“It’s a massive opportunity for me personally to notch up some crucial playtime at a tournament like this in the UAE ahead of a busy year that’s going to be full of cricket,” Stoinis said in a statement. “These are extremely exciting times for international franchise cricket and I am glad to be playing a part of a team like Sharjah Warriors in the league’s history-making inaugural edition.”
Stoinis has become one of the finishers in Australia’s T20 side, playing a key role in their 2021 T20 World Cup title. In last year’s tournament, he hammered 59 off 18 balls against Sri Lanka in Perth. He had a slow start to the current BBL, picking up Covid early in the competition, but returned to form against Adelaide Strikers 74 off 35 balls
Sharjah Warriors ILT20 squad: Moeen Ali (capt), Dawid Malan, Evin Lewis, Mohammad Nabi, Chris Woakes, Marcus Stoinis, Noor Ahmad, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Naveen ul-Haq, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Chris Benjamin, Joe Denly, Karthik Meiyappan, M Javed Siddique, Alishan Sharafu, M Jawad Ullah, Mark Deyal, JJ Smit, Bilal Khan
