Australia’s pace spearhead Mitchell Starc sent a warning to England’s batsmen ahead of the Ashes series with a hat-trick for New South Wales in a Sheffield Shield match in Sydney on Monday.
The left-armer ripped through the Western Australia tail, first bowling Jason Behrendorf, then trapping David Moody leg before wicket before scattering the stumps of Simon Mackin with consecutive deliveries.
Starc finished with four for 56 from 20 overs to go with his career-best haul of eight for 73 against South Australia at Adelaide Oval late last month.
Starc taunts England’s Ben Stokes after dismissing him in the Cardiff test of the last Ashes series. Photo: AFP
It capped an impressive domestic match for Australia’s two test strike bowlers – Starc and Josh Hazlewood.
Hazlewood took three for 13 on the way to figures of three for 24 in Western Australia’s first innings of 176.
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