Mitchell Starc

Mitchell Starc
Personal information
Full name Mitchell Aaron Starc
Born 30 January 1990
Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, Australia
Height 197 cm (6 ft 5 1⁄2 in)[1]
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Left arm fast
Role Bowler
International information
National side
  • Australia
Test debut (cap 425) 1 December 2011 v New Zealand
Last Test 6 January 2015 v India
ODI debut (cap 185) 20 October 2011 v India
Last ODI 29 March 2015 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no. 56
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2009– New South Wales (squad no. 56)
2011– Sydney Sixers
2012 Yorkshire
2014– Royal Challengers Bangalore
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 15 40 45 57
Runs scored 485 162 838 270
Batting average 30.31 27.00 24.64 27.00
100s/50s 0/4 0/1 0/5 0/1
Top score 99 52* 99 52*
Balls bowled 3,138 1,665 7,658 2,706
Wickets 50 81 137 115
Bowling average 35.44 18.62 31.44 20.88
5 wickets in innings 2 5 4 6
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 6/154 6/28 6/154 6/28
Catches/stumpings 6/– 8/– 22/– 12/–
Source: ESPN Cricinfo, 3 March 2015

Mitchell Aaron Starc is an Australian cricketer who currently plays first-class cricket for the New South Wales Blues. He is a left-arm fast bowler.

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 first grade team. He was known to wicketkeep 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).

After a series of injuries to several senior Australian pacemen, 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 in Brisbane.[2] He took two wickets in the match,[3] and another two in the second Test in Hobart.[4] He was left out of the squad named for the first Test of the subsequent series against India,[5] but was recalled for the third Test on the pace-friendly WACA Ground in place of spinner Nathan Lyon, taking four wickets.[6] 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.[7] 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.He was later selected by Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL 2014 auction.

Starc earned his first international call-up for Australia's 2010 tour to India, debuting in an ODI. In 2012, Starc was signed by the Sydney Sixers for the inaugural Big Bash League, followed by the Champions League T20. In the Test series in India in 2013, he fell just one short of a maiden Test ton. In the 2014 Indian T20 league, he was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore.Starc received the Man of the Tournament award from Sachin Tendulkar in the 2015 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, having played one less game than Trent Boult.

Records

Test 5 wicket hauls

#Figures Match Opponent Venue City Country Year
1 6/154 5  South Africa WACA Perth Australia 2012
2 5/63 6  Sri Lanka Bellerive Oval Hobart Australia 2012

ODI 5 wicket hauls

#Figures Match Opponent Venue City Country Year
1 5/42 9  Pakistan Sharjah Cricket Stadium Sharjah U.A.E 2012
2 5/20 16  West Indies WACA Perth Australia 2013
3 5/32 17  West Indies WACA Perth Australia 2013
4 6/43 30  India MCG Melbourne Australia 2015
5 6/28 34  New Zealand Eden Park Auckland New Zealand 2015

Awards

ODI Awards

Player of the Series Awards

S No Opponent Man of Match Awards Date Series Performance Result
1  Pakistan Match 1: Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Aug 2012 Runs: 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		 Won; 2–1 [10]
2  West Indies Match 1: WACA, Perth Feb 2013 Runs: DNB
Field: 21.5–3–102–11, Ave – 9.27, Econ – 4.67		 Won; 5–0 [11]
3 Carlton Mid Tri Series, 2014/15
 England
 India		 Match 1: SCG, Sydney
Match 2: MCG, Melbourne		 Jan/Feb 2015 Runs: 1 (1 ball)
Field: 39.5–2–196–12, Ave – 16.33, Econ – 4.92, 1 catch		 Won; 4–0 [12]
4 2015 Cricket World Cup
 Scotland		 Match 40: Bellerive Oval, Hobart Feb/Mar 2015 Runs: 0 (3 balls)
Field: 63.5–3–224–22, Ave – 10.18, Econ – 3.51, 5 catches		 Won; 7–1 [13]

ODI Man of the Match

S No Opponent Venue Date Match Performance Result
1  Afghanistan Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah 25 August 2012 1* (1 ball); 9–1–47–4 Won [14]
2  Pakistan Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah 28 August 2012 10–2–42–5; DNB Won [15]
3  West Indies WACA, Perth 1 February 2013 6.5–2–20–5; DNB Won [16]
4  England SCG, Sydney 16 January 2015 8.5–0–42–4; 0* (0 balls) Won [17]
5  India MCG, Melbourne 18 January 2015 10–2–43–6; DNB Won [18]
6  Scotland Bellerive Oval, Hobart 14 March 2015 4.4-1-14-4: DNB Won [19]

Twenty20 International Awards

Man of the Match Awards

S No Opponent Venue Date Match Performance Result
1  South Africa SuperSport Park, Centurion 14 March 2014 4–1–16–2; DNB Won [20]

Career best performances

as of 19 July 2014

Batting Bowling
Score Fixture Venue Season Score Fixture Venue Season
Tests 99 Australia v India Mohali 2013 6–154 Australia v South Africa Perth 2012
ODI 52* Australia v Sri Lanka Sydney 2013 6–28 Australia v New Zealand Auckland 2015
T20I 4 Australia v West Indies Dhaka 2014 3–11 Australia v Pakistan Dubai 2012
FC 99 Australia v India Mohali 2013 6–154 Australia v South Africa Perth 2012
LA 52* Australia v Sri Lanka Sydney 2013 6–28 Australia v New Zealand Auckland 2015
T20 29 RCB v KXIP Bangalore 2014 3–11 Australia v Pakistan Dubai 2012

References

  1. ↑ "Mitchell Starc". cricket.com.au. Cricket Australia. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  2. ↑ Brettig, Daniel (1 December 2011). "Starc searches for consistency". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "New Zealand tour of Australia, 2011/12 / Scorecard: First Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  4. ↑ "New Zealand tour of Australia, 2011/12 / Scorecard: Second Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  5. ↑ Brettig, Daniel (29 December 2011). "Harris recalled, Watson's prospects cloudy". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  6. ↑ "India tour of Australia, 2011/12 / Scorecard: Third Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  7. ↑ "Big Bash League, 2011/12 / Records / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  8. ↑ "Proteas register emphatic victory". Supersport. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  9. ↑ "Blogs: Andy Zaltzman: Just how bad are Australia? | Cricket Blogs". ESPN Cricinfo. 2013-03-19. Retrieved 2013-04-15.
  10. ↑ "Pakistan v Australia ODI, 2012 Series". ESPNcricinfo. 3 September 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  11. ↑ "West Indies in Australia ODI, 2012/13 Series". ESPNcricinfo. 10 February 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  12. ↑ "Carlton Mid One-Day International Tri-Series, 2014/15". ESPNcricinfo. 1 February 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  13. ↑ "ICC Cricket World Cup, 2015". ESPNcricinfo. 29 March 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  14. ↑ "Australia tour of United Arab Emirates, 2012 – Afghanistan v Australia Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. 25 August 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  15. ↑ "Australia tour of United Arab Emirates, 2012 – Australia v Pakistan Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. 28 August 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  16. ↑ "West Indies tour of Australia, 2012/13 – Australia v West Indies Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. 1 February 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  17. ↑ "Carlton Mid One-Day International Tri-Series, 2014/15 – Australia v England Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  18. ↑ "Carlton Mid One-Day International Tri-Series, 2014/15 – Australia v India Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. 18 January 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  19. ↑ "Scorecard: 2014–2015 ICC World Cup – 40th Match – Australia v Scotland". HowSTAT. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  20. ↑ "Australia tour of South Africa, 2014 – South Africa v Australia Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. 14 March 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2015.

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