Stars bat first in Melbourne Big Bash League derby

Finals-chasing Melbourne Stars have been put in to bat in their must-win Big Bash derby clash with the Renegades at Marvel Stadium.

AARON FINCH.
AARON FINCH. Picture: Michael Dodge/Getty Images

Melbourne Renegades have won the toss and put local rivals the Stars into bat in their Big Bash League derby at Marvel Stadium

Batter Aaron Finch will play his final match for the Renegades.

The Stars will move above the Adelaide Strikers into the crucial fourth place on the ladder if they win.

A win for the Renegades would shift them off the bottom and above the Sydney Thunder.

TEAMS

Renegades: Aaron Finch, Shaun Marsh, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Jordan Cox, Jonathan Wells, Will Sutherland (capt), Akeal Hosein, Tom Rogers, Fergus O'Neill, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa

Stars: Tom Rogers, Dan Lawrence, Beau Webster, Glenn Maxwell (capt), Marcus Stoinis, Hilton Cartwright, Imad Wasim, Peter Handscomb, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Joel Paris, Scott Boland