Squad Breakdown: Melbourne Stars team analysis

Remarkably, the Melbourne Stars enter the 2022/23 Big Bash tournament without a title to their name despite years of stacked rosters. They have three runner-up finishes, and have failed to make the finals in the past two editions of the competition. Can this be the year they break their hoodoo? Perhaps, but with a relatively similar roster to past seasons it’ll take something new to spark the side that still boasts plenty of strike-power. That spark may just be Kiwi gun Trent Boult who joins the squad in a major coup and will play up until leaving for the ILT20 tournament in January. Englishmen Joe Clarke and Luke Wood also j