Star Australian Pacer Mitchell Starc reaffirmed his commitment to play the test cricket, just days after the announcement of his retirement from the T20is. He said he was ready to “push his body to the boundaries” to achieve further success in the longest format of the game. In his pension statement, the Starc explained that he had resigned from the T20is to remain suitable for the upcoming home ashes this summer, the test series away in India and planned the ODI World Cup for 2027.
As a result, the Australian left -handed that previously skipped the Indian Premier League to save energy for international duties, will miss the World Championship T20 At the beginning of next year it will take place in India and Sri Lanka. “Because of the lack of a better term, I want to milk my body as many for as many test crickets as possible.
“I just felt one of the other (formats). I feel I have to offer ODI as the goal of getting my body by 2027 – but I am also good enough to be in this World Championship team in 2027.
Starc played a key role in the Australian triumph of the World Cup T20 in SAE in 2021.
“Umm-Ed and Ahh-Ed about what was right (format) to stand up to the side. If I weren’t in the year 2027, I didn’t want to hold a place. I still feel like I had to offer this ODI team. I was thinking about it for a while.
Starc, who played in three world cups from 2015 to 2023, now has a chance to complete his career as the largest ODI World Cup. The Australian Pacer needs three goals to overtake Sri Lanka Muttiah Muritharan (68 goals out of five tournaments between 1996 and 2011) and six goals overcoming Glenn McGrath (71 goals in four World Cup Championships – 1996, 1999, 2003 and 2007).
The old man felt it was the right time to leave the T20 side because the team was in a strong position with new players.
“The T20 seems to be quite settled with the boys who came, did some great things. Nathan Ellis flies, Ben DwarShuis played a big role, Spencer (Johnson), when he played, also did some good things, Sean Abbott too …
The 35 -year -old Pacer now looks eagerly forward at the domestic Odi series against India and the potential appearance of Sheffield Shield in front of the ashes.
“Three one daily (against India) are nice, controlled by five test matches, 10 game exceeding, leg time, there are no consecutive day. There are several shields that can be added to this schedule.
“Sometimes we didn’t have time to play Shield before (testing) for years, sometimes we had time for one or two. But in the past I enjoyed it and I will probably look at one this year.”
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Published:
Saurabh Kumar
Published on:
September 6, 2025
Tune
