Australian Ashes star Starc steals cricket spouse’s bat to make use of vs England

Australia can win The Ashes later this month after they tackle England within the fourth Test at Old Trafford. And Australia star Mitchell Starc has dished a secret after revealing he has been utilizing his spouse’s cricket bat all through the collection.

Fast-bowler Starc, who has taken 13 wickets within the opening three Tests, married Australia girls’s captain Alyssa Healy in 2016. And he has been utilizing one in all her willows for the previous seven months.

“It’s a little bit lighter,” Starc defined. “Anrich Nortje of South Africa was bowling pretty fast during our summer at home so I thought I’d try a lighter bat. I was cleaning out a few cricket bags at home while Alyssa was on tour. I said to her, ‘You know there are three bats in this bag?’

“She didn’t know. And then I told her, ‘Well, there’s two now. The other one’s in my bag.’ All I had to do was add an extra rubber grip to the handle. I think it’s one-all now because she took one of mine a few years ago. She cut the handle off, so it was no good to me after that.”

Starc’s new bat got here in helpful within the World Test Championship ultimate towards India earlier this yr when he hit his highest Test rating in nearly 4 years within the second innings with 41 runs. The bat then performed its half in Australia’s second Test Ashes victory at Lord’s as Starc confronted 72 balls to heap the stress on England forward of the fourth innings.

Starc hit the headlines throughout that second Test after he thought he had taken a catch when Ben Duckett edged a Cameron Green bouncer. But the choice was controversially overturned because the 33-year-old had allowed the ball to scrape alongside the ground whereas he was taking the catch.

Starc will now be hoping to play a key position when the fourth Test will get underway subsequent Wednesday. And forward of the showdown, the star stated: “I said early doors that I wasn‘t going to change the way I approach my cricket to fit in, to try to do something different, I’m going to stick to my strengths and I think I’ve done that this tour.

“I’ve found a good bit of rhythm after the Oval game. The body is feeling good, the rhythm is there. I’m really clear about my role, it hasn’t really changed to what I would normally do for this group in Australia and the way Pat’s [Cummins] used me throughout. I said that from the beginning and I’m sticking to that role.”