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The veteran Australian pacer Mitchell Starc announced his arrival around the upcoming main round of the ODI World Cup 2023 in a convincing style. He scalped an amazing hat trick in Australia’s first warm-up game against the Netherlands on Saturday, September 30. Starc took the wickets of star Dutch opener and vice-captain, Max O’Dowd, number three batter Wesley Barresi, and star all-rounder Bas de Leede.
The Netherlands lost their 3 wickets to Starc just at the score of 12 runs in 2.1 overs. the veteran pacer ended up picking 3 wickets at the cost of 18 runs in 3 overs in the rain-affected 23-over-a-side match.
Speaking of the action of the match, Aussie skipper Pat Cummins won the toss after the match was reduced to 23 overs due to rain; he decided to bat first and the Netherlands’ Logan Van Beek gave Australia the first blow as he trapped Josh Inglis on a duck.
Steve Smith shows brilliant form with a half-century for Australia
However, former skipper Steve Smith who came to open the innings in the warm-up match, scored 55 runs off 42 balls, hitting 4 boundaries and 3 sixes. Other than him, all-rounder Cameron Green and wicketkeeper-batter Alex Carey also contributed with the knocks of 34 and 28 runs, respectively.
In the end, the veteran pacer Mitchell Starc also scored a crucial 24 runs, with a four and a boundary to help Australia reach the total of 166 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the allotted 23 overs.
Later in the second innings, the Netherlands got some early blows and at one stage, they lost 6 wickets on the score of 65 runs. However, the pace bowling all-rounder Logan Van Beek and the senior batter Colin Ackermann were looking in a good touch when rain interrupted the game The Dutch team had scored 84 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 14.2 before the rain forced to end the match without any result.
Here's how fans reacted to Mitchell Starc’s hat-trick against Netherlands:
Mitchell Starc's Hattrick
— Sailesh D (@saileshdnrk) October 1, 2023
Starc and his Love story with Worldcups#CWC2023 #WorldCup #AUSvsNED
Image Credits - #Cricinfo pic.twitter.com/Vrus8hc4BM
#MitchellStarc ne aate ki kaam shuru kar diya World Cup mein. A hattrick in the warmup match against Netherlands. https://t.co/WDxDDcJ2LB
— Tejan Shrivastava (@BeingTeJan) September 30, 2023
Hattrick in a warmup game
— Humza Sheikh (@Sheikhhumza49) September 30, 2023
That’s Mitchell Starc for you.
Mitchell Starc picks up a hattrick against Netherlands in the warm-up match. 🇦🇺🔥
— 12th Khiladi (@12th_khiladi) September 30, 2023
Top wicket taker in the last two editions of the ODI World Cup is getting back in rhythm! #AUSvsNED #WorldCup2023 pic.twitter.com/zZ1gm93uZU
Hat-trick For Mitchell Starc #Hattrick #starc pic.twitter.com/4aWzyIijd7
— Syed Jaffer (@SyedJaffer1995) September 30, 2023
🇦🇺Mitchell Starc just need 1 ball each for a wonderful hattrick 🔥🔥#AsianGames2023 #INDvENG #MitchellStarc #AUSvsNED#CricketWorldCup2023 #INDvsENG #IndiavsPak #IndiaVsPakistan #IndiaAtAsianGames #ViratKohli𓃵 #BabarAzam𓃵 #PAKvsNZ #JungKook #Balochistan #AsianGames2022… pic.twitter.com/YKNVXVzj8u
— Cricket Syndrome ➡️ (@CricketSyndrome) September 30, 2023
Hattrick For Mitchell Starc!🫣
— Daily Dose Of MSD (@Nomadic_Surge) September 30, 2023
In The Warmup Game pic.twitter.com/3gDji7XPkY
Here is the hat-trick of Mitchell Starc 🔥https://t.co/rtqrKFzCGl
— Lubana Warriors (@LovepreetS49) September 30, 2023
Christ, second delivery is a peach!!
— Corban (@CobraDysney) October 1, 2023
@amjid_official some sick bowls from starc for last 2 Wickets in hatrick
— Usy (@ussy1241) September 30, 2023