Sydney: Australia's pace spearhead Mitchell
Starc sent a warning to England's batsmen with a hat-trick for
New South Wales in a Sheffield Shield match in Sydney on
Monday.
The left-armer ripped through the Western Australia tail,
first bowling Jason Behrendorf, then trapping David Moody leg
before wicket before scattering the stumps of Simon Mackin
with consecutive deliveries.
Starc finished with four for 56 from 20 overs to go with
his career-best haul of eight for 73 against South Australia
at Adelaide Oval late last month.
It capped an impressive domestic match for Australia's
two Test strike bowlers -- Starc and Josh Hazlewood.
Hazlewood took three for 13 on the way to figures of
three for 24 in Western Australia's first innings of 176.
Starc and Hazlewood are expected to share the new ball in
the opening Test of the Ashes series against England in
Brisbane, starting on November 23.
