Australia announce 17-man squad for the World Test Championship 2021-23 Final and the first two Ashes Tests. Pat Cummins will return to captain the squad after leaving the tour of India early and sitting out the third and fourth Tests to be with his sick mother in Australia.
Ponting named Starc, especially looking into his performance in the recent ODI series against India where he picked batter Suryakumar Yadav for golden ducks twice in the series.
Starc was one of the few multi-format Australian stars having put his name in the competition, which will get underway a day after the end of fifth Ashes Test against England.
While Suryakumar has been revelation in the shortest format of the game and was recently crowned the ICC Men's T20I Cricketer of the Year for 2022, the explosive star has not yet been able to match his heroics in 50-over cricket
Mitchell Starc has confirmed that he will continue to rely on his trustworthy approach. He said, "My plan hasn't changed for 13 years: bowl full, hit the stumps, try and swing it," as quoted by ICC. With his approach, he dismantled the entire Indian opening line-up within the first 10 overs
Indian batters underperformed against Australia in the second ODI match three-match series. Mitchell Starc's five-wicket haul in the first innings and Mitchell Marsh's lightning pace knock in the second innings knocked India completely out of the game. In the post-match conference, Rohit
Mitchell Starc produced one of the best bowling spells as he dismantled the Indian batting line-up, bundling Men in Blue for 117 in the second ODI match. Starc completed his five-wicket haul by picking up wickets of Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Mohammed Siraj and Suryakumar Yadav.
At the end of the final session on day 4, Australia was at 3/0, with Matt Kuhnemann (0*) and Travis Head (3*) unbeaten on the crease. Australia trail by 88 runs