Beau Webster has been released from Australia's Test squad in Melbourne to play for the Stars against the Thunder in Canberra. Campbell Kellaway has also replaced Tom Rogers who has flown home to have scans on his hip flexor following the loss to the Sixers on Boxing Day.

Melbourne Stars remain winless after their first five matches of BBL14 with a loss to Sydney Thunder on Saturday night all but putting a line through their finals hopes.

Melbourne Stars are set to face off against Sydney Thunder in game 14 of the Big Bash League (BBL) season 2024-25. The Stars have endured a disastrous start to their campaign, losing all four of their matches and sitting at the bottom of the BBL points table.

Melbourne Stars' winless start to the 2024-25 BBL continued as a belligerent 39-ball 72 from Sam Billings condemned them to a fifth successive loss in the tournament.

Sam Billings' 72 from 39 balls helped Sydney Thunder beat Melbourne Stars by 18 runs in the Big Bash. England wicketkeeper Billings hit nine fours and two sixes to lift the Thunder to 182-8. The next highest score was 33 from Jason Sangha and Billings should have been run out for 16 but the Stars did not appeal after a direct hit.

Melbourne Renegades: Will Sutherland (c), Jacob Bethell (England), Josh Brown, Laurie Evans (England), Jake Fraser-McGurk, Mackenzie Harvey, Fergus O'Neill, Kane Richardson, Tom Rogers, Gurinder Sandhu, Tim Seifert (New Zealand), Callum Stow, Jon Wells, Adam Zampa

Hapless Stars commit run-out blunder. Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today Chasing 183 for victory, Englishman Ben Duckett hit 67 from 49 balls, but no-one else could fire around him as the Stars finished 8-164 in reply.