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Melbourne Stars Playing XI: Predicted Lineup and Batting Order

Melbourne Stars v Adelaide Strikers, Fri 18 Dec, 08:15: the last XI stands until the toss confirms one

Updated 21 January 2026, after the Hobart Hurricanes game

Match lineups →
1 Sam Harper Batter, batted 1 9 9 balls 2 Thomas Fraser Rogers Batter, batted 2 32 40 balls 3 Campbell Kellaway Batter, batted 3 0 5 balls 4 B Blake Macdonald Batter, batted 4 11 13 balls 5 Marcus Stoinis All-rounder, batted 5 23* 20 balls 6 Tom Curran All-rounder, batted 6 9* 4 balls 7 Hilton Cartwright Batter, batted 7 0* 1 balls 8 Glenn Maxwell All-rounder 0-9 bowling 9 Peter Siddle Bowler 1-3 bowling 10 Haris Rauf Bowler 0-20 bowling 11 Mitchell Swepson Bowler 3-22 bowling
Last BBL match: Melbourne Stars won by 6 wickets (with 29 balls remaining), 13 Jan 2026. The scorecard →

Melbourne Stars Batting Order

Who batted where over the last 28 BBL matches, and the runs there

PositionInnsAvgSRAlso
1Joe Clarke 13 40.3 142.1 S. Harper (6), T. Fraser Rogers (4)
2Thomas Fraser Rogers 15 25.7 112.9 D. Lawrence (3), S. Harper (3)
3Beau Webster 9 32.9 120.6 C. Kellaway (4), H. Cartwright (4)
4Marcus Stoinis 10 43.3 173.1 G. Maxwell (7), B. Webster (2)
5Hilton Cartwright 11 24.0 123.4 M. Stoinis (5), N. Larkin (2)
6Hilton Cartwright 5 28.7 153.6 B. Webster (4), N. Larkin (4)
7Hilton Cartwright 4 15.5 110.7 C. Kellaway (3), J. Merlo (3)
8Liam Dawson 2 24.0 96.0 N. Coulter-Nile (2), T. Curran (1)
9Luke Wood 2 2.0 22.2 U. Mir (2), M. Swepson (1)
10Haris Rauf 3 6.0 120.0 B. Couch (2), T. Boult (2)
11Haris Rauf 3 8.0 50.0 P. Siddle (2), A. Zampa (1)
Inns is how often each batted there. A player who did not bat is left out.

Melbourne Stars Selections

Every player Melbourne Stars picked in the last 28 BBL matches, the most first

PlayerXIBatsLast
Hilton Cartwright 27/28 5 XI
Marcus Stoinis 23/28 4 XI
Thomas Fraser Rogers 20/28 2 XI
Beau Webster 20/28 3 -
Glenn Maxwell 18/28 4 XI
Joe Clarke 16/28 1 -
Nick Larkin 12/28 6 -
Nathan Coulter-Nile 12/28 8 -
Sam Harper 11/28 1 XI
Adam Zampa 11/28 11 -
Campbell Kellaway 10/28 3 XI
Haris Rauf 10/28 10 XI
Brody Couch 9/28 10 -
Peter Siddle 8/28 11 XI
Joel Paris 7/28 9 -
Luke Wood 7/28 9 -
Tom Curran 6/28 7 XI
Jonathan Merlo 5/28 7 -
Qais Ahmad 5/28 7 -
Mitchell Swepson 5/28 8 XI
Clint Hinchliffe 5/28 8 -
Usama Mir 5/28 9 -
Daniel Lawrence 4/28 2 -
Tom O'Connell 4/28 7 -
Liam Hatcher 4/28 9 -
Mark Steketee 4/28 10 -
Trent Boult 4/28 10 -
Blake Macdonald 3/28 4 XI
Imad Wasim 3/28 - -
Ben Duckett 2/28 1 -
Justin Avendano 2/28 2 -
Charlie Wakim 2/28 3 -
Andre Russell 2/28 6 -
Liam Dawson 2/28 8 -
Xavier Crone 2/28 8 -
Ahmed Daniyal 2/28 11 -
Scott Boland 2/28 - -
Peter Handscomb 2/28 - -
Travis Dean 1/28 1 -
Joe Burns 1/28 4 -
Patrick Rowe 1/28 6 -
James Seymour 1/28 7 -
Hamish Mckenzie 1/28 8 -
Adam Milne 1/28 - -
Thomas Stewart Rogers 1/28 - -
Samuel Elliott 1/28 - -
Sam Rainbird 1/28 - -

Melbourne Stars BBL Lineups Questions

What is Melbourne Stars' predicted XI against Adelaide Strikers?

Until the toss, Melbourne Stars' last XI stands as the predicted one, from 13 Jan 2026 against Adelaide Strikers: Sam Harper, Thomas Fraser Rogers, Campbell Kellaway, Blake Macdonald, Marcus Stoinis, Tom Curran, Hilton Cartwright, Glenn Maxwell, Peter Siddle, Haris Rauf, Mitchell Swepson.

Who opens the batting for Melbourne Stars?

Over the last 28 BBL matches, Joe Clarke batted at one 13 times and Thomas Fraser Rogers at two 15 times.

Who bats at three for Melbourne Stars?

Beau Webster, 9 times in the last 28 BBL matches, then Campbell Kellaway (4).

Who has played every BBL match for Melbourne Stars recently?

Nobody played all of Melbourne Stars' last 28 BBL matches. Hilton Cartwright played the most, 27.