Full Name

Mitchell Aaron Starc

Born

January 30, 1990, Baulkham Hills, Sydney, New South Wales

Age

33y 246d

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Bowling Style

Left arm Fast

Playing Role

Bowler

Height

1.96 m

RELATIONS

(wife)

First there was Johnson, then there was Starc. A left-armer called Mitchell has been a staple of Australia's attack for more than a decade and seems set to remain so for the foreseeable future. While Johnson was more express, Starc is still quick enough to make life uncomfortable for opposition batsmen, especially with the bounce gained from his 1.96m height - and boasts greater control of swing than his former colleague. Never was that shown to greater effect than during the 2015 World Cup, when Starc was at times unplayable, his inswingers rattling stumps and trapping batsmen in front throughout the competition. Not surprisingly he was named Player of the Tournament for his 22 victims at 10.18, and four years later he would claim 27 wickets at the World Cup in England when Australia's defence ended in the semi-finals.

His challenge has been to take that white-ball form and perform just as consistently with the red ball, although overall his Test career numbers are also outstanding. He struggled to gain the consistent backing of the selectors early in his Test career and was often in one Test and out the next, but in 2015 he finally enjoyed a solid run of Test cricket until an ankle injury stopped him during the home summer. His career-best match haul of 11 for 94 came in the notable surroundings of Galle - albeit in an Australia defeat - and he claimed 22 wickets in four Tests during the 2017-18 Ashes. He took his 200th Test wicket in his 50th Test in February of 2019 joining an elite group of Australian bowlers although play only one of the five Ashes Tests in the 2019 series. When England toured down under in 2021-22, Starc produced some of his best form in the three matches where the series was decided and went on to claim the Allan Border Medal as Australia's male player of the year.

Also a powerful lower-order batter, Starc fell one short of a Test century in Mohali in 2013. He is married to Australia wicketkeeper Alyssa Healy.
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Mitchell Starc Career Stats

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests821561624291933336/5011/9427.603.3948.718142
ODIs111111571848922206/286/2822.235.1325.91290
T20Is585813141673734/204/2022.917.6318.0100
FC13324424544136885098/7311/9426.893.3448.227214
List A142142740662302966/256/2521.045.0425.016120
T20s121120267333221704/154/1519.547.4515.7200

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests821182619809921.52315562.7501019746350
ODIs111632448452*12.4156885.21013513380
T20Is5819994149.4093101.070042150
FC1331724428529922.28465961.2101329660630
List A142793265252*13.8777783.91014917460
T20s1214120206299.8021794.9300152370
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Recent Matches of Mitchell Starc

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Australia vs Netherlands24*3/1830-Sep-2023ThiruvananthapuramOTHEROD
Australia vs India1*1/5327-Sep-2023RajkotODI # 4657
Australia vs England7 & 04/82 & 4/10027-Jul-2023The OvalTest # 2515
Australia vs England36*2/13719-Jul-2023ManchesterTest # 2512
Australia vs England2 & 162/59 & 5/7806-Jul-2023LeedsTest # 2509

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Photos of Mitchell Starc

Smiling assassins: Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc are in a good mood after the latter cut through Netherlands' top order
Pat Cummins has a chat with Mitchell Starc
Mitchell Starc joined the wickets tally in the 36th over
Mitchell Starc won't play in the first ODI
Mitchell Starc and Usman Khawaja combined for Chris Woakes' wicket
Mitchell Starc claimed the wicket of Jonny Bairstow