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The 2019–20 Melbourne Stars Women's season was the fifth in the team's history. Coached by David Hemp and captained by Elyse Villani, they finished on the bottom of the WBBL|05 ladder. The Stars managed to win just two matches for the season, resulting in their first wooden spoon.

Squad

Each 2019–20 squad featured 15 active players, with an allowance of up to five marquee signings including a maximum of three from overseas. Australian marquees are players who held a national women's team contract at the time of signing for their WBBL|05 team.

Notable details for the Stars squad included:

• Elyse Villani joined the team after spending four years with the Perth Scorchers
• Kristen Beams, ahead of her final season, relinquished the captaincy with Villani taking over the role
• Katie Mack did not return to the team for WBBL|05, instead she was recruited by the Adelaide Strikers
• Emma Inglis, having spent the past two seasons with the Melbourne Renegades, switched back to the Stars where she began her Big Bash career
• Madeline Penna and Chloe Rafferty were added to the squad as injury replacements for Alana King and Lucy Cripps

The table below lists the Stars players and their key stats (including runs scored, batting strike rate, wickets taken, economy rate, catches and stumpings) for the season.

No.	Name	Nat.	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	G	R	SR	W	E	C	S	Notes
Batters
00	Mignon du Preez		13 June 1989	Right-handed	–	14	404	120.59	–	–	3	–	Overseas marquee
67	Lizelle Lee		2 April 1992	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	14	475	131.94	–	–	3	–	Overseas marquee
8	Angela Reakes		27 December 1990	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2	Elyse Villani		6 October 1989	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	14	344	103.92	–	–	5	–	Captain, Australian marquee
All-rounders
24	Lucy Cripps		6 December 2001	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2	–	–	–	–	–	–
25	Tess Flintoff		31 March 2003	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	13	75	120.96	2	7.78	1	–
76	Erin Osborne		27 June 1989	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	14	205	110.21	11	7.54	2	–
3	Annabel Sutherland		12 October 2001	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	10	104	92.85	5	7.67	2	–
Wicket-keepers
4	Nicole Faltum		17 January 2000	Right-handed	–	9	54	112.50	–	–	1	1
17	Emma Inglis		15 July 1988	Right-handed	–	2	24	75.00	–	–	0	0
21	Katey Martin		7 February 1985	Right-handed	–	9	74	104.22	–	–	1	2	Overseas marquee
Bowlers
26	Kristen Beams		6 November 1984	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin	9	8	133.33	2	7.56	1	–
9	Holly Ferling		22 December 1995	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	10	4	80.00	5	7.06	2	–
44	Nicola Hancock		8 November 1995	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	13	36	109.09	4	7.73	1	–
13	Alana King		22 November 1995	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin	7	17	51.51	2	9.17	1	–
11	Madeline Penna		30 August 2000	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin	10	3	30.00	10	8.23	–	–	Injury replacement
7	Chloe Rafferty		16 June 1999	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	4	6	100.00	1	11.16	1	–	Injury replacement

Ladder

•   The four top ranked teams qualified for the play-off phase.

Fixtures

All times are local time

• Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field
• Broadcast by Cricket Network

• Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field
• Broadcast by Cricket Network

• Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to bat
• Broadcast by Cricket Network
• Marizanne Kapp became the fifth player to take a WBBL hat-trick

• Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field
• Broadcast by Cricket Network

• Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field
• Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket

• Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat
• Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket
• Alyssa Healy and Ellyse Perry set a new record for the highest partnership in a domestic women's T20 (199 runs)

• Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field
• Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket
• Sophie Devine set a new WBBL record for the most sixes scored off consecutive deliveries (five)
• Madeline Penna suffered a new WBBL record for the most expensive over bowled (31 runs)

• Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field
• Broadcast by Cricket Network
• Beth Mooney became the first player to score 400 runs in five consecutive WBBL seasons

• Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field
• Broadcast by Cricket Network

• Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field
• Broadcast by Cricket Network
• Melbourne Stars eliminated from finals contention

• Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field
• Broadcast by Cricket Network
• Brisbane Heat qualified for finals

• Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field
• Broadcast by Cricket Network

• Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field
• Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket
• Sydney Thunder eliminated from finals contention

• Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field
• Match reduced to 10 overs per side due to rain delay
• Broadcast by Cricket Network
• Former Australian player Kristen Beams made her last WBBL appearance

Statistics and awards

• Most runs: Lizelle Lee – 475 (5th in the league)
• Highest score in an innings: Lizelle Lee – 103* vs Perth Scorchers, 2 November
• Most wickets: Erin Osborne – 11 (equal 21st in the league)
• Best bowling figures in an innings: Madeline Penna – 4/20 (4 overs) vs Sydney Thunder, 27 October
• Most catches (fielder): Elyse Villani – 5 (equal 14th in the league)
• Player of the Match awards: Mignon du Preez, Lizelle Lee – 1 each
• Stars Player of the Season: Lizelle Lee
• WBBL|05 Young Gun Award: Annabel Sutherland (nominated)

References

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