| Season: | 2022–23 |
| Club: | Melbourne Stars |
| Captain: | Nicole Faltum |
| Coach: | Jonathan Batty |
| Home Ground: | CitiPower Centre |
| Preseason Result: | WBBL |
| Preseason Comp: | League |
| Regularseason Result: | 5–6 (6th) |
| Finals Series: | Finals |
| Player Of The Season: | Annabel Sutherland |
| Leading Wicket Taker: | Annabel Sutherland – 21 |
| Prevseason: | 2021–22 |
| Nextseason: | 2023–24 |
The 2022–23 Melbourne Stars Women's season was the eighth in the team's history. Coached by Jonathan Batty and captained by Nicole Faltum, the Stars finished the regular season of WBBL08 in sixth position and failed to qualify for the finals.
Each 2022–23 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|08 signing period.
Personnel changes made ahead of the season included:[1]
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.[3] [4]
| Name | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batters | ||||||||||||||
| 21 | Bess Heath | 20 August 2001 | Right-handed | – | 7 | 128 | 102.40 | – | – | 1 | – | Overseas marquee (replacement) | ||
| 10 | Olivia Henry | 27 January 2004 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | |||
| 7 | Meg Lanning | 25 March 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Australian marquee (unavailable) | ||
| 18 | Una Raymond-Hoey | 28 October 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | – | – | 0 | – | Replacement player | ||
| 20 | Sophie Reid | 28 August 1997 | Left-handed | – | 14 | 77 | 98.71 | – | – | 2 | – | |||
| 5 | Jemimah Rodrigues | 5 September 2000 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 7 | 44 | 84.61 | – | – | 1 | – | Overseas marquee | ||
| 58 | Lauren Winfield-Hill | 16 August 1990 | Right-handed | – | 14 | 254 | 105.39 | – | – | 5 | – | Overseas marquee | ||
| All-rounders | ||||||||||||||
| 26 | Alice Capsey | 11 August 2004 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 14 | 259 | 128.85 | 9 | 6.98 | 4 | – | Overseas marquee | ||
| 24 | Lucy Cripps |  | 6 December 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 25 | Tess Flintoff | | 31 March 2003 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 11 | 116 | 165.71 | 4 | 7.51 | 6 | – | ||
| 34 | Kim Garth | 25 April 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 14 | 115 | 83.94 | 12 | 6.71 | 5 | – | |||
| 3 | Annabel Sutherland | | 12 October 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 14 | 304 | 113.85 | 21 | 8.00 | 6 | – | Australian marquee | |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Nicole Faltum | | 17 January 2000 | Right-handed | – | 14 | 83 | 97.64 | – | – | 8 | 1 | Captain | |
| Bowlers | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | Sophie Day | | 2 September 1998 | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox spin | 14 | 10 | 200.00 | 11 | 6.83 | 3 | – | ||
| Hasrat Gill | | 9 November 2005 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg spin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 11 | Rhys McKenna | 17 August 2004 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium fast | 12 | 12 | 109.09 | 3 | 8.10 | 3 | – | |||
| 99 | Sasha Moloney | | 14 June 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 14 | 55 | 114.58 | 20 | 6.24 | 12 | – | ||
All times are AEDT.----------------------------------------In the 15th meeting between the two Melbourne teams—the first to take place in their home city since 30 November 2019—the Renegades lost three early wickets before Josie Dooley and Courtney Webb formed a 50-run partnership from 39 balls. Sarah Coyte hit two sixes off the bowling of Kim Garth in the 20th over, helping to set a target of 149 for victory.
The Stars began the run chase sluggishly, and failed to capitalise on several controversial umpiring decisions in their favour. Alice Capsey survived a close stumping chance but was ultimately dismissed for just eleven, while the Decision Review System overturned an LBW call for Garth who would nevertheless fall to the bowling of Coyte in the following over. Earlier in the innings, Coyte became the eighth player in WBBL history to claim 100 career wickets.[5] [6]
Annabel Sutherland breathed life into the contest as the Stars scored 22 runs from the 14th over against the previously economical Ella Hayward. The Renegades created several opportunities to effectively close out the match but put down key catching chances, which included an error in the field by Shabnim Ismail off her own bowling.
Needing an unlikely 23 runs from six balls to win, Sutherland promptly launched two sixes to dramatically shift the game's momentum. While delivering the third ball of the final over, Renegades captain Sophie Molineux suffered a knee injury which forced her from the field. Georgia Prestwidge was subsequently given the task of finishing the over, having not bowled throughout the innings up to that point. Sutherland proceeded to hit another six, and Stars captain Nicole Faltum then scored one run off the last delivery of the match to clinch her team's sixth win against their crosstown rivals.[7] ----------------