Melbourne Renegades

Melbourne Renegades
Melbourne Renegades
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Coach: Australia Simon Helmot
Captain: Australia Andrew McDonald
Colours:      red
Founded: 2011
Home ground: Etihad Stadium
Capacity: 56,347
Big Bash League wins: 0
Official website: Official Website
Official Facebook Page
official Twitter page

The Melbourne Renegades is a franchise in Australia's newly announced Twenty20 cricket competition, the Big Bash League.[1] The Renegades will wear a red kit.[2]

The Renegades will play their home matches at Etihad Stadium. They will be coached by Victorian Bushrangers 2010/11 One Day winning coach Simon Helmot. Their captain is Victorian Bushrangers' All Rounder Andrew McDonald. They have a strong supporter base in Northern Tasmania.[citation needed]

The Renegades have been described as representing the modern Melbourne which is vibrant, diverse and progressive. They have a healthy streak of anti-establishment and will also play at a non-traditional cricket venue, Etihad Stadium. As T20 is also the newest form of Cricket which is mostly about big hitting, Renegades have been described as a team specially made for it.[3]

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Mascot

Official Mascot

The official mascot of the team was revealed on November 2, 2011 after online voting on the team's official facebook page. It is currently nicknamed the "Cricketer from the year 2020" and its official name will be decided later. 2 other potential mascots were up for voting: "Renegade Knight" and "Mr Attitude" but the "cricketer" received the most number of votes and was declared as the official mascot.[4][5]

The mascot has been described as the future of cricket. He comes from the year 2020 and wears industrial gear clad in corrugated shin pads and a futuristic helmet that hides his true identity.[6]

Squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No. Name Nat Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsmen
Aaron Finch[7] Australia 17 November 1986 (1986-11-17) (age 25) Right-handed Left-arm medium
Michael Hill[7] Australia 29 September 1988 (1988-09-29) (age 23) Left-handed Right-arm medium
Brad Hodge[7] Australia 29 December 1974 (1974-12-29) (age 36) Right-handed Right-arm off-break
Brenton McDonald[7] Australia 30 April 1984 (1984-04-30) (age 27) Left-handed Right-arm leg-break
Nathan Reardon[7] Australia 8 November 1984 (1984-11-08) (age 27) Left-handed Right-arm medium
All-rounders
Shahid Afridi[8] Pakistan 1 March 1980 (1980-03-01) (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm leg break Overseas Player
Glenn Maxwell[7] Australia 14 October 1988 (1988-10-14) (age 23) Right-handed Right-arm off-break
Andrew McDonald[7] Australia 5 June 1981 (1981-06-05) (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Captain
Abdul Razzaq[8] Pakistan 2 December 1979 (1979-12-02) (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Overseas Player
William Sheridan [7] Australia 6 May 1987 (1987-05-06) (age 24) Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium
Wicket-keepers
Ryan Carters[7] Australia 25 June 1990 (1990-06-25) (age 21) Right-handed
Bowlers
Aaron Heal[7] Australia 13 March 1983 (1983-03-13) (age 28) Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox
Shane Harwood[7] Australia 1 March 1974 (1974-03-01) (age 37) Right-handed Right-arm fast
Jayde Herrick[7] Australia 16 January 1985 (1985-01-16) (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm fast medium
Dirk Nannes[7] Australia 16 May 1976 (1976-05-16) (age 35) Right-handed Left-arm fast
Shaun Tait[7] Australia 22 February 1983 (1983-02-22) (age 28) Right-handed Right-arm fast

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