Joel Paris to Seifert, no run

Joel Paris to Seifert, no run, fullish delivery around off, Seifert drives sans timing and picks out mid-off

Tim Seifert, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Joel Paris to Josh Brown, out Caught by Maxwell!! Josh Brown c Maxwell b Joel Paris 6(4) [4s-1]

Joel Paris to Josh Brown, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Joel Paris to Josh Brown, 2 runs, to long-off

Joel Paris to Josh Brown, FOUR, to deep mid-wicket

Joel Paris to Josh Brown, no run

Josh Brown and Fraser-McGurk are at the crease. Josh Brown is on strike. Joel Paris will open the attack

The MCG is not as full as the Boxing Day Test but there are still a decent number of people in and the home side would want to put up a show for them.

Teams:

Melbourne Renegades (Playing XI): Josh Brown, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Tim Seifert(w), Jacob Bethell, Laurie Evans, Jonathan Wells, Will Sutherland(c), Thomas Stewart Rogers, Gurinder Sandhu, Adam Zampa, Xavier Crone

Melbourne Stars (Playing XI): Ben Duckett, Thomas Fraser Rogers, Sam Harper(w), Daniel Lawrence, Marcus Stoinis(c), Glenn Maxwell, Hilton Cartwright, Usama Mir, Joel Paris, Mark Steketee, Peter Siddle

Melbourne Renegades (Playing XI): Josh Brown, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Tim Seifert(w), Jacob Bethell, Laurie Evans, Jonathan Wells, Will Sutherland(c), Xavier Crone, Thomas Stewart Rogers, Adam Zampa, Gurinder Sandhu

Melbourne Stars have won the toss and have opted to field

18:15 Local Time, 07:15 GMT, 12:45 IST: It is derby day in Big Bash with the two Melbourne franchises facing each other at the MCG. Generally the derby games in BBL have not lived up to the hype and hopefully that is not the case today. Both teams come into this encounter in desperate need of a win, the Stars more so than the Renegades. The two teams finished in the bottom half of the table last season and find themselves there again with more than half the season done. The Stars recorded their first win after losing the first five games while the Renegades have two wins out of five. It is now or never for the Stars as they need to win their remaining games if they're to stay in contention for the playoffs. The Renegades too can't afford too many slip ups and have to get back to winning ways. The MCG hosted a thrilling Box Day Test and the fans will hope for something similar today. Bat flip and team news coming up..

Squads:

Melbourne Stars Squad: Ben Duckett, Thomas Fraser Rogers, Sam Harper(w), Daniel Lawrence, Marcus Stoinis(c), Glenn Maxwell, Hilton Cartwright, Usama Mir, Mark Steketee, Joel Paris, Peter Siddle, Jonathan Merlo, Doug Warren, Campbell Kellaway

Melbourne Renegades Squad: Josh Brown, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Tim Seifert(w), Jacob Bethell, Mackenzie Harvey, Laurie Evans, Will Sutherland(c), Xavier Crone, Adam Zampa, Gurinder Sandhu, Kane Richardson, Thomas Stewart Rogers, Jonathan Wells, Callum Stow