The fiery Australian fast bowler, Mitchell Starc was at his ferocious best on the second day of the ongoing third Ashes Test match between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, on Monday. Trailing by 51 runs, the visitors ended Day 2 at 31 for four with Joe Root and Ben Stokes to resume batting on Tuesday.

Along with Scott Boland, Mitchell Starc tore apart England’s top-order during their second innings after Australia posted 267 to take a lead of 82 runs. In the fourth delivery of the fifth over, Starc bowled a length ball that Zak Crawley tried to defend. But the opener only managed to get an outside edge on it and the wicket-keeper, Alex Carey made no mistake as he completed a comfortable catch.

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Azak Crawley could only register five runs off 16 balls. On the next delivery to Dawid Malan, Mitchell Starc beat the batter for pace and hit his pads on. The umpire raised his finger after a huge appeal and Malan reviewed it. Replays showed the ball would have clipped the stumps so Malan had to take the long walk back to the pavilion.

For his hat-trick delivery, Starc almost got the wicket of England captain Joe Root but missed it by a whisker after beating his outside edge.

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The hosts will be aiming to build on their momentum and apply more pressure on the English batters. Boland was also in good form during England’s second innings and took a couple of wickets as he dismissed opener Haseeb Hameed and nightwatchman Jack Leach with a gap of a delivery.

Here is the video of Mitchell Starc getting eth wickets of Zak Crawley and Dawid Malan:

Hat-trick balls don't get much closer than that! 🥵

Mitch Starc on fire and the MCG has erupted! #Ashes pic.twitter.com/lVniO4V0k1

— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) December 27, 2021