The battle over Big Bash League privatisation has been running for over a year. On Tuesday, Cricket Victoria took matters into their own hands.

Cricket Victoria will kill off the Melbourne Stars and Renegades brands to merge them into one team under the state banner.

Cricket Victoria will kill off the Melbourne Stars and Renegades brands to merge them into one team under the state banner.

Melbourne Stars and Renegades will merge this season, as Cricket Victoria plans to sell their second Big Bash franchise license entirely to a private investor.

Melbourne is expected to remain part of the franchise's identity, while officials are still working through options for the second half of the name. | Cricket

Cricket Victoria is killing off the Stars and Renegades - and boss Nick Cummins makes no apologies for a decision driven by sheer survival.

The shock BBL merger has left players in limbo, prompted former Stars powerbrokers Eddie McGuire and John Wylie to question the wisdom of retiring the glamour club’s established…

Cricket Victoria’s plans to merge the Melbourne Stars and Melbourne Renegades brands have sent shockwaves through Australian cricket.

Melbourne's two Big Bash League sides -- the Stars and the Renegades -- are set to merge into a single Twenty20 franchise, but the move has sparked "confusion, uncertainty and…

Cricket Australia chair Mike Baird and chief executive Todd Greenberg denied approving Cricket Victoria plans to merge the Stars and Renegades to free up a Big Bash licence to…

The battle over Big Bash League privatisation has been running for over a year. On Tuesday, Cricket Victoria took matters into their own hands.