Mitchell Starc

Mitchell Starc

Starc in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Mitchell Aaron Starc
Born	(1990-01-30) 30 January 1990 (age 34) Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, Australia
Height	197 cm (6 ft 6 in)[1]
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Left-arm fast
Role	Bowler
Relations	Alyssa Healy (wife)[2] Brandon Starc (brother)
International information
National side	Australia (2010–present)
Test debut (cap 425)	1 December 2011 v New Zealand
Last Test	22 November 2024 v India
ODI debut (cap 185)	20 October 2010 v India
Last ODI	8 November 2024 v Pakistan
ODI shirt no.	56
T20I debut (cap 59)	7 September 2012 v Pakistan
Last T20I	24 June 2024 v India
T20I shirt no.	56
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2008/09–present	New South Wales
2011/12–2014/15	Sydney Sixers
2012	Yorkshire
2014–2015	Royal Challengers Bangalore
2024	Kolkata Knight Riders
2025	Delhi Capitals
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC Matches 90 127 65 142 Runs scored 2,131 577 98 3,022 Batting average 20.49 12.02 9.80 21.28 100s/50s 0/10 0/1 0/0 0/13 Top score 99 52* 14 99 Balls bowled 17,639 6,512 1,458 26,162 Wickets 367 244 79 544 Bowling average 27.85 23.40 23.81 26.96 5 wickets in innings 14 9 0 22 10 wickets in match 2 0 0 4 Best bowling 6/48 6/28 4/20 8/73 Catches/stumpings 39/– 46/– 22/– 67/–
Medal record Men's Cricket Representing  Australia ICC Cricket World Cup Winner 2015 Australia and New Zealand Winner 2023 India ICC T20 World Cup Winner 2021 UAE and Oman ICC World Test Championship Winner 2021–2023
Source: CricketArchive, 26 November 2024

Mitchell Aaron Starc (born 30 January 1990) is an Australian international cricketer who plays for the Australian national team and New South Wales in domestic cricket. A left-arm fast bowler and a lower order left-handed batsman, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest bowlers in white-ball cricket as well as one of the best fast bowlers to play the ICC Cricket World Cup. Starc represents Australia in all three main formats of international cricket: Test cricket, One Day Internationals (ODI), and Twenty20 Internationals. In 2015, he was the highest-rated bowler in ODI cricket.

Starc began playing international cricket in 2010, but the early part of his career was disrupted by persistent injuries. He came to worldwide attention as a prominent member of the Australian squad that won the 2015 Cricket World Cup, and was declared Player of the Tournament as a result of his consistent performances throughout the matches. He also was a part of the team that won the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup. At the 2019 Cricket World Cup, he picked up 27 wickets, which is an all-time record for the most wickets taken in a single edition of the tournament. In doing so, he became the leading wicket-taker in successive Cricket World Cup tournaments, having previously achieved the feat in 2015 as well. As of November 2023, he is the 3rd-highest wicket taker of all time in ICC Cricket World Cups.

He is the fastest bowler in the history of ODI cricket to reach 150 and 200 wickets, taking 77 and 102 matches respectively to reach the milestone. He is also the fastest bowler in the history of Cricket World Cups to reach 50 wickets, taking just 19 WC games to reach the milestone. Starc was also a key member of the Australian team that won the 2021 ICC T20 World Cup, and the 2023 ICC World Test Championship final. He is one of five players who have managed to win an ICC trophy in all three formats of the game.

Starc has been noted for his ability to bowl at great pace, with his fastest delivery being measured at over 160.4 km/h (the fastest ever recorded in a Test match), and for generating reverse swing with his bowling. As of November 2023, he is the 5th-highest wicket-taking bowler for Australia in ODI and Test cricket. He is the fastest left arm pace bowler.^[3]