Full name Marcus Peter Stoinis T20I shirt number 17 Bowling style Right-arm medium Odi shirt number 17 | Batting style Right-handed Role Cricketer Nickname Stonia Name Marcus Stoinis | |
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Current teams Victoria cricket team, Delhi Daredevils (All-rounder) | ||
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Marcus Peter Stoinis (born 16 August 1989) is an Australian cricketer who has played limited overs matches for the Australian national team. He is contracted to Victoria and the Melbourne Stars domestically, and has previously also played for the Perth Scorchers and Western Australia.
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- Early life
- Domestic career
- International career
- References
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Early life
Stoinis is of Greek descent. He was born in Perth, and represented Western Australia at both under-17 and under-19 level. Stonis played for the Australian under-19 cricket team at the 2008 ICC Under-19 World Cup. The following year, he represented Australia at the Hong Kong Sixes.
Domestic career
After playing several Futures League matches for the state under-23 side, Stoinis made his List A debut for Western Australia in the 2008–09 Ford Ranger Cup. Both his one-day debut and his Sheffield Shield debut (two days later) came against Queensland at the Gabba. Stoinis played one more Sheffield Shield game and two more Ford Ranger Cup matches during the 2008–09 season, and one in each competition during the 2009–10 season, but was not regularly selected.
In Australia, Stoinis has played club cricket for Scarborough in the WACA district competition and for Northcote in the Victorian Premier Cricket competition. He spent part of the 2012 English season playing for the Peterborough Town Cricket Club in the Northampton Premier League, and in one match took a hat-trick. Stoinis also played several matches for the Kent County Cricket Club in the Second XI Championship.
In December 2012, Stoinis was selected in the Perth Scorchers' squad for the 2012–13 Big Bash League season, replacing the injured Mitchell Marsh.
He was signed by the Delhi Daredevils ahead of the 2015 edition of the Indian Premier League. He was then picked up by the Kings XI Punjab for the 2016 season in the auction for ₹55 lakhs. On May 13, 2016, he achieved his career best T20 figures in a game for Kings XI against Mumbai Indians, taking 4-15 from his 4 overs.
International career
Stoinis made his Twenty20 International debut against England on 31 August 2015. His One Day International debut came against the same team on 11 September 2015. On 30 January 2017, in his second ODI against New Zealand, Stoinis took three wickets and scored 146 not out. This was the highest ODI score from seventh in the batting order by an Australian batsman. Stoinis was awarded man of the match, despite his team losing by six runs.
Marcus Stoinis's 146* is the highest ODI score when batting at number 7 position or lower in a losing cause as well as it is also the highest ODI score made when batting at number 7 or lower in the 2nd innings of an ODI.His unbeaten 146 is also the second highest ODI score when batting at number 7 position or lower in ODI history just after Luke Ronchi's 170*.
In March 2017, he was added in the Australia Test squad for third and fourth Test against India as a replacement for the injured Mitchell Marsh.