Mitchell Starc: Watch Australian speedster dismisses Jason Roy and Joe Root on successive deliveries at Old Trafford

Dixit Bhargav | 16/09/2020
Mitchell Starc: Watch Australian speedster dismisses Jason Roy and Joe Root on successive deliveries at Old Trafford

Mitchell Starc: The Australian speedster registered a dream start for his team in a must-win encounter at the Old Trafford.

During the third ODI of the ongoing Australia’s tour of England in Manchester, Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc made early inroads into the English batting lineup to provide Australia with an outstanding start in the series decider.

England captain Eoin Morgan’s decision of batting first after winning the toss didn’t go down too well for the hosts as they lost two wickets on the first two deliveries of the match which saw Morgan himself facing the hat-trick delivery against Starc.

England’s Jason Roy (0), who faced the first ball, attempted to drive Starc on the first ball itself to hit the ball straight to Australia all-rounder Glenn Maxwell at backward points.

On the following delivery, No. 3 batsman Joe Root was found wanting against an incoming delivery from Starc which hit his pad right in front of the wickets. In what seemed like a clear dismissal, Root decided to not waste a review on it.

After a disastrous start, England opening batsman Jonny Bairstow has hit a flurry of boundaries to provide momentum to the English innings.

It is worth mentioning that England have included fast bowler Mark Wood in place of all-rounder Sam Curran for this match. On the other hand, Australia are playing with an unchanged Playing XI from the previous match.

Mitchell Starc dismisses Jason Roy and Joe Root

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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