Billy Stanlake has what it takes to be called as an express pace bowler, he stands tall at a height of 6ft and 8in , produces express pace, have a rhythm in his bowling and also allows the ball to swing. The Australian pacer who hails from Queensland made a name for himself in first class arena with his lethal pace and his ability to produce extra bounce using his height. But that is not how Stanlake started, in his initial life his father along with his brother motivated him to join Australian Rules Football, until Billy changed his school and showered his love to cricket. After joining cricket, he became a successful youth cricketer, he represented Queensland U-19 and then was picked for 2012 and 2014 U-19 World Cups. Although he suffered injury in both of editions but was able to participate and play in the latter, where he turned out to be most economical bowler for Aussies which helped him to get a contract with Queensland for 2014-15 season.
 
Stanlake was a surprise call up for international team and made an ODI debut against Pakistan in January 2017. On his debut he made to record books for Australia as he became the tallest player to represent Australia at international level at time of his debut. He made his T-20 debut in the same year against Sri Lanka. Billy Stanlake has also shown that with the use of his height and smooth bowling action he can even notch up the speed of 150 kmph, and is a lethal weapon in Australia's arsenal. In the franchise cricket, Billy Stanlake has been a part of the Adelaide Strikers since 2015 while in the Indian T20 League, Billy was bought by Hyderabad in the 2018 auction after he spent a year with Bangalore.

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Australia pacer Billy Stanlake and English left-arm seamer Reece Topley were approached by Chennai Super Kings (CSK) as a possible replacement for Josh Hazlewood, but the duo reportedly turned down the offer. Josh Hazlewood followed Mitchell Marsh&rsquo;s path to pull out in the last minute of the IPL auction, citing bubble fatigue and his ambition of keeping himself fit for the Ashes 2021, scheduled at the end of the year. With all elite pacers all but taken, CSK approached Queensland pacer Billy Stanlake but the 26-year-old was not interested.&nbsp;The CSK management further checked with Reece Topley, the English pacer who was recently in India as part of the English ODI squad, but according to the Times of India&nbsp;reports, he also turned down the offer. The speculated reason is because of the rising Covid-19 cases in India with multiple players so far testing positive for the virus. &quot;Many of them have contracts with English county teams and the permissions aren&#39;t forthcoming due to the rising number of Covid cases. We may have to go for a wildcard and may get one soon enough. But the problems do persist,&quot; a source close to the developments in the CSK camp told TOI.The IPL is slated to kick start on April 9 in Chennai, with defending champions Mumbai Indians taking on Virat Kohli&rsquo;s Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). CSK will play their first match against Delhi Capitals (DC) on April 10 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

The speculated reason is because of the rising Covid-19 cases in India with multiple players so far testing positive for the virus

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Stanlake, Topley turn down CSK's offer