“Starc has been one of the best of all times”: Aaron Finch showers praises on Mitchell Starc as he completes 100 ODIs

Dixit Bhargav | 28/08/2022
"Starc has been one of the best of all times": Aaron Finch showers praises on Mitchell Starc as he completes 100 ODIs

Aaron Finch showers praises on Mitchell Starc: The Australian captain was contended with a comprehensive victory today.

Australia have kick-started their international summer with a comprehensive 5-wicket victory against Zimbabwe in Townsville. Only the fourth instance of an Australian summer beginning as early as August, the home team has been able to register a victory in their first-ever match at the Riverway Stadium.

Chasing a 201-run target, Australia required as many deliveries to win the match. While top-order batters David Warner (57) and Steven Smith (48*) laid the foundation of a victory, all-rounder Glenn Maxwell (32*) scored the winning runs as he hit three fours and sixes each at a strike rate of 355.55 during his nine-ball stay.

Australia captain Aaron Finch winning the toss and inviting the visitors in to bat resulted in his bowlers dismissing them for 200 in 47.3 overs.

Playing only his eighth ODI, all-rounder Cameron Green picked a maiden five-wicket haul to pick career-best figures of 9-0-33-5. Having run through the Zimbabwean middle-order, Green picked wickets in different parts of the innings.

Aaron Finch showers praises on Mitchell Starc as he completes 100 ODIs

While spinner Adam Zampa dismissed three batters, all-rounder Mitchell Marsh and fast bowler Mitchell Starc picked a wicket apiece to contribute in a praiseworthy bowling effort.

Wicket-less for most part of the innings, Starc managed to dismiss tail-ender Victor Nyauchi (2) to wrap up the Zimbabwean innings in the 48th over. Although just one wicket, it made Starc’s 100th ODI all the more special.

31st Australian to play 100 ODIs, Starc has become their sixth fast bowler after Glenn McGrath (249), Brett Lee (221), Mitchell Johnson (153), Craig McDermott (138) and Nathan Bracken (116) to play a landmark match.

“[Mitchell] Starc has been one of the best of all times. I feel that he has played a lot more than 100 and has a great impact on the ground,” Finch told Fox Sports during the post-match presentation ceremony to shower praises on his leading white-ball pacer.

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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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