Marcus Stoinis is training with the Warriors and will be offered a WACA contract as soon as the Cricket Australia pay dispute is finished.

But the Australian all-rounder may not be an automatic replacement for Adam Voges in a WA top order that could field internationals in the top six batting positions in the Sheffield Shield this season.

Stoinis, 27, has been released from the final two years of his contract with Victoria to return to Perth where he has been dealing with a family issue for an extended period.

“He goes with our blessing,” Victorian cricket manager Shaun Graf said.

WA coach Justin Langer confirmed Stoinis would be formally confirmed as a Warrior whenever the stand-off between CA and the Australian Cricketers’ Association was resolved.

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“It is our intention to offer him a contract,” Langer said. “He is training, but we can’t do anything until the MOU is signed.”

Stoinis started his career with WA as a 19-year-old in 2009, but has blossomed in the past few seasons with the Bushrangers to be their leading scorer of the past three years and a key to their hat-trick of shield wins.

He produced the greatest moment of his career in January when he hammered 146 not out for Australia after being called into the one-day team taking on New Zealand in Auckland.

Play Video Marcus Stoinis took 3 wickets and made 146 runs against New Zealand, but it wasn't enough. The West Australian Video Marcus Stoinis took 3 wickets and made 146 runs against New Zealand, but it wasn't enough.

Stoinis and Josh Hazlewood shared a last-wicket stand of 54, with Stoinis facing every delivery in the 26-minute partnership before the tail-ender was run-out just short of the target. Stoinis struck 11 sixes in the innings.

Stoinis will attempt to force his way into a WA top order that could include internationals Cam Bancroft, Hilton Cartwright, Michael Klinger, Shaun and Mitch Marsh, and Ashton Turner.

Top-order batsmen Jon Wells and Will Bosisto have also scored shield centuries to underline their qualities, while Josh Inglis and D’Arcy Short made promising stars to their shield careers last season.

WA’s considerable batting and pace bowling depth gives the Warriors every chance of ending their 19-year shield drought.

Mitch Marsh is making a steady return after shoulder surgery and has been batting in the nets for the past month. He expects to play early in the season.

Nathan Coulter-Nile is also training after a stint in the IPL following the spinal stress fractures that wrecked his season.

He will be part of a potent shield pace brigade that includes left-arm quicks Jason Behrendorff and Joel Paris and right-armers Simon Mackin, David Moody and Cam Green.

Wicketkeeper Sam Whiteman has been batting at training as part of his recovery from the broken finger he sustained during the Big Bash League final.

WA’s biggest dilemma is the identity of Voges’ successor as captain with Michael Klinger, the Marsh brothers and Turner the leading candidates.