Marcus Stoinis

Now, is there going to be anyone else who's gonna come along and take that position on? There's no Glenn Maxwell now.

Uh, there's no Marcus Stoinis.

Those were the two who were sort of filling that role anyway.

So is Carey safe? Perhaps going forward for a little while, South Africa will be a different, um, test for him.

They, um, they push you, they, they test you, they require you to have ultimate energy all the time.

Um, so another, another one of the lads I coach, um, Marcus Stoinis, who's, is one of the best batters in the world.

If you throw the ball badly to him, he'll just spray you.

Um-

And, you know, I consider all this one-day cricket now, because of the influx of T20 cricket, it's all done in this big build-up towards a World Cup, which is happening in 2027 in Africa, you know, Namibia, South Africa.

Zimbabwe and you know from what I'm seeing this is a good opportunity in a changing Australian team to nail down some roles or positions you know 15 man squad which probably isn't enough George Bailey's come out so that's not enough players but Australia got some question marks particularly in the middle order with their with their batting you know no Stoinis no Maxwell no Smith and and this Aussie team now looks a lot different but there's a lot of opportunity going around so they're in they're in Zimbabwe have you been to Zimbabwe you traveled yeah Yep.

Yeah? You got any thoughts and recollections on

her? I mean...

And it just feels to me that that lineup is short a bit of power in that lower order.

You know, we've had Maxwell and Stoinis as your finishers, noted six hitter, hitters.

I mean, we saw Renshaw, he can certainly hit a long ball, but I do feel that, I mean, especially with Ollie Puc and Alex Carey in this configuration, I'm just...

I, I just think they're gonna have to look to get somebody in there, maybe a Tim David or even a Matt Short who's fallen out of favor.

Shove it up your ass.

Do I need to be worried about the AFP when I'm scrolling through Instagram and I'm looking at Finn Allen? And Marcus Stoinis getting signed by the Melbourne Bushrangers?

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Or do I need to worry about the, uh, Indian federal police now?

We know Ben Stokes is signed with the Adelaide Strikers.

Adam Zampa signed with the Hobart Hurricanes, and Marcus Stoinis was wanted by Brisbane Heat.

They thought they could get him.

He was keen to go.

So...

Whereas initially the best Australian players always played BBL because there was no other available options in December and January, there are now options for Marcus Stoinis and Glenn Maxwell and whichever other player you want to talk about.

And one of the ways that Cricket Australia is trying to combat...

And trying to keep the best players in Australia, but also bring out the best international players like Ben Stokes, who's going to play for the Strikers this year, is to add an injection of private ownership.