Thiruvananthapuram: Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc has started wreaking havoc with his bowling in the warm-up match before the ICC ODI World Cup 2023. The Stars have made their intentions clear for the World Cup by taking hat-tricks in three consecutive balls against Netherlands that they are going to be a big problem for the batsmen. In the rain-affected match, Starc dismissed Max O’Dowd and Wesley Barresi on the last two balls of the fifth over of the innings against Netherlands. After this, Starc, the seventh opener, completed his hat-trick by bowling Bas de Leede on the first ball. However, this match played between Australia and Netherlands does not have official status, due to which it will not be included in Starc’s personal achievement. , but his kind of bowling on Indian pitches is certainly no less than a warning to the opponents.
The match could not be completed due to rain
This match between Australia and Netherlands was interrupted due to rain. After the rain stopped, the match was decided 23-23. In the match, Australia team batted first and scored 166 runs in 23 overs. Steve Smith opened the batting for Australia and scored a half-century of 52 runs.
Apart from this, Cameron Green scored 34 runs in 26 balls. Alex Carey scored 28 runs and Mitchell Starc played an excellent inning of 24 runs while batting brilliantly.
The Netherlands team, which came out to chase the target of 167 runs, did not have a special start. Australia took the first wicket on the score of just 5 runs. After this, it was as if the Dutch players were stunned by Starc’s hat-trick.
For the Netherlands, Colin Ackerman was the only player who could stay at the crease for some time while batting. He contributed 32 runs. Apart from this, Scott Edwards made 14. Meanwhile, only 14.2 overs of Netherlands’ innings were completed when rain again created a disturbance and the match had to be stopped. By this time Netherlands had scored only 84 runs after losing 6 wickets.
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