0.297
4	Hobart Hurricanes (RU)	10	5	5	0	10	−0.291
5	Sydney Sixers	10	4	6	0	8	0.331
6	Sydney Thunder	10	4	6	0	8	−0.039
7	Brisbane Heat	10	4	6	0	8	−0.437
8	Melbourne Stars	10	2	8	0	4	−0.926

Source: [12]

•   The top four teams qualified for the semi finals.

Squad information

The following is the Renegades men squad for the 2017–18 Big Bash League season as of 28 January 2018.[13]

S/N	Name	Nat.	Date of birth (age)	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batsmen
5	Aaron Finch		17 November 1986	Right-handed	Left arm orthodox	Captain
26	Tom Cooper		26 November 1986	Right-handed	Right arm off spin	Non-visa Dutch international
9	Matt Short		8 November 1995	Right-handed	Right arm off spin
7	Cameron White		18 August 1983	Right-handed	Right arm leg break
21	Marcus Harris		21 July 1992	Left-handed	–
17	Brad Hodge		29 December 1974	Right-handed	Right Arm off spin
20	Beau Webster		1 December 1993	Right-handed	Right arm off break
29	Travis Dean		1 February 1992	Right-handed	–	Replacement player for Cameron White
All-rounders
47	Dwayne Bravo		7 October 1983	Right-handed	Right arm medium fast	Visa contract
10	Jack Wildermuth		21 December 1993	Right-handed	Right arm medium fast
12	Will Sutherland		27 October 1999	Right-handed	Right arm fast medium	Rookie contract
77	Mohammad Nabi		1 January 1985	Right-handed	Right arm off break	Visa contract
00	Kieron Pollard		12 May 1987	Right-handed	Right arm medium fast	Visa contract, replacement player for Mohammad Nabi
3	Mackenzie Harvey		18 September 2000	Left-handed	Right arm medium fast	Replacement player for Aaron Finch
Wicketkeepers
15	Tim Ludeman		23 June 1987	Right-handed	–
Pace bowlers
19	James Pattinson		3 May 1990	Left-handed	Right arm fast
34	Chris Tremain		10 August 1991	Right-handed	Right arm fast medium
4	Guy Walker		12 September 1995	Right-handed	Right arm medium fast
55	Kane Richardson		12 February 1991	Right-handed	Right arm fast medium
16	Joe Mennie		24 December 1988	Right-handed	Right arm fast medium
2	Xavier Crone		19 December 1997	Right-handed	Right arm fast medium
Spin bowlers
31	Brad Hogg		6 February 1971	Left-handed	Slow left-arm wrist-spin
18	Jon Holland		29 May 1987	Right-handed	Left-arm orthodox spin

Transfers

In: Nat. Name Moving from Ref. Brad Hodge   Adelaide Strikers Beau Webster   Hobart Hurricanes Travis Dean Unattached Jack Wildermuth   Brisbane Heat Will Sutherland* Unattached Mohammad Nabi Unattached Kieron Pollard   Adelaide Strikers Mackenzie Harvey Unattached Tim Ludeman   Adelaide Strikers Kane Richardson   Adelaide Strikers Joe Mennie   Sydney Sixers Xavier Crone Unattached Jon Holland   Adelaide Strikers

Out: Nat. Name Moving to Ref. Tom Beaton Delisted Callum Ferguson   Sydney Thunder Cameron Stevenson Delisted Trent Lawford Delisted Thisara Perera Delisted Peter Nevill   Sydney Sixers Matthew Wade   Hobart Hurricanes Andrew Harriott Delisted Nathan Rimmington Delisted Peter Siddle   Adelaide Strikers Nicholas Winter   Adelaide Strikers Xavier Doherty Retired Sunil Narine Delisted

Season statistics

Most runs

Player	Mat	Inns	Runs	Ave	SR	HS	100	50
Marcus Harris	11	11	324	29.45	129.08	64	0	2
Cameron White	8	8	304	76.00	111.35	79*	0	3
Tom Cooper	11	9	298	49.66	141.23	65*	0	3
Aaron Finch	6	6	108	18.00	136.70	51	0	1
Matthew Short	3	3	106	35.33	121.83	62	0	1

Source: ESPNcricinfo, 3 February 2018

Most wickets

Player	Mat	Inns	Wkts	Ave	Econ	BBI	SR
Dwayne Bravo	11	11	18	20.16	8.47	5/28	14.2
Kane Richardson	10	10	12	26.16	8.05	4/22	19.5
Jack Wildermuth	11	11	10	31.10	8.18	3/16	22.8
Mohammad Nabi	7	7	8	18.62	5.76	2/15	19.3
Chris Tremain	4	4	7	17.00	7.93	3/29	12.8

Source: ESPNcricinfo, 3 February 2018

Home attendance

Match	Opponent	Attendance
2	Brisbane Heat	20,567
3	Perth Scorchers	30,018
4	Sydney Sixers	23,586
7	Melbourne Stars	44,316
8	Adelaide Strikers	23,089
Total Attendance		141,576
Average Attendance		28,315

TV audience

BBL games are currently broadcast in Australia by the free-to-air channel Network Ten.

Following are the television ratings for the Melbourne Renegades's 2017–18 BBL season matches in Australia.[14]

Match No	Teams	Average TV Ratings
		National		5 metro cities
		Session 1	Session 2	Session 1	Session 2
1	Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Renegades[15]	1,100,000	1,230,000	747,000	856,000
2	Melbourne Renegades vs Brisbane Heat[16]	975,000	1,090,000	660,000	765,000
3	Melbourne Renegades vs Perth Scorchers[17]	865,000	1,100,000	600,000	788,000
4	Melbourne Renegades vs Sydney Sixers[18]	916,000	1,170,000	594,000	771,000
5	Melbourne Stars vs Melbourne Renegades[19]	876,000	1,120,000	620,000	789,000
6	Perth Scorchers vs Melbourne Renegades[20]	971,000	621,000	687,000	452,000
7	Melbourne Renegades vs Melbourne Stars[21]	1,040,000	1,120,000	670,000	751,000
8	Melbourne Renegades vs Adelaide Strikers[22]	883,000	853,000	603,000	607,000
9	Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Renegades [23]	808,000	873,000	532,000	597,000
10	Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne Renegades [24]	742,000	797,000	481,000	553,000
SF	Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne Renegades [25]	1,050,000	1,340,000	739,000	991,000

References

1. Crowd just 11,010 tonight. Cricket tas expected a sell out. #BBL07 Retrieved on 22 Dec 2017
2. Official crowd at Etihad Stadium is 20,567. #BBL07 twitter.com/MRNCricket/. Retrieved on 23 Dec 2017
3. BBL LIVE – Melbourne Renegades vs Perth Scorchers | All the action from Etihad Stadium 3aw.com.au. Retrieved on 29 Dec 2017
4. Thanks for having us #Geelong! #GETONRED twitter.com/RenegadesBBL. Retrieved on 3 Jan 2018
5. Official attendance tonight is 48,086 #BBL07 twitter.com/MCG. Retrieved on 6 Jan 2018
6. Apologies Scorchers fans... final crowd number is actually 22,475 not 22,312 -- smashed the record out of the park tonight! twitter.com/ScorchersBBL/. Retrieved on 9 Jan 2018
7. Official crowd at Etihad Stadium is 44,316. #BBL07 twitter.com/MRNCricket/. Retrieved on 11 Jan 2018
8. Official crowd at Etihad Stadium tonight is 23,089. #BBL07 twitter.com/MRNCricket/. Retrieved on 23 Jan 2018
9. Official crowd at Manuka Oval tonight is 11,319. #BBL07 twitter.com/MRNCricket/. Retrieved on 24 Jan 2018
10. Official crowd figure - 34,543! #TurnUpTheHeattwitter.com/HeatBBL. Retrieved on 27 Jan 2018
11. Live: Adelaide Strikers host Melbourne Renegades in Big Bash League semi-final adelaidenow.com.au. Retrieved on 2 Feb 2018
12. "Big Bash League Table – 2017–18". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
13. "Player Profiles". Melbourne Renegades. Cricket Australia. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
14. Mediaweek Australia twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 20 December 2017
15. Thu TV TEN #1 20.7% – #KFC #BBL07 @tensporttv Game 3: Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Renegades twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 22 December 2017
16. Sat TV #TEN 20.1% – #KFC #BBL07 @tensporttv Game 6: Melbourne Renegades vs Brisbane Heat twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 24 December 2017
17. Fri TV #TEN #KFC #BBL07 @tensporttv Game 10: Melbourne Renegades vs Perth Scorchers twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 30 December 2017
18. Wednesday TV #TEN #KFC #BBL07 @tensporttv Game 16: Melbourne Renegades vs Sydney Sixers twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 4 January 2018
19. Saturday TV #TEN #KFC #BBL07 @tensporttv Game 19: Melbourne Stars vs Melbourne Renegades twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 7 January 2018
20. Monday TV #TEN #KFC #BBL07 @tensporttv Game 22: Perth Scorchers vs Melbourne Renegades twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 9 January 2018
21. Friday TV #TEN #KFC #BBL07 @tensporttv Game 26: Melbourne Renegades vs Melbourne Stars twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 13 January 2018
22. Monday #TEN #KFC #BBL07 @tensporttv Game 35: Melbourne Renegades vs Adelaide Strikers twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 23 January 2018
23. Wednesday #TEN #KFC #BBL07 @tensporttv Game 37: Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Renegades twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 25 January 2018
24. Saturday #TEN #KFC #BBL07 @tensporttv Game 40: Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne Renegades twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 28 January 2018
25. Friday #TEN #KFC #BBL07 @tensporttv Second semi final: Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne Renegades twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 3 February 2018

External links

• Official website of the Melbourne Renegades
• Official website of the Big Bash League