Mitchell Starcs Fiery Spell Solves Australias Bowling Crisis in The Ashes

Australia was playing the first match of the Ashes with an inexperienced bowling line-up. They did not have Josh Hazlewood or Pat Cummins, leaving Mitchell Starc alone as an expert with the ball. Despite many questions, Starc delivered his best with the ball, delivering his career best figures.

Mitchell Starc has been the answer to all the questions raised by the experts to Australia's bowling line-up. The team started off the first Test with several new bowlers. Scott Boland was inexperienced, Brendan Doggett made his debut, and it was all to take wickets.

And Starc has been able to deliver his best in the first innings of the game. He took 7 wickets, dominating for Australia since the start of the game. Along with that, Starc has also registered his career best figures in the Test format with this game, proving his worth to the team.

1. Starc Stars with his Spell

The Ashes have now finally started, with England winning the toss and batting first. As soon as their batting started, the domination of Mitchell Starc with the ball had also begun. Similar to what he did in the Ashes 2021, Starc in the first game of the current Ashes.

Mitchell Starc started off by taking the wicket of Zak Crawley in the very first over of the game. Dismissing Crawley for a duck, he went on to dismiss Ben Duckett in the 7th over of the game. Duckett had a good start, but he was for 21 runs off 20 balls.

Now it was time for Joe Root. He has been the top star for England in the Test format, but this time he was going against Starc at his best. And Starc came out on top, dismissing Joe Root for a duck. The comeback of Joe Root in the Test format by Starc, giving Australia the upper hand.

With Starc taking up three wickets in his first spell, he was given some rest. And in the meantime, Australia decided to go with the other bowlers who conceded runs. Watching the other bowlers fail to take wickets, Smith went back to Mitchell Starc. He didn't disappoint the captain yet again, as by dismissing Ben Stokes in the 25th over.

Following this, Scott Boland and the other bowlers were given another chance to take wickets. But Harry Brook and Jamie Smith were able to score runs for the team, due to which Starc was called back again. The other bowlers took the required wickets, as in the 31st over of the game.

The 33rd over came out to be the last of England's innings. Starc took over the wickets of Jamie Smith and Mark Wood in two successive deliveries, ending England's innings for just 172. With this, he registered his career best bowling figures taking his first seven-wicket haul.

2. Records Made by Starc

With his spell against England in the first Test, Mitchell Starc was able to bring up various records. First of all, he has brought up his career best figures in the Test format. Before this game, Starc was never able to take 7 wickets in any innings. This spell also his 17th five wicket haul.

Along with that, Mitchell Starc has now become another bowler to cross the 100 wickets mark in the Ashes. This is just his 23rd game in the series, and Starc has been able to get this record to his name. In the elite list of 100 wickets in the Ashes, only Nathan Lyon stands above him in the list of active players with 110 wickets.

3. Australia's Bowling Issues

Ahead of the first Test, it was clear that Australia will be having some bowling issues. Pat Cummins was suffering with an injury, which he incurred in the series against the West Indies. While he was recovering, he was not fit enough to play for the team in the

Still, Australia had the services of Mitchell Starc, Sean Abbott, Josh Hazlewood, and more. Two more names vanished from this list during the Sheffield Shield clash between New South Wales and Victoria. Hazlewood and Abbott were ruled out of the first test as they suffered an injury in the Sheffield Shield clash.