In the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup, Mitchell Starc played a significant role in helping Australia win the tournament on home soil, taking a total of 27 wickets. In the 2019 World Cup, he continued his impressive form, picking up 22 wickets. In just 18 matches across both World Cups, he managed to take a total of 49 wickets as a fast bowler.
Now, Mitchell Starc seems to be making a comeback in the ICC Cricket World Cup for the third consecutive time, and he has already made a mark with a hat-trick in a warm-up match against the Netherlands. Although this hat-trick doesn’t officially count as a record since it was in a warm-up match.
Recently, Mitchell Starc had been dealing with a shoulder injury. He played in three out of five matches in the Ashes series in England and then missed the South Africa tour due to the same injury. He also didn’t feature in the first two One Day Internationals (ODIs) of the India series but made a return in the third and final ODI.
Due to rain, the preparation match in Thiruvananthapuram was reduced to 23 overs per side. After winning the toss and batting first, Australia managed to score 166 runs against the Netherlands, with Steve Smith top-scoring. In the very first over of the Netherlands’ innings, Mitchell Starc made a significant impact. His first victim was Dutch opener Max O’Dowd, who was bowled out on the fifth ball of the innings. In the next ball, Wesley Barresi faced Starc, but he couldn’t provide any response and was bowled out as well, making it three wickets in three balls. Starc completed his hat-trick in the third over of the innings.
Mitchell Starc’s hat-trick was completed in the third over of the Netherlands’ innings and in his second over of the innings. He bowled an in-swinging yorker to dismiss O’Dowd and followed it up with another in-swinging yorker that bowled out Barresi. This remarkable performance by Starc helped Australia restrict the Netherlands to 166 runs.
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