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Australian pacer Mitch Starc slams criticism over his delayed arrival for IPL 2026: ‘Heavily misinformed opinions…’ | Cricket News

Australian pacer Mitch Starc slams criticism over his delayed arrival for IPL 2026: ‘Heavily misinformed opinions…’ | Cricket News

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4 min readUpdated: Mar 28, 2026 07:43 PM IST Mitchell Starc, Australia pacer and a key member of Delhi Capitals franchise in the Indian Premier League, took to Instagram on Satruday to slam the criticism against him for being unavailable at the start of the 2026 edition of the tournament. Without naming individuals, Starc called out the ‘heavily misinformed opinions’ that suggested he is not at IPL 2026 despite being fit. The left-arm speedster clarified that he is currently undergoing rehab for injuries in his shoulder and elbow. “Despite the opinions and views of certain individuals with their platforms in and through the Indian media, I’m currently rehabbing and managing an injury in my shoulder and elbow, of which I didn’t know the extent of during the Australian summer,” Starc wrote on his Intagram story. “These individuals have made some strong statements around involvement in the IPL and provided heavily misinformed opinions of players, preached them as facts, and claim to know my body better than me.” The 36-year-old, who was in stellar form for …

Ashes | ‘I’ve got Mitch… to be crowned man of series after Sydney Test’: Michael Hussey on Mitchell Starc’s dominance | Cricket News

Ashes | ‘I’ve got Mitch… to be crowned man of series after Sydney Test’: Michael Hussey on Mitchell Starc’s dominance | Cricket News

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With a total of 26 wickets at an average of 17.42 in the Ashes so far, Australian pacer Mitchell Starc has been the leading wicket-taker in the series against England. With Australian captain Pat Cummins being rested for the final two Tests in the series, Starc has been the leader of the pace attack for the hosts in the series. While Travis He’d and wicket-keeper Alex Carey have scored 437 runs and 291 runs respectively in the series so far with the Sydney Test starting Sunday, former Australian cricketer Michael Hussey has put Starc as his contender for the man of the series. “I’ve got Mitch, with 26 wickets at an average of 17 and some important runs with the bat, marginally ahead of Travis Head and Alex Carey to be crowned man of the series after the Sydney Test. I always knew he was talented, but when he first came into the white-ball team for an ODI series in India he was very mild-mannered and shy. He bowled left arm with decent pace, but …

Tom Blundell Ruled Out for Second Test, Mitch Hay Set to Make Debut

Tom Blundell Ruled Out for Second Test, Mitch Hay Set to Make Debut

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The wicketkeeper-batter Tom Blundell has been ruled out of the second test of the West Indies tour of New Zealand 2025 due to a hamstring injury. He suffered the injury while batting in the first test in Christchurch, and hence, Mitchell Hay is set to make his debut at the Basin Reserve. This comes after Matt Henry, Nathan Smith and Mitchell Santner were ruled out of the remainder of the test series due to calf, side and groin injuries respectively. Mitch Hay has made 19 appearances for New Zealand across white-ball formats (12 T20Is, 7 ODIs). In the 29 matches, he had played for Canterbury in First-class cricket, he has scored 1895 runs at a promising average of 48.58 with 17 fifties and a hundred which was his top-score of 146. Kyle Jamieson will be aiming for a red-ball return with the backroom staff of New Zealand, having recently featured in the plunket Shield game for Canterbury agianst Central Stags. Tom Latham And Tom Blundell Glenn Phillips who recovered from a groin strain, played the …

Tim Seifert Ruled Out of West Indies T20Is Due to Injury; Mitch Hay Called in as Replacement

Tim Seifert Ruled Out of West Indies T20Is Due to Injury; Mitch Hay Called in as Replacement

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Tim Seifert has been ruled out for the T20I series against West Indies after sustaining an injury, with Mitch Hay called up to the squad as his replacement for the series. The NZC has confirmed that Tim Seifert broke his right index finger while batting in the Ford Trophy for Northern Districts against Wellington Firebirds before a subsequent scan revealed a fracture. Speaking on the injury, New Zealand’s head coach Rob Walter said, “We’re all feeling for Tim. He’s a key member of this T20 unit given his power at the top of the order and his role as keeper, so he’ll be missed over the next five matches.” “We’re hoping Tim’s recovery will be quick and he’ll be back on the park as soon as possible,” added Rob Walter. Mitch Hay has featured in 11 T20Is for New Zealand so far since debuting against Sri Lanka in November 2024. He also has the world record for the most dismissals (6) in an innings in T20 international cricket. Mitchell Hay (image: X) He has scored …

Mitch Marsh, Aiden Markram Provides Solid Start for Lucknow Against Delhi

Mitch Marsh, Aiden Markram Provides Solid Start for Lucknow Against Delhi

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Lucknow Super Giants openers Mitch Marsh and Aiden Markram have provided an impressive start in the IPL 2025 game against Delhi on April 22 at the Ekana Cricket Stadium. Aiming for a fiery start, Markram went on to smash his fourth fifty of the ongoing season, displaying his top hot form. Alongside, Marsh contributed some boundaries as the side scored 51 in the power play. The first wicket partnership lasted for 87 runs as Chameera dismissed South African all-rounder for 52 runs. His knock included 2 fours and three sixes. Muscle & Magic from M&M 🔥 The opening duo power #LSG to 51/0 at the end of powerplay. Updates ▶️ https://t.co/nqIO9mb8Bs#TATAIPL | #LSGvDC | @LucknowIPL pic.twitter.com/DIHgldubSi — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 22, 2025 Speaking at the toss, Axar Patel Said, “We’ll bowl. Red soil wicket and there was dew in the last game as well. If we bowl well, we can restrict them.” “We focused on what we did right and areas where we can improve. We aren’t thinking too much. We’ve been part of a …

IPL 2025: Sunrisers Hyderabad’s batting quietened again as Mitch Starc, Faf du Plessis fire Delhi Capitals to big win | Ipl News

IPL 2025: Sunrisers Hyderabad’s batting quietened again as Mitch Starc, Faf du Plessis fire Delhi Capitals to big win | Ipl News

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Sunrisers Hyderabad know only one way to bat, but for the second straight game, it went pear-shaped for them. Losing wickets in the Powerplay didn’t prompt a rethink and a brief revival – helmed by a young and daring batsman in Aniket Verma – was followed by another collapse in the second half of the innings. A target of 164 was grossly inadequate on the batting-friendly Visakhapatnam surface on Sunday, and Delhi Capitals cantered home. Cricket, we were told, is a game in which you play to the situation and do what suits the team best at any given moment in time. However, it seems that the maxim doesn’t apply to Sunrisers Hyderabad. When a flurry of wickets might have called for a bit of circumspection, they went harder against DC. One may argue that with Aniket Verma (74 in 41 balls) – announcing his arrival with some clean hitting, especially against the spinners – and Heinrich Klaasen (32 off 19) launching a counter-attack after SRH were reduced to 37/4 in just over four overs …

Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Injured Mitchell Starc skips nets, Mitch Marsh’s spot for Sydney Test under scanner | Cricket News

Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Injured Mitchell Starc skips nets, Mitch Marsh’s spot for Sydney Test under scanner | Cricket News

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Heading into the Border-Gavaskar Trophy finale on Friday, Australia are contemplating changes to the Melbourne Test-winning team with the spots of Mitch Marsh — enduring poor form — and, crucially, Mitchell Starc — nursing an injury — under scrutiny. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Australia head coach Andrew McDonald conceded that Marsh ‘hasn’t been scoring as many runs as selectors would like against India’ and Beau Webster, who is in the squad, could be given a look-in. The report also added that McDonald was confident that ‘Sean Abbott or Jhye Richardson could step up if Mitchell Starc was to be ruled out of the SCG Test due to injury.’ After beating India in Melbourne to go 2-1 up in the series, Australia reached Sydney on Tuesday and had a training session on Wednesday, where Starc did not bowl in the nets. The pacer, however, said he ‘expected to play on Friday’. The report quoted a team spokesperson saying that the injury ‘is more a case of general soreness that tended to get better the …

QUICK COMMENT: In Adelaide Test drubbing, Mitch Starc shows India what they lack in their bowling arsenal | Cricket News

QUICK COMMENT: In Adelaide Test drubbing, Mitch Starc shows India what they lack in their bowling arsenal | Cricket News

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The biggest difference between India and Australia at the Adelaide Oval was Mitchell Starc. No one swung the ball as much, and no one interrogated the technique and resolve of batsmen as he did, because no one hit the fuller lengths as often. He showed India what they lacked—a full-length, swing metronome, a swing merchant. In the past they were bountiful. The lost ilk of Kapil Dev, Madan Lal, Karsan Ghavri, Manoj Prabhakar, and more recently Praveen Kumar, who devilishly swung the ball both ways when the conditions allied. Kapil and Prabhakar teasing and tripping Australia’s top order in the 1991-92 tour was a heart-warming memory in a nightmarish series. India no longer possesses one like them in their stable. The closest they had was Akash Deep. They clearly missed a trick by not playing him in Adelaide. Bowling full is not his default setting either. But he is more proficient at this than someone like Harshit Rana. He can swing the ball, he skids the ball too. Rana was the perfect choice for the …

‘Anytime I walk out to bat, I’m s****ing myself’: Mitch Marsh on improving mental strength to revive Test career | Cricket News

‘Anytime I walk out to bat, I’m s****ing myself’: Mitch Marsh on improving mental strength to revive Test career | Cricket News

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Australia all-rounder Mitchell Marsh’s brutal initiation to Test cricket and a first half of a career bogged down by expectations to perform ended with a ruthless snub in 2019. For nearly five years since debut in 2014, Marsh’s red-ball career hinged on potential over consistency, with two Test hundreds in the 2017/18 Ashes even elevating him to the vice-captain’s role ahead of the ball-tampering marred series 2018 series in South Africa. Marsh lasted for three more games and was dropped from the side during the 2019 Ashes in England. While Mitch’s elder brother Shaun and father Rod Marsh had relatively successful Test careers, Mitch admitted that being booed by the local crowd during the 2018 Boxing Test against India at MCG marked the nadir of his career. “The truthful answer is I’m human, and anytime I walk out to bat, I’m s****ing myself like any other bloke,” Marsh told Fox Cricket. Marsh’s dramatic return to the XI occurred four years later, again in the 2023 Ashes in England, as a like-for-like replacement for Cam Green. …

Watch: Mitch Starc produces a stunning delivery to dismiss Abhishek Sharma in IPL 2024 final | Ipl News

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After he produced a peach in Qualifier 1 to dismiss his national teammate Travis Head in the first over, Mitch Starc came up with arguably the best delivery of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 in the title clash. This time, Abhishek Sharma was at the receiving end. Having opted to bat first at Chepauk, Pat Cummins’ side would have been hoping for a good start in the powerplay. What they got instead was a Starc first-over special. The man who has been known to deliver some epic performances on the big occasion did it again. (Remember Brendon McCullum in the 2015 World Cup final?) AN ABSOLUTE RIPPER! 🤩 As spectacular as it gets from Mitchell Starc ⚡️ He gets the in-form Abhishek Sharma early 🔥 Watch the match LIVE on @JioCinema and @StarSportsIndia 💻📱#TATAIPL | #KKRvSRH | #Final | #TheFinalCall pic.twitter.com/K5w9WIywuR — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 26, 2024 Head was bowled in the first over in Ahmedabad but he didn’t take strike today, Abhishek did. The first couple of deliveries were wild swing-and-miss. Nerves evident. Next …