Mitchell Starc scored a brilliant fifty as Australia were bowled out for 207, setting a target of 282 runs for South Africa to win the WTC Final 2025.
Starc has scored 11 fifties in his Test career, but this was perhaps the most important knock of his career. Australia were struggling when he came to the crease, and he single-handedly took his team to a formidable position to win the match. Starc came in to bat on the last ball of the 25th over when the score was 73/7, after Pat Cummins was bowled by Lungi Ngidi.
Starc joined Alex Carey in the middle, and they put on a 61-run partnership that gave some respite to Aussie fans.
Mitchell Starc played a huge Role with the bat in the WTC 2023 Final
After Carey’s dismissal, Starc and Nathan Lyon added 14 runs for the ninth wicket. Then Josh Hazlewood gave good support to Starc, and together they took Australia from 148/9 to 207. In that 59-run partnership for the last wicket, Starc contributed 39 runs, while Hazlewood chipped in with an important 17. Starc remained unbeaten on 58 off 136 balls, including five boundaries.
This is not the first time Starc has played a crucial innings in a WTC Final. In the 2023 Final against India, he scored an important 41 runs off 57 balls and built a 93-run partnership with Alex Carey.
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