ICC Men's Cricket World Cup: Greatest ODI XI (1975-2019)

8. Mitchell Starc

For the last few years, Mitchell Starc is an essential part of Australia’s pace attack. His ability to hunt batters with his inswingers makes him one of the most difficult bowlers for batters to confront. In 2015, the 11th edition of the ODI World Cup was played down under, and Starc proved his mettle by clinching the Player of the Tournament award.

Fetching 22 wickets in eight matches at an economy of 3.50, he became the joint-leading wicket-taker with New Zealand’s Trent Boult. In a group match against New Zealand at Eden Park, he went berserk and trapped six Kiwi batters in his nine-wicket spell. Although Australia lost the match by a close margin of one wicket, the pacer’s extraordinary spell became a memorable moment for the supporters of the game.

In the 2019 World Cup, he maintained his consistency with the ball and became the highest wicket-taker in the competition, with 27 wickets in 10 games at an economy of 5.43. Thus far, the speedster has picked up 49 wickets in 18 matches at an economy of 4.64.