The spearhead of Australia’s pace attack Mitchell Starc seems to be in the form his life as he registered two hat-tricks in two days ahead of the Ashes series later this month. The New South Wales (NSW) pacer registered his first hattrick of the Sheffield Shield match on Monday and followed it up with another one on Tuesday to send the England batsmen a warning.
On Monday, the Starc rattled the Western Australia’s lower-order batsmen first bowling Jason Behrendorf, and then trapping David Moody palm in front of the wicket before disturbing the timber of Simon Mackin with three consecutive deliveries.
NSW took to Twitter from their official Twitter account to congratulate the fiery pace bowler. They wrote, “He has got it! Unbelievable!!! @mstarc56 has got his second hat-trick of the match to win the game! Fairytale stuff! Incredible scenes!”
He has got it! Unbelievable!!! @mstarc56 has got his second hat-trick of the match to win the game! Fairy tale stuff!
Incredible scenes!
— NSW Blues (@CricketNSWBlues) November 7, 2017
Starc finished the match with 7 for 97 including two hat-tricks to give his team an important victory in the initial stages of the Sheffield Shield tournament. Jose Hazlewood, who will also feature for Australia in the first Ashes Test match, finished the game with an incredible figure of 6 for 73. Mitchell Starc was awarded the man of the match award for his outstanding effort in NSW’s win over Western Australia by 171 runs.
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Mitchell Johnson, who ripped the England line-up in the 2013-14 Ashes Down Under also congratulated the fast-bowler for his efforts. New South Wales are now at the top of the table securing two wins from two matches in the Sheffield Shield tournament.
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