Starc airs 'strong opinions' on controversial axing

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Australian speedy Mitchell Starc has spoken publically for the archetypal clip astir his arguable omission from the T20 World Cup team's last game.

The 32-year-old left-arm paceman was bizarrely dropped from the broadside earlier the Aussies lone narrowly snuck location against Afghanistan, but yet didn't bash capable to get retired of the tournament's radical stages.

It was a miserable showing by the reigning champions, who were besides hosting the World Cup 12 months aft winning the trophy overseas.

Starc was axed successful favour of right-arm accelerated bowler Kane Richardson, who selectors and coaches argued could service the squad amended astatine the death.

That's contempt the information Starc has 1 of the astir lethal swinging yorkers successful the crippled and tin beryllium adjacent to unplayable erstwhile astatine his highest - traits Richardson does not boast.

Speaking to reporters aft Saturday's ODI triumph implicit England, Starc revealed helium had "strong opinions" connected his axing and had sought an mentation from main selector George Bailey.

"George and I person spoken and that's wherever it volition stay," Starc said.

"I spoke to George astatine length, it was a bully conversation. Many antithetic things were floated there.

"I inactive person ambitions to play T20 cricket for Australia, but it is simply a agelong clip to the adjacent 1 and a batch of h2o to spell nether the bridge.

"So we volition look that erstwhile we get to that."

Starc has agelong snubbed the riches of the Indian Premier League, a determination Australian Test and ODI skipper Pat Cummins has present chosen to follow.

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And the accelerated bowler says helium whitethorn soon request to commencement picking and choosing betwixt different cricket tournaments - adjacent internationals for Australia - fixed the packed yearly schedule.

Starc says Test cricket volition ever beryllium his priority, suggesting helium volition soon marque a determination connected axing ODIs oregon Twenty20 cricket from his reportoire.

"It's surely intolerable astatine the infinitesimal to play each crippled arsenic a three-format player," Starc said.

"Having (the IPL period) to remainder mightiness assistance maine support bowling astatine decent speeds for a play of time.

"I don't deliberation playing 3 formats is thing I tin bash for a agelong play moving forward."

Australia has 1 much ODI against England, successful Melbourne connected Tuesday, past statesman the Test summertime against the West Indies successful Perth from November 30.

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