Marcus Stoinis
Marcus Stoinis - Australian all-rounder cricketer
Marcus Stoinis is a versatile Greek-born cricketer who plays for Australia in international tournaments such as One-Day International and Twenty20 International and several teams in the country’s domestic championships. We offer you to get to know the athlete better in our article.
Marcus Stoinis: How His Professional Career Developed
Marcus Stoinis was born on August 16th 1989 in Perth – Western Australia. The athlete is a versatile cricketer who combines a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium bowler. Stoinis represented the Western Australia cricket team first in the U-17 category, then in the U-19 category. Marcus was also invited to the Australia U-19 cricket team in 2008 to compete at the ICC Under-19 World Cup held in Malaysia. And he represented the national team at the Hong Kong Sixes Championship in 2009.
The first team that Marcus Stoinis signed with was the Perth Scorchers. There he lost one 2012-2013 season. At the same time, he started playing in the Victoria, where he held out until 2017. During the same period, Stoinis was spotted by the Australian national cricket team. He made his debut at Twenty20 International against the England national team on August 31, 2015, and literally a month later, on September 21, he played for the first time at One-Day International again against the British. In the same game, Marcus was recognized as the best player of the match, although the Australian national team was then defeated.
Marcus Stoinis took part in the 2019 Cricket World Cup, where he played four matches, but could not continue playing further due to an injury. By the way, the England national team became the winner of the championship. Australia gave way to her in the final after losing the semi-final.
During his career, Marcus Stoinis has played in more than 10 different teams in the Australian domestic championships and the Indian Premier League. The teams for which the athlete played:
- the Australia U-19, the Australia A, the Australia, the Delhi Capitals, the Kent 2 nd XI, the the Melbourne Stars, the PJ Cummin’s XI, the Scarborough, the Victoria U-23, the Westran Australia U-19, the Western Australia A, the Western Australia, the Western Australia Second XI (and U-23), the Kent, the Kings XI Punjab, the Perth Scorchers, the Royal Challengers Bangalore, the Victoria, the Victorian XI, the World XI.
Marcus Stoinis plays cricket number 17.
Marcus Stoinis: personal life, interesting facts, scandals
Marcus Stoinis’s parents are Chris Stoinis and Faye Stoinis. The athlete has a sister named Natasha, who is currently working as a doctor. By the way, as you can see in the player’s biography, Marcus has never played in test matches. This is due to the serious illness of his father, due to which the family was in deep stress, and the player himself could not resist him either. By the way, Natasha was essentially their father’s attending physician. Fortunately, he was able to recover.
Most recently, in 2020, Marcus Stoinis was spotted in a high-profile scandal involving homophobic remarks about bowler Kane Richardson of the Australian team Melbourne Renegades. Stoinis had to pay a $ 7,500 fine. The athlete, of course, publicly apologized and tried to explain that he was simply at the peak of negative emotions and could not control himself at that moment. The incident was over.
Interesting Marcus Stoinis Facts:
- His full name is Marcus Peter Stoinis.
- Game nickname – Stonia.
- Is one of the highest-paid cricketers.
- Cricketers who inspire him: batsman Ricky Ponting and bowler Shane Warne.
- The player loves to draw and travel in his free time.
- Fluent in Hindi.
- The total player value is US $ 8 million.
As far as we know, Marcus Stoinis is single, but recently on his Instagram, which he leads under the nickname @marcusstoinis, he posted a joint photo with a mysterious blonde. Most likely, this is his girlfriend. Over 354 thousand subscribers follow the athlete’s page, and you too can join them to watch the life of Stoinis. He often shares pictures with his family and friends.
