New series from HOTTEST SERIES THIS SUMMER! MITCHELL STARC CATCH THE mighty test and his U10s team in a The new superstar of world cricket now starring in his own hilarious books! Join Mitch Starc and his U10s cricket team in a mighty test when it’s Join MitchAUSSIES Starc VS ENGLAND! The greatest vs ENGLAND! rivalry of them all! Mitchell started playing cricket when he was 6 years old. His first cricket coach was his dad, AUSSIES which was good . . . most of the time! Mitchell started out his early cricketing life playing as a when it’s It’s always been Mitch TheStarc’s greatest biggest dream rivalry to one of them day wear all! the baggy green and play batsman-wicketkeeper, but was encouraged to take up because he was so tall! cricket for Australia. Now it seems his dream has come true early!

Mitchell made his Test debut in November 2011 and has been It’s always been Mitch Starc’s biggest dream to one day wear the one of the fastest bowlers in the game ever since, known for baggyMitch green Starc’s and biggest play cricket dream foris to Australia. one day Nowwear it the seems baggy his dream his ability to swing the ball—with pace! In 2016, Mitchell was green and play for Australia.has come Now true it seemsearly! his dream has awarded the Australian Test Player of the Year. come true early! So what’s Mitch’s by the problem? English side FLOGGED Now Mitchell is sharing his fictional cricket adventures He’s pretty sure his team will be AVAILABLE with cricket fans everywhere! •  CAN’T get the hang of bowling • He just him NOW! EMBARRASSING ) • His dad is COACH!

(and unfortunately his dad is thePINK! • His cricket whites have turned  WORSE?! Can it get any

action-filled, hilarious Find Find out out in this in action-filledthis hilarious new book created by cricket superstar Mitchell Starc! new series created by cricket superstar AVAILABLE Mitchell FROM ALL Starc! GOOD BOOKSTORES NOW! Book 2 out in FebruaryBook 2 2018 out in February 2018. Meet some of P L AYER N A M E : Mitch’s teammates... O L I VER D UBR O W SKI P L AYER STATS :

Oli is a beginner (and that’s being nice!). He

BE EP ! knows absolutely NOTHING about cricket. BE EP ! BE EP ! The only games Oli likes PLAYERare video games,NAME: PLAYER NAME: but his parents made him join the team so he would ‘go outside’ andRAFIQ ‘play with DE SILVA J0SHUA CAMILLERI real friends’. PLAYER STATS: PLAYER STATS: R ECOR D S T HI S SE A S O N : Solid middle order batter, and a handy All-rounder in the team and bowler for the team. Best batting: 7 Best bowling: Mitch’s best friend. WA ND ER HI L L (Current video-game record: 0/43 W O M BATS Raf knows heaps about cricket! He loves scoring, Level 903 in BATTLE of DOOM.) Josh is ALWAYS showing off and NEVER stats and percentages, and carries a notebook with him everywhere he goes. thinks before he speaks, so he often gets himself (and his friends!) in trouble with teachers, coaches, umpires and especially the opposition! RECORDS THIS SEASON: 0/12 WANDER HILL Best batting: 48 Best bowling: RECORDS THIS SEASON: W O M BATS WANDER HILL 2/32 the Wander Hill Best batting: 36 n.o. Best bowling: W O M BATS Wombats!

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Cassie is better than anyone else in the team at spinning the ball; and she’s pretty accurate.

Cassie moved to Australia from England when she was four years old, but she promises that she goes PLAYER NAME: PLAYER NAME: for the Aussies. RAFIQ DE SILVA J0SHUA CAMILLERI PLAYER STATS: WAPLAYER ND ER STATS: HI L L R ECOR D S T HI S SE A S O N : Solid middle order batter, and a handy W O M BATS All-rounderBest batting: in the team and bowler for the team. 19 Best bowling: Mitch’s best friend. 3/24 Raf knows heaps about cricket! He loves scoring, Josh is ALWAYS showing off and NEVER stats and percentages, and carries a notebook with him everywhere he goes. thinks before he speaks, so he often gets himself (and his friends!) in trouble with teachers, coaches, umpires and especially the opposition! RECORDS THIS SEASON: 0/12 WANDER HILL Best batting: 48 Best bowling: RECORDS THIS SEASON: W O M BATS WANDER HILL 2/32 36 n.o. Best bowling: W O M BATS Best batting: PLAYER NAME: MITCHELL STARC

PLAYER STATS:

Big hitting, left-handed batter, and star - keeper of the team.

His coach says it might be better if he didn’t try to hit every single ball for six, so Mitch needs to practice ‘being patient’ and ‘getting his eye in’. Can bowl a bit.

RECORDS THIS SEASON: WANDER HILL 2/38 W O M BATS Best batting: 47 Best bowling: MITCHELL STARC Photograph of Mitchell Starc courtesy of the Sixers.

AUSSIES VS ENGLAND GAME ON! OUT NOW!