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Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) BBL pitch report

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne · Men’s Big Bash League

READ THE RECORD, NOT A FORECASTRecorded innings, outcomes and player aggregates stay inside their verified scope. No live strip, weather or player-pick layer is connected.

SELECTED EVIDENCE WINDOW

BBL

Melbourne Cricket Ground

Recent · 2024–25 + 2025–26

2024-12-18–2026-01-13 · 8 included match records

Read the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) BBL pitch report for Melbourne, Australia, covering the men’s Big Bash League entity at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the Melbourne Stars’ home venue. The guide keeps MCG separate from Marvel Stadium and Junction Oval, and uses distinct recent and archive scopes to present selected innings, over and phase patterns, powerplay and checkpoint splits, score bands, results, player batting and bowling tables, match receipts and schedule context. It is historical venue analysis, not a live pitch call or forecast. Statistics describe only the selected exact-ground men’s BBL source window, not a complete league census or verified Howstat all-time record. Independent scorecard receipts, actual batting-order coverage and missing bowling-style classifications are labelled separately.

Recent · 2024–25 + 2025–26 · 8 included match records · 2024-12-18–2026-01-13 · source mcg/recent · checked 2026-11-03 · 2/8 independent scorecard receipts · alias context: Aliases: MCG; the 'G. City: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. BBL entity: Melbourne Cricket Ground / MCG; Melbourne Stars home-ground context.

What the selected Melbourne Cricket Ground record says

MAX 3 SOURCE-DRIVEN FINDINGS

01 / RECORDED SCORING

First innings average 155.88; second innings 150.50.

8 and 8 innings · 2024-12-18–2026-01-13. Scoring evidence; no projection.

02 / OBSERVED OUTCOME

Chasing won 6/8 (75.0%).

Batting first won 2/8 · 2024-12-18–2026-01-13. Observed record, not a probability.

03 / BOWLING LEADER

PM Siddle: 11 wickets

7 bowling innings · 2024-12-18–2026-01-13. Player evidence, not a recommendation.

CompetitionFormatSeason

8 decisive matches · 0 ties · 0 no-results
Data checked 2026-11-03

BBL 2026–27: upcoming Melbourne Cricket Ground fixtures — not historical stats

6 scheduled regular-season fixtures. Scheduled regular-season matches, not played-match statistics. Finals are separate. No 2026–27 score or prediction is manufactured.

Match	UTC date	Home	Away
5	2026-12-18	Melbourne Stars Men	Adelaide Strikers Men
19	2027-01-01	Melbourne Renegades Men	Sydney Sixers Men
23	2027-01-04	Melbourne Stars Men	Melbourne Renegades Men
27	2027-01-07	Melbourne Stars Men	Sydney Sixers Men
35	2027-01-14	Melbourne Stars Men	Hobart Hurricanes Men
38	2027-01-16	Melbourne Renegades Men	Melbourne Stars Men

https://www.cricket.com.au/matches/series/CA:4691/kfc-bbl-16

B / Venue scoring

Melbourne Cricket Ground BBL average score and scoring patterns

First and second innings stay separate. Completed-over means use innings that actually completed the over. Unallocated penalty-bearing innings stay out of derived windows; counts are in Sources.

Average recorded innings score

155.88First innings · runs

150.50Second innings · runs

8 and 8 innings in Recent · 2024–25 + 2025–26.

Full 20-over average

172.67First innings · runs

140.00Second innings · runs

6 and 1 innings reached 20 overs; early chases are not projected.

Mandatory powerplay average

28.00First innings · runs

31.62Second innings · runs

Actual mandatory PP metadata; denominators 8 and 8.

Average runs per completed over

Venue means across recorded completed-over samples. Missing overs are not zero-scoring overs.

Use arrow keys, Home or End on the chart for exact values.

Source and sample: Recent · 2024–25 + 2025–26 · 8 included match records · 2024-12-18–2026-01-13 · source mcg/recent · checked 2026-11-03

Exact completed-over values and samples

Completed over	First mean	First n	Second mean	Second n
1	7.00	8	8.00	8
2	7.75	8	7.12	8
3	8.25	8	9.75	8
4	5.00	8	6.75	8
5	6.00	8	6.00	8
6	5.62	8	9.25	8
7	6.88	8	6.38	8
8	6.88	8	8.75	8
9	6.75	8	6.62	8
10	6.00	8	9.38	8
11	7.38	8	8.62	8
12	9.12	8	8.88	8
13	11.00	8	7.38	8
14	8.25	8	8.00	8
15	7.00	8	5.75	8
16	10.88	8	10.86	7
17	10.25	8	8.83	6
18	7.38	8	12.00	5
19	10.25	8	9.50	4
20	9.83	6	3.00	1

Phase wicket and scoring detail

Window	First runs	First wickets	Second runs	Second wickets
Opening 4 overs	224.00	11.00	253.00	10.00
Overs 5–15	647.00	25.00	680.00	20.00
Death · overs 16–20	376.00	25.00	271.00	12.00

Opening 1–4, middle 5–15 and death 16–20 are generic windows. Actual mandatory powerplay and Power Surge fields are shown separately.

First-innings score distribution

Score band	Recorded first innings
<140	2
140–159	2
160–179	3
200+	1

This distribution is displayed only from the source dataset's supplied score_bands field; it is not recomputed here.

Mandatory powerplay, Power Surge and checkpoints

Metric	First	First n	Second	Second n
Mandatory PP runs	28.00	8	31.62	8
Mandatory PP wickets	1.38	8	1.25	8
Completed Power Surge runs	20.75	8	20.67	6
Completed Power Surge wickets	0.88	8	0.83	6
After 4 overs	28.00	8	31.62	8
After 10 overs	66.12	8	78.00	8
After 20 overs	172.67	6	140.00	1

Actual powerplay duration metadata: first {"4":8}; second {"4":8}. Missing/partial surge intervals are unavailable, not zero.

C / Observed outcomes

Batting first vs chasing at Melbourne Cricket Ground

Historical outcomes in decisive records. This is not a match prediction.

Which innings situation won more often?

25.0%Batting first · 2/8

75.0%Chasing · 6/8

8 decisive matches · 0 ties · 0 no-results · 0 adjusted matches · Recent · 2024–25 + 2025–26 · 8 included match records · 2024-12-18–2026-01-13 · source mcg/recent · checked 2026-11-03.

D / Bowling intelligence

Melbourne Cricket Ground BBL bowling records

Bowling style is only classified when the supplied source supports it; no style is inferred from names.

Bowling styles unavailable

Profile-sourced BBL bowling-style ledger not yet verified. All player bowling statistics remain available; no pace/spin verdict is guessed.

Team wickets by innings phase

Recorded team wickets in generic phase windows; separate from bowler-credited wicket rankings.

Use arrow keys, Home or End on the chart for exact values.

Source and sample: Recent · 2024–25 + 2025–26 · 8 included match records · 2024-12-18–2026-01-13 · source mcg/recent · checked 2026-11-03

Phase	First wickets	First n	Second wickets	Second n
Opening 4 overs	11.00	8	10.00	8
Overs 5–15	25.00	8	20.00	8
Death · overs 16–20	25.00	8	12.00	8

Full source-backed bowling averages, strike rates, economy and innings samples are in the Venue performers section. No duplicated leaderboard.

E / Batting positions

Melbourne Cricket Ground BBL batting-position records

Actual full-scorecard order only. Entry chronology is never substituted for missing order data.

Batting positions unavailable

Actual scorecard orders do not yet have fully matched registry IDs in this scope. Positions are never inferred from delivery order. No position groups are inferred or displayed as zero.

F / Venue performers

Melbourne Cricket Ground BBL player records

Selected-scope leader tables with transparent samples. No player picks, captaincy or vice-captaincy recommendations.

Search selected-scope players

Top batters · Recent · 2024–25 + 2025–26

Sorted by runs; null metrics remain unavailable, never zero. Recent · 2024–25 + 2025–26 · 8 included match records · 2024-12-18–2026-01-13 · source mcg/recent · checked 2026-11-03

Batter	Runs	Average	SR	Balls	4s	6s	HS	Inn	Dismissals
MP Stoinis	244	40.67	135.56	180	22	8	62	8	6
GJ Maxwell	156	78.00	190.24	82	10	11	76	5	2
BJ Webster	127	63.50	139.56	91	8	4	51	3	2
SB Harper	124	17.71	126.53	98	12	2	46	7	7
TF Rogers	111	15.86	98.23	113	12	1	32	7	7
J Brown	90	45.00	173.08	52	10	4	84	2	2
BM Duckett	87	43.50	138.10	63	6	4	67	2	2
HWR Cartwright	83	20.75	138.33	60	5	5	28	7	4
C Kellaway	75	25.00	120.97	62	8	0	41	4	3
JJ Peirson	72	—	128.57	56	5	2	72	1	0
BR McDermott	71	35.50	129.09	55	5	2	69	2	2
TH David	58	29.00	118.37	49	5	0	31	2	2
JM Vince	53	53.00	120.45	44	6	0	53	1	1
TK Curran	52	26.00	179.31	29	7	2	38	4	2
JM Clarke	52	26.00	120.93	43	4	0	32	2	2
JG Bethell	49	49.00	136.11	36	4	2	49	1	1
BD Macdonald	47	15.67	114.63	41	3	2	33	3	3
MJ Owen	46	23.00	219.05	21	3	4	38	2	2
JW Wells	45	45.00	145.16	31	4	1	45	1	1
JR Philippe	43	21.50	122.86	35	3	2	35	2	2
Mohammad Rizwan	41	41.00	107.89	38	4	0	41	1	1
NT Ellis	40	20.00	173.91	23	4	3	40	2	2
M Bryant	36	—	163.64	22	3	1	36	1	0
Nikhil Chaudhary	34	17.00	130.77	26	4	0	27	2	2
MS Wade	32	16.00	123.08	26	2	0	21	2	2
W Sutherland	28	28.00	215.38	13	1	2	19	2	1
JP Wood	27	27.00	128.57	21	3	1	27	1	1
MC Henriques	25	12.50	138.89	18	2	0	13	2	2
L Shaw	24	—	171.43	14	2	1	24	1	0
LJ Evans	24	—	218.18	11	2	1	24	1	0
TL Seifert	23	11.50	109.52	21	2	1	17	2	2
H Kerr	21	21.00	140.00	15	1	1	21	1	1
CJ Boyce	20	20.00	111.11	18	1	1	20	1	1
JC Silk	18	18.00	78.26	23	0	0	17	2	1
KR Patterson	18	18.00	100.00	18	1	0	18	1	1
L Scott	18	18.00	90.00	20	2	0	18	1	1
MT Renshaw	18	18.00	180.00	10	3	0	18	1	1
SM Curran	17	17.00	80.95	21	2	0	17	1	1
DW Lawrence	16	8.00	84.21	19	1	1	14	2	2
J Fraser-McGurk	16	8.00	69.57	23	1	1	12	2	2
MJ Swepson	15	7.50	166.67	9	1	1	10	2	2
Babar Azam	14	14.00	82.35	17	1	0	14	1	1
CJ Jordan	11	5.50	91.67	12	1	0	7	2	2
Hassan Khan	11	11.00	183.33	6	2	0	11	1	1
OJ Peake	10	10.00	200.00	5	0	1	10	1	1
J Edwards	9	9.00	180.00	5	0	1	9	1	1
MW Short	8	8.00	80.00	10	0	0	8	1	1
T Shamsi	8	—	36.36	22	0	0	8	1	0
H McKenzie	7	—	233.33	3	1	0	7	1	0
HJ Manenti	7	7.00	77.78	9	0	1	7	1	1
PM Siddle	6	—	200.00	3	1	0	6	2	0
CJ Gannon	6	6.00	75.00	8	0	0	6	1	1
J Overton	6	6.00	46.15	13	0	0	6	1	1
CP Jewell	5	5.00	100.00	5	1	0	5	1	1
Rishad Hossain	5	—	166.67	3	1	0	5	1	0
SA Abbott	5	5.00	100.00	5	0	0	5	1	1
Haris Rauf	4	4.00	80.00	5	1	0	4	2	1
BJ Dwarshuis	4	4.00	66.67	6	0	0	4	1	1
AT Carey	3	3.00	42.86	7	0	0	3	1	1
JJS Sangha	3	3.00	42.86	7	0	0	3	1	1
CA Lynn	2	2.00	40.00	5	0	0	2	1	1
B Stanlake	1	—	100.00	1	0	0	1	1	0
LC Hatcher	1	1.00	20.00	5	0	0	1	1	1
M Bean	1	—	100.00	1	0	0	1	1	0
M Spoors	1	—	100.00	1	0	0	1	1	0
RP Meredith	1	1.00	50.00	2	0	0	1	1	1
Rehan Ahmed	1	1.00	33.33	3	0	0	1	1	1
T Murphy	1	—	50.00	2	0	0	1	1	0
XA Crone	1	1.00	50.00	2	0	0	1	1	1
AJ Hosein	0	—	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0
CA Wakim	0	0.00	0.00	2	0	0	0	1	1
Hasan Ali	0	0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	1
L Pope	0	0.00	0.00	5	0	0	0	1	1
TS Rogers	0	—	—	0	0	0	0	1	0

Top bowlers · Recent · 2024–25 + 2025–26

Sorted by credited wickets; source denominators remain visible. Recent · 2024–25 + 2025–26 · 8 included match records · 2024-12-18–2026-01-13 · source mcg/recent · checked 2026-11-03

Bowler	Wkts	Average	SR	Economy	Runs	Legal balls	Inn
PM Siddle	11	17.27	12.64	8.20	190	139	7
MP Stoinis	10	15.70	14.60	6.45	157	146	8
MT Steketee	8	8.75	7.88	6.67	70	63	3
GS Sandhu	7	10.00	6.86	8.75	70	48	2
TK Curran	6	20.00	16.17	7.42	120	97	5
MJ Swepson	5	22.00	20.40	6.47	110	102	5
Usama Mir	5	15.60	14.40	6.50	78	72	3
Haris Rauf	5	23.80	18.00	7.93	119	90	4
J Edwards	4	13.25	12.00	6.62	53	48	2
BJ Dwarshuis	4	13.50	11.75	6.89	54	47	2
JS Paris	4	20.75	15.00	8.30	83	60	3
XC Bartlett	3	8.33	8.00	6.25	25	24	1
SA Abbott	3	18.33	14.00	7.86	55	42	2
JA Davies	2	7.50	12.00	3.75	15	24	1
L Scott	2	6.00	6.50	5.54	12	13	1
C Stow	2	12.00	12.00	6.00	24	24	1
Rishad Hossain	2	16.50	9.00	11.00	33	18	1
J Overton	1	19.00	24.00	4.75	19	24	1
BAD Manenti	1	15.00	18.00	5.00	15	18	1
Hasan Ali	1	21.00	24.00	5.25	21	24	1
H Kerr	1	24.00	24.00	6.00	24	24	1
Hassan Khan	1	26.00	24.00	6.50	26	24	1
GJ Maxwell	1	63.00	54.00	7.00	63	54	5
NT Ellis	1	31.00	24.00	7.75	31	24	2
MP Kuhnemann	1	32.00	24.00	8.00	32	24	1
W Sutherland	1	65.00	48.00	8.12	65	48	2
T Whitney	1	28.00	18.00	9.33	28	18	1
TS Rogers	1	37.00	22.00	10.09	37	22	1
H McKenzie	1	42.00	24.00	10.50	42	24	1
M Bean	1	45.00	24.00	11.25	45	24	1
MJ Owen	1	46.00	24.00	11.50	46	24	1
Nikhil Chaudhary	1	37.00	18.00	12.33	37	18	1
B Stanlake	0	—	—	6.33	19	18	1
JG Bethell	0	—	—	6.33	19	18	1
T Shamsi	0	—	—	6.67	20	18	1
L Pope	0	—	—	7.00	14	12	1
BJ Webster	0	—	—	7.80	39	30	2
T Murphy	0	—	—	8.00	8	6	1
AF Milne	0	—	—	8.33	25	18	1
AJ Hosein	0	—	—	8.67	26	18	1
C Kellaway	0	—	—	9.00	27	18	3
RP Meredith	0	—	—	9.00	18	12	1
Rehan Ahmed	0	—	—	9.00	18	12	1
TH David	0	—	—	9.00	9	6	1
LC Hatcher	0	—	—	9.33	28	18	1
A Zampa	0	—	—	9.67	29	18	1
BL Couch	0	—	—	11.00	11	6	1
XA Crone	0	—	—	11.00	22	12	1
JP Behrendorff	0	—	—	11.33	34	18	1
PI Walter	0	—	—	11.75	47	24	1
CJ Jordan	0	—	—	11.83	71	36	2
CJ Gannon	0	—	—	12.00	48	24	1
DW Lawrence	0	—	—	12.00	24	12	1
W Prestwidge	0	—	—	13.00	13	6	1
M Spoors	0	—	—	14.00	14	6	1
SM Curran	0	—	—	15.50	31	12	1

Forecasts withheld — historical evidence only

No score forecast, future win probability, weather, dew, strip or bounce assessment is connected. This report does not make player selections.

Melbourne Cricket Ground BBL report: common questions

What is the average BBL score at Melbourne Cricket Ground?

In the selected Recent · 2024–25 + 2025–26 window, recorded first-innings scoring averages 155.88 runs and second-innings scoring averages 150.50. The sample is Recent · 2024–25 + 2025–26 · 8 included match records · 2024-12-18–2026-01-13 · source mcg/recent · checked 2026-11-03; successful early chases are not projected to 20 overs.

Does batting first or chasing win more often at Melbourne Cricket Ground?

Batting first won 2/8 and chasing won 6/8 in this selected source window. This is an observed result, not a future probability.

What does the powerplay sample show at Melbourne Cricket Ground?

The measured mandatory powerplay means are 28.00 first innings and 31.62 second innings, with denominators 8 and 8. Missing windows remain unavailable.

Selected match records and source QA

Coverage: All source-available exact-ground records in the selected archive window, restricted to normal unadjusted two-innings 20-over-scheduled wins. Archive coverage is not asserted to be a complete league census.

Archive/source: https://cricsheet.org/downloads/bbl_male_json.zip

Checked: 2026-11-03 · archive SHA-256 a549fa88605f2ea9ca4333f277321b07cbdd00c1135608358f2d886df8eeae63

Selected source context: Recent · 2024–25 + 2025–26 · 8 included match records · 2024-12-18–2026-01-13 · source mcg/recent · checked 2026-11-03

Included match records

Match ID	Date	Season	Match	First	Second	Winner	Receipt	Source URL
1443060	2024-12-18	2024/25	Melbourne Stars vs Brisbane Heat	162/6 (20.0)	163/2 (18.1)	Brisbane Heat	archive_only	https://cricsheet.org/downloads/bbl_male_json.zip
1443079	2025-01-04	2024/25	Melbourne Renegades vs Melbourne Stars	168/7 (20.0)	171/5 (19.4)	Melbourne Stars	archive_only	https://cricsheet.org/downloads/bbl_male_json.zip
1443084	2025-01-09	2024/25	Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Sixers	156/5 (20.0)	140/9 (20.0)	Melbourne Stars	archive_only	https://cricsheet.org/downloads/bbl_male_json.zip
1443096	2025-01-19	2024/25	Melbourne Stars vs Hobart Hurricanes	219/5 (20.0)	179/10 (19.3)	Melbourne Stars	archive_only	https://cricsheet.org/downloads/bbl_male_json.zip
1493242	2025-12-18	2025/26	Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Stars	158/9 (20.0)	159/2 (16.0)	Melbourne Stars	scorecard_matched	https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/big-bash-league-2025-26-1490534/melbourne-stars-vs-hobart-hurricanes-5th-match-1493242/full-scorecard
1493259	2026-01-04	2025/26	Melbourne Stars vs Melbourne Renegades	173/9 (20.0)	177/6 (19.5)	Melbourne Renegades	scorecard_matched	https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/big-bash-league-2025-26-1490534/melbourne-stars-vs-melbourne-renegades-22nd-match-1493259/full-scorecard
1493264	2026-01-08	2025/26	Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Sixers	128/10 (19.5)	129/4 (17.1)	Sydney Sixers	archive_only	https://cricsheet.org/downloads/bbl_male_json.zip
1493271	2026-01-13	2025/26	Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne Stars	83/10 (19.3)	86/4 (15.1)	Melbourne Stars	archive_only	https://cricsheet.org/downloads/bbl_male_json.zip

Explicit exclusions

Match ID	Reason
No verified rows are available for this source window.

Methodology and QA references

Derived-window penalty exclusions: first 0; second 0. Totals retain these innings; delivery windows do not allocate pre/post penalties.

population: Both scoring and player tables use the same included match IDs. Adjusted/DLS, ties/super overs, no-results and incomplete or shortened records are separately ledgered/excluded.

powerplay: Opening four-over windows are not labelled actual all-era mandatory powerplays. Actual mandatory and batting Power Surge intervals come from innings.powerplays metadata; boundaries requiring approximation remain unavailable.

runs: Innings totals include pre/post penalties. Penalty-bearing innings are excluded from over/phase/PP/checkpoint views, with explicit counts; no timing allocation is invented. Bowler runs exclude byes, leg-byes and penalty extras.

balls faced: Batter balls exclude wides but include delivered no-balls, as independently reconciled to actual Gabba scorecard 1493243. Bowler legal balls exclude both wides and no-balls.

player innings: Batting appearance requires being at the crease, including zero-ball non-strikers, not merely in the XI. Bowling innings require a recorded delivery. Stable registry IDs only.

wickets: Team/batter dismissals include retired out but exclude retired hurt/not-out. Bowling credits exclude run-outs and retired out.

over means: Runs per over use only overs with at least six legal balls. Missing late overs are not zero; wickets chart uses generic phase windows and active-innings samples.

averages: Batting runs/dismissals; bowling runs_conceded/credited wickets; bowling SR legal balls/wickets; economy runs_conceded*6/legal balls. Zero denominators are null, not zero.

historical: Archive window is not Howstat and not asserted all-time BBL coverage. All-time Howstat BBL ground records remain unavailable unless genuinely sourced.

forecast: Historical observations only; no live pitch, dew, weather, picks or calibrated forecast.

Null means unavailable; it is never rendered as zero. Actual mandatory powerplay and Power Surge metadata stay separate from generic phase windows. Upcoming BBL 2026–27 status: not_started; Scheduled regular-season matches, not played-match statistics. Finals are separate. No 2026–27 score or prediction is manufactured.