By all reports he is a good bloke and has a decent cricketing brain. He has likely given up any thoughts of Test cricket. Mitchell Starc (Photo by Matt King-ICC/ICC via Getty Images) More importantly, the information above for the first two of our Holy Mitch Trinity shows how early performances can set perceptions in stone for the rest of a player’s career. He is in the argument for a place in the All-Time World XI. The only player with stats to match him is Dennis Lillee, from a different time and from a much smaller sample. Well, for one, forgetting all that red-ball malarkey above, Starc is now pretty much Australia’s greatest ever white-ball bowler. So how on Earth is this relevant to a one-day victory in Visakhapatnam in 2023? Plus he has not averaged over 28.2 in any of the last eight years in Tests. So the fair-weather bowler is actually one of our toughest competitors in losses. His peer difference percentage for bowling average in losses of 17.4 per cent is actually the third highest for any bowler, behind only Rodney Hogg and Glenn McGrath. That strike rate is 26.5 per cent better than his peers. In terms of strike rate, Starc’s measure of 49.8 is the best in Australian history (minimum ten losses). In losses, Starc’s record is in the all-time top ten for bowling average, strike rate and wickets per Test. His strike rate is better (actually only behind Lillee and Johnson), but his economy rate is worse and so he hovers in the same overall land as Josh Hazlewood and just a bit behind Pat Cummins. ![]() There has also been the perception that Starc is only a factor when things go his way.īut when Australia wins, Starc performs at around exactly the same level as his bowling peers in those wins. Mitchell Starc is cut from similar cloth, with his left-arm delivery, confronting pace and the ability to deliver unplayable balls and unreachable balls, depending on the vibes of the day. So Johnson was actually a strike bowler in all circumstances and when he got it right he was unstoppable. When the pitch was giving him nothing and the games was dwindling away, Johnson fought more than almost anyone. His strike rate was nearly 29 per cent better and is the fifth best of all time in draws for Australia. ![]() In draws, he had a nearly 15 per cent better bowling average than his peers. In losses, Johnson averaged 40.7, however this was 8.7 per cent better than his peers in those same matches. Johnson won 53 per cent of his 79 Tests with a bowling average 13 per cent better than his fellow Australian bowlers – since 1920, Johnson’s strike rate in wins for Australia has only been bettered by Dennis Lillee – so when Mitch was good, he was very, very good.īut the allegation is also that when he was bad he was awful. It wasn’t until 2013-14 Ashes and the ‘Summer of Mitch’ that he finally took his place as a bloody legend within the Australian cricketing pantheon.
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