Marcus Stoinis

Who is Marcus Stoinis?

Marcus Peter Stoinis is an Australian cricketer, currently contracted to Victoria and the Melbourne Stars domestically, and having previously also played for the Perth Scorchers and Western Australia.

Born in Perth, Stoinis represented Western Australia at both under-17 and under-19 level, and went on to appear for the Australian under-19 cricket team at the 2008 ICC Under-19 World Cup. Playing as a top-order batsman, he also played several matches for Australia at the 2009 Hong Kong Sixes tournament.

After playing several matches for Western Australia's under-23 side in the Futures League, Stoinis made his List A debut for Western Australia in the 2008–09 Ford Ranger Cup, against Queensland at The Gabba, and his Sheffield Shield debut two days later against the same team. He 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.

Stoinis 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.