Marcus Stoinis misses out on slew of new faces in Australia central contract list Cricket News

Cricket Australia (CA) on Thursday announced the list of 23 players to be awarded new central contracts, with veteran all-rounder Marcus Stoinis the biggest name missing from the list. Stoinis has been battling a back injury of late but was also part of Australia’s winning ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup-winning squad last year and was part of the short-format squad ahead of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in West Indies and the United States in June. an indispensable member. .

Stoinis joins all-rounder Ashton Agar, opener Marcus Harris, pacer Michael Nether and recently retired star David Warner as players who missed out on new contracts, with CA opting to A handful of new faces are offering deals. OOO.

All-rounders Matt Short and Aaron Hardy have won new contracts after being promoted to the contract list in the summer, as has fast bowler Nathan Ellis, while young right-armer Xavier Bartlett He also earned a full-time contract with the West Indies earlier this year after impressing with the opposition ball. He took two four-wicket hauls in the ODIs against the Windies and took 2/37 in the only T20I he played.

Cricket Australia selection chairman George Bailey expressed confidence that players awarded new contracts will have long international careers.

ICC quoted him as saying: “Matt, Aaron and Xavier have been extremely impressive in the early stages of their international careers. Their performances and the way they have embraced the international stage has been exciting.”

He added: “The panel believes they have a good future and deserve contracts as they work towards becoming regulars in the Australian squad.”

Cricket Australia’s men’s players signed for the 2024-25 season: Sean Abbott, Xavier Barrett, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Pat Cummins, Nathan Alley Si, Cameron Green, Aaron Hardy, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Manus Ra Bouchagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Lance Morris, Todd Murphy, Jay Richardson, Matt Short, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa.