Bangladesh v Australia, 1st Test, 3rd day, Mirpur

Hazlewood out of Bangladesh and India tours

Aug 29, 2017: The fast bowler left the field with soreness in his left side early in the first session

Australia in Bangladesh 2017

Injured Starc out of Bangladesh Tests, O'Keefe dropped

Jun 16, 2017: Mitchell Starc will miss Australia's Test tour of Bangladesh in August due to injury, while left-arm spinner Steve O'Keefe has been axed despite bowling Australia to victory with a 12-wicket haul against India in Pune earlier this year

Champions Trophy 2017

'Australia at its best in knockout situations' - Starc

Jun 6, 2017: Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc says his side will have no trouble raising their game with their backs against the wall in a Group A Champions Trophy clash against England on Saturday

Australia v New Zealand, Champions Trophy, The Oval

Starc pounces on Bangladesh vulnerability

Jun 5, 2017: The left-arm pacer was happy to keep things tight till a window of opportunity was offered. And when it was, he finished with four wickets

Australia news

Starc reiterates players' faith in ACA

May 28, 2017: Mitchell Starc has said the Australian men's team has not changed its position on the current MoU standoff, and will continue to back the Australian Cricketers' Association to represent the players in negotiations with Cricket Australia

Champions Trophy 2017

Fit, firing seam attack key as Australia eye record third title

May 26, 2017: The prospect of having Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins and James Pattinson all available simultaneously has boosted Australia's chances of holding both major ODI world titles simultaneously

Australia news

No contract talks until MOU done - Starc

May 11, 2017: Mitchell Starc has confirmed Australia's top players are not prepared to contemplate the offer of multi-year contracts from Cricket Australia - in exchange for skipping the IPL - until a new pay deal is struck between the board and the Australian Crickete

Australia in India 2016-17

India scared of defeat to Australia - Starc

Mar 22, 2017: The injured fast bowler has said India's attempts to sledge Australia were a 'defensive mechanism' in response to the fear that they might lose the series

Father-son duos, and tenth-wicket stand heroics

Mar 21, 2017: Also, which players have the most half-centuries without ever having made a hundred?

Australia news

Starc injury renews focus on front-foot law

Mar 15, 2017: Is it time to revisit the front-foot no-ball law and the extra stress it puts on fast bowlers' bodies? There is some evidence to suggest as much

Australia in India 2016-17

Broken and bruised

Mar 10, 2017: Like many a quick before him, Mitchell Starc is finding life as a fast bowler involves plenty of pain and sprain

Australia in India 2016-17

Injured Starc ruled out of Test series

Mar 10, 2017: Mitchell Starc has been ruled out of the remainder of the Test series in India due to a stress fracture in his right foot

It's 4am, do you know where your Test cricket is?

Mar 9, 2017: Tuning in to a cracker of a Test in a time zone more than five hours ahead of yours is quite the tonic

Nerveless nineties and century-free grounds

Mar 7, 2017: Also: who is the fastest Englishman to 100 ODI wickets, and was Nathan Lyon's 8 for 50 in Bengaluru a record?

Australia in India 2017

We shut some people up, but it's one Test win - Starc

Feb 28, 2017: Mitchell Starc has said it was a welcome break to have minimal work to do in Pune, but expects to be involved a lot more in what will be a tough series

ICC news

Smith garners highest career-rating points in latest ICC rankings

Feb 26, 2017: Steven Smith's new tally of 939 rating points puts him at sixth in the all-time list of highest points, behind Don Bradman, Len Hutton, Jack Hobbs, Ricky Ponting and Peter May

India v Australia, 1st Test, Pune

The rabble that won

Feb 25, 2017: It was 4502 days since Australia won a Test in India. Few gave them a chance to do it this time. They responded in style

India v Australia, 1st Test, Pune, 2nd day

Starc showed why he is the best fast bowler

Feb 24, 2017: Aakash Chopra analyses Mitchell Starc's short and devastating spells on the second day

Statsguru awards

That man Kohli again

Feb 24, 2017: India's captain dominated the game in 2016 on a number of parameters

India v Australia, 1st Test, Pune, 1st day

Australia showed good application - Bangar

Feb 23, 2017: The Indian batting coach said the pitch was par for Test cricket and rewarded those who were willing to apply themselves on the first day