Big Bash League: Melbourne Stars to play historic match in Moe

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THE Big Bash is going bush after confirmation the Melbourne Stars will move another home game away from the MCG this summer to play a historic match for points in Moe.

The Stars will clash with the Adelaide Strikers at Moe’s Ted Summerton Reserve, which can accommodate up to 10,000 spectators, on January 23.

It means the Stars will play just five of 14 games in the expanded BBL fixture list at the MCG having also locked in a home game at Metricon Stadium on the Gold Coast against the Sydney Thunder.

Two gaps were left in the BBL schedule when it was announced, one for each Melbourne team, with the Stars now going to Moe and cross-town rivals the Renegades likely to take one game to Geelong.

The Stars are yet to confirm their captain for this campaign, after John Hastings left to join the Sydney Sixers, and the two international players to replace Kevin Pietersen and Luke Wright have not been announced.

It’s believed English leg-spinner Adil Rashid and West Indian star Dwayne Bravo are likely to fill take those spots.