Stoinis nervous following last week’s homophobic slur‘It didn’t sit well with my character,’ Stars player saysAfter smashing the highest score in BBL history, Marcus Stoinis says he carried the burden of unleashing a homophobic slur last week. The Melbourne Stars allrounder was fined $7,500 for abusing Melbourne Renegades quick Kane Richardson in a heated derby on 4 January but avoided a ban over the incident.
Stoinis said he felt uneasy heading into Sunday night’s clash with the
Sydney Sixers because of the fallout from that exchange. But any early nerves dissipated as the 30-year-old belted a scintillating unbeaten 147 from 79 balls at the MCG, to smash D’Arcy Short’s BBL mark of 122 not out.