The Stars will be desperate to bounce back from a catastrophic loss to the Heat to open their season, but face stiff competition in the reigning premiers.
The Melbourne outfit in green lost 8-62 to be all out for 111 in their chase of Brisbane’s huge 214-run total.
To make matters worse, superstar Glenn Maxwell also suffered a forearm injury and is out of Wednesday night’s clash.
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Nathan Coulter-Nile is also out with a calf injury and Joe Burns hasn’t been considered for selection due to illness.
However, in a big boost Pakistani paceman Haris Rauf returns to the squad for his first appearance of the season.
In the Scorchers’ first clash of their BBL13 campaign, they were unable to decide a result and the match was ruled a draw in shocking scenes.
Umpires stopped play due to the state of the pitch in Geelong on Sunday.
There are some fears of wild weather in Melbourne, with a storm passing over the city briefly at around 6pm before the 7:15pm start at the MCG and the BOM predicting some rain, though the radar appeared clear not long before the opening delivery.
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