The 2017–18 Melbourne Renegades season is the seventh in the club's history. Coached by Andrew McDonald and captained by Aaron Finch, they competed in the BBL's 2017–18 season.
Fixtures
Pre-season
Regular season
Knockout phase
Semi final
Ladder
Squad information The following is the Renegades men squad for the 2017–18 Big Bash League season as of 28 January 2018.
Name Nationality Date of birth (age) Batting style Bowling style Notes Batsmen5 Aaron Finch Right-handed Left arm orthodox Captain26 Tom Cooper Right-handed Right arm off spin Non-visa Dutch international9 Matt Short Right-handed Right arm off spin 7 Cameron White Right-handed Right arm leg break 21 Marcus Harris Left-handed – 17 Brad Hodge Right-handed Right Arm off spin 20 Beau Webster Right-handed Right arm off break 29 Travis Dean Right-handed – Replacement player for Cameron White All-rounders47 Dwayne Bravo Right-handed Right arm medium fast Visa contract10 Jack Wildermuth Right-handed Right arm medium fast 12 Will Sutherland Right-handed Right arm fast medium Rookie contract77 Mohammad Nabi Right-handed Right arm off break Visa contract00 Kieron Pollard Right-handed Right arm medium fast Visa contract, replacement player for Mohammad Nabi3 Mackenzie Harvey Left-handed Right arm medium fast Replacement player for Aaron Finch Wicketkeepers15 Tim Ludeman Right-handed – Pace bowlers19 James Pattinson Left-handed Right arm fast 34 Chris Tremain Right-handed Right arm fast medium 4 Guy Walker Right-handed Right arm medium fast 55 Kane Richardson Right-handed Right arm fast medium 16 Joe Mennie Right-handed Right arm fast medium 2 Xavier Crone Right-handed Right arm fast medium Spin bowlers31 Brad Hogg Left-handed Slow left-arm wrist-spin 18 Jon Holland Right-handed Left-arm orthodox spin
Transfers
In: Name Moving from Brad Hodge Adelaide Strikers Beau Webster Hobart Hurricanes Travis Dean Unattached Jack Wildermuth Brisbane Heat Will Sutherland* Unattached Mohammad Nabi Unattached Kieron Pollard Adelaide Strikers Mackenzie Harvey Unattached Tim Ludeman Adelaide Strikers Kane Richardson Adelaide Strikers Joe Mennie Sydney Sixers Xavier Crone Unattached Jon Holland Adelaide Strikers
Out: Name Moving to Tom Beaton Delisted Callum Ferguson Sydney Thunder Cameron Stevenson Delisted Trent Lawford Delisted Thisara Perera Delisted Peter Nevill Sydney Sixers Matthew Wade Hobart Hurricanes Andrew Harriott Delisted Nathan Rimmington Delisted Peter Siddle Adelaide Strikers Nicholas Winter Adelaide Strikers Xavier Doherty Retired Sunil Narine Delisted
Season statistics
Most runs Player Runs Marcus Harris 11 11 324 29.45 129.08 64 0 2 Cameron White 8 8 304 76.00 111.35 79* 0 3 Tom Cooper 11 9 298 49.66 141.23 65* 0 3 Aaron Finch 6 6 108 18.00 136.70 51 0 1 Matthew Short 3 3 106 35.33 121.83 62 0 1 Source: ESPNcricinfo, 3 February 2018
Most wickets Player Dwayne Bravo 11 11 18 20.16 8.47 5/28 14.2 Kane Richardson 10 10 12 26.16 8.05 4/22 19.5 Jack Wildermuth 11 11 10 31.10 8.18 3/16 22.8 Mohammad Nabi 7 7 8 18.62 5.76 2/15 19.3 Chris Tremain 4 4 7 17.00 7.93 3/29 12.8 Source: ESPNcricinfo, 3 February 2018
Home attendance Match Opponent Attendance2 Brisbane Heat 20,5673 Perth Scorchers 30,0184 Sydney Sixers 23,5867 Melbourne Stars 44,3168 Adelaide Strikers 23,089Total Attendance 141,576Average Attendance 28,315
TV audience BBL games are currently broadcast in Australia by the free-to-air channel Network Ten.
Following are the television ratings for the Melbourne Renegades's 2017–18 BBL season matches in Australia.Mediaweek Australia twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 20 December 2017
Match NoTeamsAverage TV RatingsNational5 metro citiesSession 1Session 2Session 1Session 21Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne RenegadesThu TV TEN #1 20.7% – #KFC #BBL07 @tensporttv Game 3: Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Renegades twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 22 December 20171,100,0001,230,000747,000856,0002Melbourne Renegades vs Brisbane HeatSat TV #TEN 20.1% – #KFC #BBL07 @tensporttv Game 6: Melbourne Renegades vs Brisbane Heat twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 24 December 2017975,0001,090,000660,000765,0003Melbourne Renegades vs Perth ScorchersFri TV #TEN #KFC #BBL07 @tensporttv Game 10: Melbourne Renegades vs Perth Scorchers twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 30 December 2017865,0001,100,000600,000788,0004Melbourne Renegades vs Sydney SixersWednesday TV #TEN #KFC #BBL07 @tensporttv Game 16: Melbourne Renegades vs Sydney Sixers twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 4 January 2018916,0001,170,000594,000771,0005Melbourne Stars vs Melbourne RenegadesSaturday TV #TEN #KFC #BBL07 @tensporttv Game 19: Melbourne Stars vs Melbourne Renegades twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 7 January 2018876,0001,120,000620,000789,0006Perth Scorchers vs Melbourne RenegadesMonday TV #TEN #KFC #BBL07 @tensporttv Game 22: Perth Scorchers vs Melbourne Renegades twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 9 January 2018971,000621,000687,000452,0007Melbourne Renegades vs Melbourne StarsFriday TV #TEN #KFC #BBL07 @tensporttv Game 26: Melbourne Renegades vs Melbourne Stars twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 13 January 20181,040,0001,120,000670,000751,0008Melbourne Renegades vs Adelaide StrikersMonday #TEN #KFC #BBL07 @tensporttv Game 35: Melbourne Renegades vs Adelaide Strikers twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 23 January 2018883,000853,000603,000607,0009Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne RenegadesWednesday #TEN #KFC #BBL07 @tensporttv Game 37: Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Renegades twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 25 January 2018808,000873,000532,000597,00010Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne RenegadesSaturday #TEN #KFC #BBL07 @tensporttv Game 40: Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne Renegades twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 28 January 2018742,000797,000481,000553,000SFAdelaide Strikers vs Melbourne RenegadesFriday #TEN #KFC #BBL07 @tensporttv Second semi final: Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne Renegades twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 3 February 20181,050,0001,340,000739,000991,000
References
External links Official website of the Melbourne Renegades Official website of the Big Bash League