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.
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.

Players

Men's squad

The following is the Renegades men squad for the 2019–20 Big Bash League season as of 24 January 2020.

Women's squad

History

2011–12 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.

2012–13 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.

2013–14 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.

2014–15 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.

2015–16 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.

2016–17 season

2017–18 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.

Rivalries

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. The biggest non-home attendance in BBL history occurred in the 2015/2016 season against the Stars, with 80,883 present. 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.
SeasonMembers
2013–143,383
2014–155,510
2015–167,520
2016–178,828

List of Captains

NamePeriodWonLostTies
Andrew McDonald2011-20127250028.57
Aaron Finch2012-present3920190051.28
Ben Rohrer2013-20155320060.00
Cameron White2016-20185140020.00
Dwayne Bravo20183210066.66

Series Results

Sponsorship

SeasonKit manufacturerShirt sponsorBreast sponsor
2011-12KooGaHarbour TownReach
2012-13KooGaTrue Value SolarCountry Fire Authority
2013-14KooGaTrue Value SolarBartercard
2014-15Majestic AthleticTrue Value SolarCoco Joy
2015-16Majestic AthleticTrue Value SolarCoco Joy
2016-17Majestic AthleticMarsCarsales
2017-18Majestic AthleticMarsCarsales
2018-19Majestic AthleticMarsCarsales
2019-20Majestic AthleticMarsCarsales

Club officials

Coaching staff

Managerial history

FromToNamePWLNRWin %
2011–122014–15 Simon Helmot321517046.88
2015–162015–16 David Saker835037.50
2016–172018-19 Andrew McDonald352015057.14

Mascot

The official mascot of the team – 'Sledge' – was revealed on 2 November 2011 after online voting on the team's official Facebook page.
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.
For the 2014–15 season a new female mascot, Willow was added, with the club also retaining the Sledge mascot.

Honours

Domestic

Visa players