Mitchell Starc
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Mitchell Aaron Starc is an Australia
n cricket
er 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 schools first grade team. He was known to wicketkeep and bowl in the same innings during his time with the club. However, his team had little success in the Northern District Cricket Association (NDCA) Competition which was dominated by St Patrick's College Strathfield Juniors Cricket Club (led by Paul Donovan, currently a member of the Poidevin-Gray Shield U21 Squad) throughout Mitchell Starc's time in the competition.
He has two brothers called Braith and Michael and he has two sisters called Amanda and Taylah. He lives in Baulkham Hills very close to model farms high school. His mother remarried so the youngest brother,Braith, is his little step- brother. Mitchell Starc was also a representative cricket
er 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.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who currently plays first-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
for the New South Wales Blues
New South Wales Blues
The New South Wales cricket team are an Australian first class cricket team based in Sydney, New South Wales...
. He is a left-arm fast bowler.
He is also a former junior cricketer for the Berala Sports Cricket Club in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, who attended Homebush Boys High School
Homebush Boys High School
Homebush Boys High School, founded in 1936, is a comprehensive public high school for boys. It is located in Homebush, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....
also representing the schools first grade team. He was known to wicketkeep and bowl in the same innings during his time with the club. However, his team had little success in the Northern District Cricket Association (NDCA) Competition which was dominated by St Patrick's College Strathfield Juniors Cricket Club (led by Paul Donovan, currently a member of the Poidevin-Gray Shield U21 Squad) throughout Mitchell Starc's time in the competition.
He has two brothers called Braith and Michael and he has two sisters called Amanda and Taylah. He lives in Baulkham Hills very close to model farms high school. His mother remarried so the youngest brother,Braith, is his little step- brother. Mitchell Starc was also a representative cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er 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
Josh Hazlewood
Josh Reginald Hazlewood is an Australian cricketer for New South Wales and Australia.He began his career young, making his state debut at the age of 17 at the Sydney Cricket Ground against the touring New Zealand side in November 2008...
. Later Doug Bollinger
Doug Bollinger
Douglas Erwin Bollinger is a professional Australian cricketer who currently plays first-class cricket for the New South Wales Blues and international cricket for Australia. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm fast bowler...
was injured after the First Test, and that left Starc and fellow uncapped young pacemen Peter George
Peter George (cricketer)
Peter Robert George is an Australian Test cricketer. A right-arm fast-medium bowler, George plays his first class cricket for the Southern Redbacks.- Profile :...
and James Pattinson
James Pattinson
James Lee Pattinson is an Australian cricketer who currently plays for Victoria.- Playing career :Pattinson played for Dandenong Cricket Club in Victorian Premier Cricket and also played for Australia in the 2008 Under-19 World Cup in Malaysia.On Wednesday 23 December 2009, James broke the record...
competing for a place. George was selected, and after Pattinson was injured, Starc made his ODI debut against India in Visakhapatnam
Visakhapatnam
Visakhapatnam is a major sea port on the south east coast of India. With a population of approximately 1.7 million, it is the second largest city in the state of Andhra Pradesh and the third largest city on the east coast of India after Kolkata and Chennai. According to the history, the city was...
in October 2010. He did not bat and was wicketless.