2024-02-18 08:58:59
Australia is going to play the last series against New Zealand before the T20 World Cup. They are missing one of the team members Marcus Stoinis for this series. Mitchell Marsh’s team will be without the all-rounder who is suffering from a back injury.
Australia has already fixed the replacement of Stoinis. Another pace bowling all-rounder Aaron Hardy got a chance in place of this batting all-rounder. Both played for Western Australia in domestic cricket. Hardy has played 4 ODIs and 7 T20Is for Australia so far.
Stoinis played with injury in the series against West Indies. In the second T20 of the series, he took 3 wickets with 16 runs with back pain. When the situation worsened, he could not enter the field in the next match. And now he left the series.
Basically, he was removed from the New Zealand series to prepare for the World Cup. Stoinis is getting time to prepare himself before the World Cup. Although he is not on the New Zealand tour, he will play in the IPL next month. As a result, he is also being considered for the World Cup team.
Meanwhile, wicketkeeper batsman Matthew Wade will not be able to play the first match of the New Zealand series. He will be by his wife’s side during the birth of the third child. Along with that, some players of the team have a lot of injury concerns. Good news for Ajid, pacer Nathan Ellis returns from injury.
The three-match T20I series in New Zealand begins next Wednesday.