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Mitchell Starc

Mitchell Starc

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Mitchell Starc
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Personal information
Full nameMitchell Aaron Starc
Born30 January 1990 (age 26)
Baulkham Hills, New South Wales,Australia
Height197 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Batting styleLeft-handed
Bowling styleLeft arm Fast
RoleBowler, Lower Order Batsman
RelationsAlyssa Healy (wife) [1]
International information
National side
Test debut(cap 425)1 December 2011 v New Zealand
Last Test5 November 2015 v New Zealand
ODI debut(cap 185)20 October 2010 v India
Last ODI03 September 2015 v England
ODI shirt no.56
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2009–New South Wales (squad no. 56)
2011–Sydney Sixers
2012Yorkshire
2014–Royal Challengers Bangalore
Career statistics
CompetitionTestODIFCLA
Matches25465671
Runs scored7001631094285
Batting average26.9220.3823.7821.92
100s/50s0/60/10/70/1
Top score9952*9952*
Balls bowled4,8911,9709,7463,546
Wickets9190195154
Bowling average30.5819.6528.1318.45
5 wickets in innings4588
10 wickets in match0n/a0n/a
Best bowling6/1116/286/516/25
Catches/stumpings13/–12/–30/–18/–
Source: ESPN Cricinfo, 3 December 2015
Mitchell Aaron Starc (born 30 January 1990), is an Australian cricketer who currently plays first-class cricket for the New South Wales Blues. He is a left-arm fast bowler and is also a handy lower order left-handed batsman. He was a prominent member of the victorious Australian squad that won the 2015 Cricket World Cup and would be declared Man of the Tournament as a result of his consistent performances.

Domestic career[edit]

Starc playing for New South Wales in 2011
He is also a former junior cricketer for the Berala Sports Cricket Club in Sydney,Australia, who attended Homebush Boys High School also representing the school's 1st grade cricket team. He was known to wicketkeeper and bowl in the same innings during his time with the club. Mitchell Starc was also a representative cricketer of the Northern District Cricket Association (NDCA).
Starc debuted for his home state New South Wales in 2009, at the age of 19. His performances for Western Suburbs and the state 2nd XI earned him the elevation and he replaced the suspended Aaron Bird for the final match of the season. Starc, gained a spot at the Centre of Excellence in the off-season in 2009. In eight Sheffield Shieldgames in the 2009-10 season he captured 21 wickets, including a best of 5 for 74 against Queensland, and also chipped in with a half-century.[2]
In 2015, Starc maintained his dominance at the international level by breaking records in the Australian domestic one-day tournament, which came about due to postponement of Australia's tour of Bangladesh. The pure numbers from Starc's tournament underline his dominance: 26 wickets from six matches at an average of 8.12 and a strike rate of 12.3.[3] Starc was named as Player of the Tournament in the tournament in which New South Wales won.

International career[edit]

After a series of injuries to several senior Australian fast bowlers, Starc was a late replacement in the team to tour India in late-2010, replacing Josh Hazlewood. Later Doug Bollinger was injured after the First Test, and that left Starc and fellow uncapped young pacemen Peter George and James Pattinson competing for a place. George was selected, and after Pattinson was injured, Starc made his ODI debut against India in Visakhapatnam in October 2010. He did not bat and was wicketless.
Starc made his Test debut for Australia on 1 December 2011 in the first Test of the two-Test series against New Zealand inBrisbane.[4] He took two wickets in the match,[5] and another two in the second Test in Hobart.[6] He was left out of the squad named for the first Test of the subsequent series against India,[7] but was recalled for the third Test on the pace-friendly WACA Ground in place of spinner Nathan Lyon, taking four wickets. Starc earned his first international call-up for Australia's 2010 tour to India, debuting in an ODI. In the Test series in India in 2013, he fell just one short of a maiden Test ton.
Starc was selected to play for the third test of South Africa's tour of Australia in 2012. Whilst Australia lost the match, Starc took 6/154 and achieved the second fastest test fifty (32 balls) by an Australian in Australia's second innings on 4 December.[8]Despite his recent form, he was rested in favour of Jackson Bird to make his debut for the Boxing Day Test against Sri Lanka. They would both be selected for the Sydney Test a week later.
Starc received the Man of the Tournament award in the 2015 Cricket World Cup, which Australia won, defeating New Zealand in the final. He also became Australia's leading wicket-taker across all forms of first-class and international cricket for the 2014–15 season with 60 wickets, including the leading wicket taker for 2015 Cricket World Cup (22 at an economy rate of 3.58), having played one fewer game than New Zealander Trent Boult. Starc was adjudged Man of the Tournament in the 2015 Cricket World Cup. He also is the leading wicket taker in the world in all forms of international cricket for the 2015 calendar year with 87 after his ankle injury in the inaugural day-night test at Adelaide Oval.[9]
  • In 2015, on day three of the Second Test between Australia vs New Zealand, Starc delivered his fastest ball at a rapid thunderbolt of 160.4 kph. This happened in the 89th over. This also made another record of the fastest Yorker ever bowled by any bowler, and the fastest ball ever bowled in a test. Within this spell he was consistently bowling well over 150kph. One of which, at 154.8 kph, smashed the corner of Brendon McCullum's bat. However, the accuracy of these readings has been criticized by fans and experts who indicate that the speed gun may have been malfunctioning. Evidence of this can be seen during a Tim Southee over in the same match where deliveries were recorded as 150kph and over, a speed he has never been close to achieving in his career.
  • Starc is the first bowler to ball in a day-night test match ever, and first bowler to use pink ball in a test match.

BBL and IPL career[edit]

In 2012, Starc was signed by the Sydney Sixers for the inaugural Big Bash League, followed by the Champions League T20. In the 2014 Indian Premier League, he was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore and quickly became their key bowler in the IPL 2015 edition. After missing the beginning of the tournament with injury, he came back and continued on with his good form from the World Cup.[10] During the 2011–12 Australian summer, Starc also played for the Sydney Sixers in the inaugural Big Bash League. The Sixers won the tournament and Starc finished as its equal third-highest wicket-taker with 13 in six matches.[11]
He was later selected by Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL 2014 auction. During the third test of 2013 Border-Gavaskar Trophy Starc became the first recorded instance of a No. 9, 10 or 11 surviving 100 balls in both innings.[12]

Personal life[edit]

Starc is of Slovene descent.[13] He is the older brother of Australian high jumper Brandon Starc.[14]
In 2015 he became engaged to Australian cricketer Alyssa Healy.[15] They were married on 15 April 2016. The Starcs are only the third married couple to play test cricket after the English Prideauxs (Roger and Ruth) in the 1950s - 60, and the Sri Lankan de Alwis couple (Guy and Rasanjali) in the 1980's to 90's [16]

Career best performances[edit]

*as of November 28, 2015
BattingBowling
ScoreFixtureVenueSeasonScoreFixtureVenueSeason
Tests99Australia v IndiaMohali20136–111Australia v EnglandNottingham2015
ODI52*Australia v Sri LankaSydney20136–28Australia v New ZealandAuckland2015
T20I4Australia v West IndiesDhaka20143–11Australia v PakistanDubai2012
FC99Australia v IndiaMohali20136–51Australia v EssexChelmsford2015
LA52*Australia v Sri LankaSydney20136–25NSW v CAXISydney2015
T2029RCB v KXIPBangalore20144–15RCB v KXIPBangalore2015

Five-wicket hauls[edit]

Test 5 wicket hauls[edit]

#FiguresMatchOpponentVenueCityCountryYearResult
16/1545 South AfricaWACAPerthAustralia2012Lost
25/636 Sri LankaBellerive OvalHobartAustralia2012Won
35/11417 EnglandSWALEC StadiumCardiffEngland2015Lost
46/11120 EnglandTrent BridgeNottinghamEngland2015Lost

ODI 5 wicket hauls[edit]

#FiguresMatchOpponentVenueCityCountryYearResult
15/4209 PakistanSharjah Cricket StadiumSharjahU.A.E2012Won
25/2016 West IndiesWACAPerthAustralia2013Won
35/3217 West IndiesWACAPerthAustralia2013Won
46/4330 IndiaMCGMelbourneAustralia2015Won
56/2834 New ZealandEden ParkAucklandNew Zealand2015Lost

International Awards[edit]

See also: Player of the Match awards (cricket)

One-Day International Cricket[edit]

Man of the series awards[edit]

#SeriesSeasonMatch PerformanceResult
1Australi vs Pakistan in UAE2012Runs: 11 (4 balls: 2×4), Ave – N/A, SR – 275.00
Field: 27.5–2–136–9, Ave – 15.11, Econ – 4.89, 1 catch		 Australia Won the series 2–1.[18]
2West Indies in Australia2012/13Runs: DNB
Field: 21.5–3–102–11, Ave – 9.27, Econ – 4.67		 Australia Won the series 5–0.[19]
3Carlton Mid Triangular Series2014/15Runs: 1 (1 ball)
Field: 39.5–2–196–12, Ave – 16.33, Econ – 4.92, 1 catch		 Australia Won the series 4–0.[20]
42015 ICC Cricket World Cup2015Runs: 0 (3 balls)
Field: 63.5–3–224–22, Ave – 10.18, Econ – 3.51, 5 catches		 Australia Won the World Cup.[21]

Man of the Match awards[edit]

S NoOpponentVenueDateMatch PerformanceResult
1AfghanistanSharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah25 August 20121* (1 ball); 9–1–47–4 Australia won by 66 runs.[22]
2PakistanSharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah28 August 201210–2–42–5; DNB Australia won by 4 wickets.[23]
3West IndiesWACA, Perth1 February 20136.5–2–20–5; DNB Australia won by 9 wickets.[24]
4EnglandSCG, Sydney16 January 20158.5–0–42–4; 0* (0 balls) Australia won by 3 wickets.[25]
5IndiaMCG, Melbourne18 January 201510–2–43–6; DNB Australia won by 4 wickets.[26]
6ScotlandBellerive Oval, Hobart14 March 20154.4–1–14–4: DNB Australia won by 7 wickets.[27]

Twenty20 International Cricket[edit]

Man of the match awards[edit]

#SeriesSeasonMatch PerformanceResult
1Australia vs South Africa in South Africa2013/144–1–16–2; DNB Australia won by 6 wickets.[28]

References[edit]

  1. Jump up^ http://www.cricket.com.au/news/alyssa-healy-mitchell-starc-wedding-sydney-nsw-teammates-lyon-abbot-maddinson-cummins/2016-04-15
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