The 2016–17 Melbourne Renegades season was the sixth in the club's history. Coached by Andrew McDonald and captained by Aaron Finch, they competed in the BBL's 2016–17 season.
Fixtures Pre-season
Regular season
Ladder
Ladder progress
Squad information The following is the Renegades men squad for the 2016–17 Big Bash League season as of 6 January 2017.
Name Nationality Date of birth (age) Batting style Bowling style Notes Batsmen5 Aaron Finch Right-handed Left arm orthodox Captain6 Tom Beaton Right-handed Right arm medium 26 Tom Cooper Right-handed Right arm off spin Non-visa Dutch international12 Callum Ferguson Right-handed Right arm medium 9 Matt Short Right-handed Right arm off spin Injury replacement player for Guy Walker7 Cameron White Right-handed Right arm leg break 21 Marcus Harris Left-handed – All-rounders47 Dwayne Bravo Right-handed Right arm fast medium Visa contract31 Brad Hogg Left-handed Slow left-arm wrist-spin 11 Cameron Stevenson Right-handed Right arm fast medium Injury replacement player for Peter Siddle37 Trent Lawford Right-handed Right arm fast medium Replacement player for Matthew Wade16 Thisara Perera Left-handed Right arm fast medium Visa contract, injury replacement player for Dwayne Bravo Wicketkeepers20 Peter Nevill Right-handed – 13 Matthew Wade Left-handed Right arm medium 64 Andrew Harriott Right-handed – Injury replacement for Peter Nevill Pace bowlers19 James Pattinson Left-handed Right arm fast 35 Nathan Rimmington Right-handed Right arm fast medium 10 Peter Siddle Right-handed Right arm fast medium 14 Chris Tremain Right-handed Right arm fast medium 4 Guy Walker Right-handed Right arm fast medium 44 Nick Winter Left-handed Left arm fast medium Spin bowlers24 Xavier Doherty Left-handed Left-arm orthodox 74 Sunil Narine Left-handed Right arm off break Visa contract
Season statistics Most runs Player Runs Aaron Finch 8 8 354 44.25 160.90 71 0 4 Cameron White 8 8 227 32.42 132.74 64* 0 1 Marcus Harris 7 7 220 31.42 132.53 85 0 1 Callum Ferguson 8 7 183 30.50 150.00 39 0 0 Tom Cooper 8 8 167 23.85 159.04 53* 0 1 Source: ESPNcricinfo, 22 January 2017
Most wickets Player Sunil Narine 8 8 13 19.23 7.81 3/27 14.7 Thisara Perera 4 4 8 17.12 9.13 4/25 11.2 Brad Hogg 8 8 8 28.87 7.21 3/22 24.0 Tom Cooper 8 8 5 23.40 7.80 2/12 18.0 Nathan Rimmington 4 4 4 45.75 26.50 2/37 15.0 Source: ESPNcricinfo, 22 January 2017.
Home attendance Match Opponent Attendance1 Sydney Thunder 23,0152 Perth Scorchers 26,1124 Melbourne Stars 44,1896 Hobart Hurricanes 26,816Total Attendance 120,132Average Attendance 30,033
TV audience BBL games are currently broadcast in Australia by the free-to-air Network Ten.
Following are the television ratings for the Melbourne Renegades's 2016–17 BBL season matches in Australia.Mediaweek Australia twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 21 December 2016
Match NoTeamsAverage TV RatingsNational5 metro citiesSession 1Session 2Session 1Session 21Melbourne Renegades vs Sydney ThunderThu TV #BBL06 #TENsport Game 3 Renegades v Thunder twitter/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 23 December 20161,150,0001,180,000759,000798,0002Melbourne Renegades vs Perth ScorchersThu TV #BBL06 #TENsport Game 9: Melbourne Renegades v Perth Scorchers twitter/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 30 December 2016932,0001,290,000650,000880,0003Melbourne Stars vs Melbourne RenegadesSun TV #BBL06 #TENsport Game 12: Melbourne Stars v Melbourne Renegades twitter/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 2 January 2017925,0001,270,000608,000868,0004Melbourne Renegades vs Melbourne StarsSat TV #BBL06 #TENsport Game 19: Melbourne Renegades v Melbourne Stars twitter/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 8 January 2017947,0001,150,000625,000784,0005Sydney Sixers vs Melbourne RenegadesMon TV #BBL06 #TENsport Game 21: Sydney Sixers v Melbourne Renegades twitter/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 10 January 20171,040,0001,130,000709,000808,0006Melbourne Renegades vs Hobart HurricanesThu TV #BBL06 #TENsport Game 24: Melb Renegades v Hobart Hurricanes twitter/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 13 January 20171,160,0001,280,000794,000907,0007Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne RenegadesMon TV #BBL06 #TENsport Game 27: Adelaide Strikers Vs Melbourne Renegades twitter/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 17 January 20171,000,0001,100,000692,000768,0008Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne RenegadesFri TV #BBL06 #TENsport Game 30: Brisbane Heat Vs Melbourne Renegades twitter/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 21 January 20171,050,0001,290,000716,000906,000
References
External links Official website of the Melbourne Renegades Official website of the Big Bash League