Marcus Stoinis

Usman Khawaja and Marcus Stoinis have lost their Cricket Australia contracts after falling out of favour with the national selectors over the past 12 months, leaving both with a particularly steep battle to return to international cricket whenever it resumes after the coronavirus pandemic. Alongside Nathan Coulter-Nile, Peter Handscomb, Marcus Harris, Shaun Marsh, Ashton Turner and the retired Peter Siddle, Stoinis and Khawaja were broadly expected to be missing when the list was announced on Thursday, but their absence for the first time in some years

Its time for the penultimate game in the Big Bash League season 9 with the Melbourne Stars set to take on Sydney Thunder in the BBL09 Challenger. The winner of this game will play Sydney Sixers who are already in the finals courtesy their win in the second Qualifier against the Stars. If the Stars win the Challenger, it will be a rematch between both Sydney Sixers and Melbourne Stars again in the final. The BBL fans and the cricket fans, in general,

Melbourne Stars and Sydney Sixers face off in the BBL 09 Qualifier in Melbourne on Friday, January 31. The winner of the Qualifier goes straight through to the Final on February 8, which they will host, while the loser gets a second chance and will play in the 'Challenger' on February 6. Across all nine editions of the Big Bash League, the sides have met on 12 occasions, with the Stars winning seven, including one in a Super Over. At the MCG the

After whitewashing West Indies 3-0 in the recently-concluded T20I series in India, the Men in Blue have already traveled to Australia where they will begin their long tour with a three-match T20I series against the hosts starting at The Gabba in Brisbane on November 21. They will look to start the series on a high as it will give them a lot of confidence in the remaining T20I matches and the subsequent four-match Test series. Head to Head Aussies no match for India