Mitch Starc celebrates the wicket of James Vince. Photo: Jason O'Brien / PA Wire

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Starc pearler cracks England's defence as Australia seek to terrorise tail

Is Mitchell Starc the owner of the ‘ball of the 21st century’?

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One match, two hat-tricks - a Starc warning to England

Test paceman Mitchell Starc has joined a select club – and sent an ominous warning to England ahead of the Ashes – claiming his second hat-trick of the match to bowl NSW to a 171-run victory over Western Australia at Sydney’s Hurstville Oval yesterday.

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Starc wants to keep the band together

Australian cricket’s newest hat-trick man, Mitchell Starc, wants the Blues brothers’ bowling quartet to stay together right through the season, so they can continue wreaking havoc on opposing batting lineups.

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Starc stuns SA, but Ashes selectors left perplexed

Australia’s Ashes puzzle is no closer to being solved, with the opening Sheffield Shield round tossing up more questions than answers for national selectors – apart from an emphatic display by returning quick Mitchell Starc as he tore through the Redbacks at Adelaide Oval.

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Ashes threat as cricket pay deal standoff escalates

Australian Cricketers’ Association chief Alistair Nicholson is disappointed Cricket Australia has threatened players to accept the governing body’s proposed remuneration overhaul.