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\n Melbourne Stars Men
\n STA<\/p>\n
For the first time, the Stars and Renegades will have a trophy to play for beginning their BBL|15 Melbourne derbies in January<\/p>\n
Now that there’s a large and colourful trophy on the line, the BBL’s Melbourne derby could be set for a return to the halcyon days.<\/p>\n
In the 15th season of the competition, the Stars and Renegades will play for the Melbourne Mace, unveiled in weird and wacky scenes at the Fitzroy Town Hall on Friday.<\/p>\n
Melbourne Lord Mayor Nicholas Reece carried the 1.4m trophy, weighing more than 10kgs, down to Renegades captain Will Sutherland and Stars skipper Marcus Stoinis.<\/p>\n
The presentation took place as trumpeters, dressed in green and red colours to match the teams, played the theme song to Rocky.<\/p>\n
Melbourne Lord Mayor Nicholas Reece at the unveiling of the Melbourne Mace at Fitzroy Town Hall<\/p>\n
Reece is ambitiously hoping the BBL record crowd of 80,883 could topple when the Melbourne rivals meet at the MCG on January 4.<\/p>\n
The high watermark was set back in January 2016 when the BBL derby comfortably topped the crowd for day one of the Boxing Day Test that summer.<\/p>\n
But no BBL match since then has gone close to matching that astonishing night almost 10 years ago.<\/p>\n
The rivalry truly kicked off in 2013 when the legendary Shane Warne had a memorable confrontation with West Indies allrounder Marlon Samuels, who was playing for the Renegades.<\/p>\n
The creation of the mace surely points towards the Renegades remaining based in Melbourne long term.<\/p>\n
The Renegades’ deal to play home matches at Marvel Stadium expires at the end of this season, with Geelong strongly bidding for their services.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Melbourne’s red team hosts two of their five home matches at GMHBA Stadium this summer.<\/p>\n
But Cricket Victoria chief executive Nick Cummins last week said there would need to be a “very tempting” offer to even consider relocating the Renegades to Geelong.<\/p>\n
“At the moment, we’re not seeing that,” Cummins said.<\/p>\n
The Stars, who are the only BBL franchise not to have won a title, started their campaign in perfect fashion on Thursday night when Stoinis’ all-round efforts powered them to a crushing win over reigning champions Hobart.<\/p>\n
Melbourne Stars v Hobart Hurricanes | BBL|15<\/p>\n
The Renegades will attempt to go 2-0 when they host the Hurricanes in Geelong on Sunday night.<\/p>\n
“The Stars look really good, the (Perth) Scorchers look strong, Hurricanes are reigning champs,” Sutherland said.<\/p>\n
“Every team is really strong this year, but we’re happy to slide under the radar.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“We’ll just do our thing, and hopefully be there at the back end.”<\/p>\n
The awarding of the Melbourne Mace will also extend to the WBBL.<\/p>\n
The second BBL derby of the summer will be held at Marvel Stadium on January 10.<\/p>\n
KFC BBL|15 standings<\/p>\n
Team<\/p>\n
\n Matches played\n <\/p>\n
M<\/p>\n
\n Wins\n <\/p>\n
W<\/p>\n
\n Losses\n <\/p>\n
L<\/p>\n
\n Ties\n <\/p>\n
T<\/p>\n
\n No results\n <\/p>\n
N\/R<\/p>\n
\n Net Run Rate\n <\/p>\n
NRR<\/p>\n
\n Deductions\n <\/p>\n
Ded.<\/p>\n
\n Total points\n <\/p>\n
PTS<\/p>\n
1
\n
\n Melbourne Stars Men
\n STA<\/p>\n
1
\n 1
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 2.037
\n 0
\n 2<\/p>\n
2
\n
\n Melbourne Renegades Men
\n REN<\/p>\n
1
\n 1
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0.7
\n 0
\n 2<\/p>\n
3
\n
\n Perth Scorchers Men
\n SCO<\/p>\n
2
\n 1
\n 1
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0.365
\n 0
\n 2<\/p>\n
4
\n
\n Adelaide Strikers Men
\n STR<\/p>\n
1
\n 1
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0.326
\n 0
\n 2<\/p>\n
5
\n
\n Brisbane Heat Men
\n HEA<\/p>\n
2
\n 1
\n 1
\n 0
\n 0
\n -0.277
\n 0
\n 2<\/p>\n
6
\n
\n Hobart Hurricanes Men
\n HUR<\/p>\n
2
\n 1
\n 1
\n 0
\n 0
\n -0.906
\n 0
\n 2<\/p>\n
7
\n
\n Sydney Thunder Men
\n THU<\/p>\n
1
\n 0
\n 1
\n 0
\n 0
\n -0.126
\n 0
\n 0<\/p>\n
8
\n
\n Sydney Sixers Men
\n SIX<\/p>\n
2
\n 0
\n 2
\n 0
\n 0
\n -0.616
\n 0
\n 0<\/p>\n
Legend<\/p>\n
M: Matches played<\/p>\n
W: Wins<\/p>\n
L: Losses<\/p>\n
T: Ties<\/p>\n
N\/R: No results<\/p>\n
NRR: Net Run Rate<\/p>\n
Ded.: Deductions<\/p>\n
PTS: Total points<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the first time, the Stars and Renegades will have a trophy to play for beginning their BBL|15…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":358433,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-358432","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cricket","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-text"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}