Melbourne Renegades vs Melbourne Stars
38th Match

Melbourne Renegades play Melbourne Stars in the 38th Match of Big Bash League 2026-27 at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, on Sat 16 Jan 2027, starting at 19:15 local time (08:15 UTC).

Melbourne Cricket Ground (“The ‘G”) opened in 1853, holds 100,024, its ends are the Members End and the Shane Warne Stand End. Australia’s largest cricket ground, in Yarra Park, and the home of the Boxing Day Test, which starts on 26 December each year.

At Melbourne Cricket Ground: The Centenary Test of March 1977 marked 100 years since the first Test: Derek Randall made 174, Rod Marsh a century, Dennis Lillee took 11 wickets, and David Hookes, in his first Test, hit five fours in a row off Tony Greig. Rick McCosker batted again with a fractured jaw. Australia won by 45 runs, the same margin as in 1877. More than 87,000 watched the 1992 World Cup final, won by Pakistan against England after Wasim Akram’s 33 runs and 3 wickets. The Great Southern Stand, finished for the 1992 World Cup, was renamed the Shane Warne Stand in 2022.

Ground facts: en.wikipedia.org ↗