"I had strong opinions on it and had a conversation, and that's where it is. I spoke to George at length, it was a good conversation. Many different things were floated there."
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Mitchell Starc has expressed his disappointment at being left out of Australia’s final T20 World Cup match against Afghanistan, but he remains hopeful of making the 2024 squad in the West Indies and the United States. Starc was benched for the critical game in Adelaide earlier this month in favour of Kane Richardson, after being relegated from his regular new-ball duty in what was characterised as a tactical move.
Starc acknowledged he had candid talks with the chair of selectors George Bailey after his four-wicket haul in the second ODI against England, which included a devastating swinging delivery to remove Dawid Malan, but did not elaborate on what was discussed. “George and I have spoken and that is where it will stay,” he said. “I had strong opinions on it and had a conversation, and that’s where it is. I spoke to George at length, it was a good conversation. Many different things were floated there.”
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| Year | Innings | Overs | Runs | Wickets | Econ | Avg | SR | 5W | BBI | 4s | 6s | Dot% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10 | 38.0 | 312 | 13 | 8.21 | 24.0 | 17.5 | 0 | 4/20 | 28 | 8 | 53.5 |
These are his numbers in T20Is this year which proves he has not been successful. He was taken to cleaners in his first over of the WC when Finn Allen took him on. Starc then did not start with the new ball at all when he was in the side.
“The white ball doesn’t swing much after a couple of overs,” he said. “It’s nice to take a new one and swing it. Obviously, it is a role I have played for a very long time, so nice to have that role again tonight. If I do open the bowling, I bowl fast and swing it and try and hit the stumps. It swung at the Gabba in the fifth over which is pretty rare for a white ball at the moment. It doesn’t mean that in a different role it won’t swing. I was given a different role for the World Cup and apart from probably the first over of the first game and a couple of balls here and there I probably played it pretty well” Starc said after the 2nd ODI against England.
