Mitchell Starc Set To Miss The Ashes

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Mitchell Starc Set To Miss The Ashes

Mitchell Starc is the latest name in the list of injured Australian players and he is unlikely to play in Australia’s home Ashes campaign. Starc has injured his lower-back while playing England and the medical reports have shown that he this injury will rule him out for a long period. Starc has had issues with his fitness since the start of his career.

"Mitch Starc had scans following his arrival back to Australia and they have shown an early stage low back stress fracture," Justin Paolini, Cricket Australia’s chief medical officer, said. "His management plan will be determined in the coming days but he is expected to be unavailable for a prolonged period."

This is a big blow to the Australian team as many of their other fast bowlers are facing injury issues and this will make their Ashes campaign all the more difficult.

Pat Howard, CA’s general manager of team performance said "Historically, we’ve rarely seen three such promising young fast bowlers come through at the same time and all of a similar age so when they get injured of course that will be disappointing,"

"We’re doing our best to minimise longer term injuries, but we are also realistic that such injuries are possible," Howard said.