By Reuters Staff
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Aggressive Australia all-rounder Marcus Stoinis is confident he could become the ultimate floating batsman in limited overs cricket after a successful stint opening in the Indian Premier League.
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Stoinis, who has fashioned a successful career as a hard-hitting middle-order batsman who can close out an innings, was promoted to open for the Delhi Capitals by coach Ricky Ponting on their journey to the final.
Ponting has now joined Justin Langers staff for the limited overs series against India that starts on Nov. 27 in Sydney and Stoinis has told the former Australia captain he is willing to continue with the flexibility experiment.
Punters (Ponting) a big believer in me and wants to give me responsibility in the teams that hes been in charge of, but Ive got to be adaptable, Stoinis told reporters on Saturday.
Im just happy to be involved wherever they feel I can have my biggest impact in the game.
Whether thats at the top or the middle … and Ive had these conversations with Ricky and said just let me know and Ill put the pads on.
Stoinis, who scored 352 runs in this years IPL at a strike rate of 148.52, added that Ponting had proven to be a major factor in helping him improve his batting while in the United Arab Emirates.
The confidence he instils, the way he teaches you, hes as good as youll get, Stoinis said.
I dont think hes in the business of changing careers but like all those good coaches you dont really know youre being coached until you look back and realise (what he did was) bloody important.
Australia and India play three one-day internationals and three Twenty20 matches in Sydney and Canberra before a four-test series starts in Adelaide on Dec. 17.read more
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