Desk Reports:
Marcus Stoinis’ international career has taken a new turn. The all-rounder, who has not played a match for Australia since November last year, has returned to the T20 team. Australia has announced the team for the 3-match series against New Zealand. He suddenly retired from ODIs last February.
The T20 World Cup will be held in India and Sri Lanka in February-March next year. The 36-year-old all-rounder can now dream of playing the World Cup after receiving the good news of his return to the national team. He played an explosive innings of 64 runs off 38 balls against the Oval Invincibles in the final of England’s franchise tournament The Hundred the day before yesterday. Although his team Trent Rockets lost by 26 runs.
Despite Stoinis’ return, Cameron Green and Pat Cummins will not be on the New Zealand tour. Green will play in the Sheffield Shield to prepare for the Ashes. There are also concerns about Cummins playing in the Ashes due to a back injury. The pacer has not played a T20I for Australia since the 2024 T20 World Cup.
Nathan Ellis has taken a break from this series to be with his pregnant wife. Mitchell Wayne and Matthew Short are back after recovering from injuries, but Aaron Hardie and Alex Carey have been ruled out.
Australia and New Zealand will face each other in the first T20I of the series on October 1. The remaining two matches are on October 3 and 4. All matches will be played at Mount Maunganui, New Zealand.
Australia squad: Mitchell Marsh (captain), Shaun Abbott, Xavier Bartlett, Tim David, Ben Darshuis, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kuneman, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Wayne, Matthew Short, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa.