Alex Carey on Mitchell Starc: Australia won the fourth test played in Melbourne by a huge margin of 184 runs. However, after this the Kangaroos suffered a big setback. Reports came that the team’s star fast bowler Mitchell Starc has been injured and he will not play the fifth Test to be played in Sydney due to not being completely fit. Now the team’s wicketkeeper Alex Carey has responded to this.
Australia’s wicketkeeper-batsman Alex Carey is hopeful that fast bowler Mitchell Starc will play in the fifth and final Test match against India starting on Friday, despite rib pain. Let us tell you that Starc was suffering from rib pain on the last day of the Melbourne Test, yet he bowled.
Alex Carey told reporters in Sydney, “He will be fine. Hopefully he will play the fifth Test match. I have been playing with him (Starc) for a long time. He is a strong player. Certainly in his ribs. There is pain and it bothers him at times, but I am confident that he will be ready to play by the next match.”
Australia will have to win or draw the fifth Test match to win the Border Gavaskar Trophy after 2014-15. If India is successful in winning this match, it will win this trophy for the fifth consecutive time. If Starc is rested, then fast bowler Jhye Richardson, who played his last Test match in December 2021, can be included in the team.
Jhay Richardson, who joined the team from the fourth Test, said about the possibility of being selected in the team, “I am not thinking about it, but if I get a chance, I will try my best to take advantage of it.”
