| Season: | 2021–22 |
| Club: | Melbourne Stars |
| Captain: | Meg Lanning |
| Coach: | Jarrad Loughman |
| Home Ground: | N/A |
| Preseason Result: | WBBL |
| Preseason Comp: | League |
| Regularseason Result: | 5–7 (5th) |
| Finals Series: | Finals |
| Finals Result: | Did not qualify |
| Player Of The Season: | Kim Garth |
| Leading Wicket Taker: | Kim Garth – 15 |
| Leading Runscorer: | Elyse Villani – 439 |
| Prevseason: | 2020–21 |
| Nextseason: | 2022–23 |
The 2021–22 Melbourne Stars Women's season was the seventh in the team's history. Coached by Jarrad Loughman and captained by Meg Lanning, the Stars were not scheduled to play any WBBL07 games in their home state of Victoria due to ongoing border restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] They finished the regular season in fifth place on the ladder, failing to qualify for the knockout stage of the tournament.
Each 2021–22 squad was made up of 15 active players. Teams could sign up to five 'marquee players', with a maximum of three of those from overseas. Marquees were classed as any overseas player, or a local player who holds a Cricket Australia national contract at the start of the WBBL|07 signing period.[2]
Personnel changes made ahead of the season included:
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.[4] [5]
| Name | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batters | ||||||||||||||
| 14 | Maia Bouchier | 5 December 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 12 | 185 | 95.36 | – | – | 3 | – | Overseas marquee | ||
| 9 | Anna Lanning | 25 March 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 5 | 3 | 30.00 | 0 | 6.00 | 1 | – | |||
| 7 | Meg Lanning | 25 March 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 12 | 250 | 104.16 | – | – | 3 | – | Captain, Australian marquee | ||
| 2 | Elyse Villani | 6 October 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 12 | 439 | 122.28 | – | – | 2 | – | |||
| All-rounders | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | Lucy Cripps |  | 6 December 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 1 | – | – | 0 | 12.50 | 0 | – | ||
| 16 | Georgia Gall | | 30 July 2004 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium fast | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 34 | Kim Garth | 25 April 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 12 | 164 | 106.49 | 15 | 6.24 | 5 | – | Overseas marquee | ||
| 11 | Rhys McKenna | 17 August 2004 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium fast | 8 | 10 | 100.00 | 3 | 7.83 | 1 | – | |||
| 76 | Erin Osborne | 27 June 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 9 | 45 | 63.38 | 3 | 6.82 | 1 | – | |||
| 3 | Annabel Sutherland | | 12 October 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 12 | 143 | 82.65 | 14 | 6.42 | 4 | – | Australian marquee | |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||||||||||
| 17 | Maddy Darke | 30 March 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 4 | 7 | 116.66 | – | – | 1 | – | |||
| 4 | Nicole Faltum | | 17 January 2000 | Right-handed | – | 12 | 17 | 62.96 | – | – | 3 | 2 | ||
| Bowlers | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | Sophie Day | | 2 September 1998 | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox spin | 10 | 14 | 93.33 | 4 | 7.55 | 2 | – | ||
| 25 | Tess Flintoff | | 31 March 2003 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 12 | 43 | 93.47 | 9 | 7.02 | 2 | – | ||
| 50 | Linsey Smith | 10 March 1995 | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox spin | 11 | 18 | 78.26 | 6 | 5.80 | 5 | – | Overseas marquee | ||
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