New series from The new superstar of worldMITCHELL cricket now starring in his own STARC hilarious books! Mitchell started playing cricket when he was 6 years old. His first cricket coach was his dad, which was good . most of the time! Mitchell started out his early cricketing life playing as a batsman-wicketkeeper, but was encouraged to take up bowling because he was so tall! CATCH THE HOTTEST SERIES THIS SUMMER! Join Mitch Starc and his U10s cricket team in a mighty test when it’s Join Mitch Starc and his U10s cricket team in a mighty test AUSSIES VS ENGLAND! Mitchell made his Test debut in November 2011 and has been It’s always been Mitchwhen Starc’s it’s AUSSIES biggest dream The togreatest vs one ENGLAND!day rivalry wear of the them baggy all! green and play one of the fastest bowlers in the game ever since, known for cricket for Australia.The greatest Now it seems rivalry his ofdream them has all! come true early! his ability to swing the ball—with pace! In 2016, Mitchell was awarded the Australian Test Player of the Year. It’s always been Mitch Starc’s biggest dream to one day wear the baggyMitch green Starc’s and biggest play cricket dream foris to Australia. one day Nowwear it the seems baggy his dream Now Mitchell is sharing his fictional cricket adventures green and play for Australia. Now it seems his dream has with cricket fans everywhere! come true early!has So comewhat’s true Mitch’s early! problem? • He’s pretty sure his team will be FLOGGED by the English side • He just CAN’T get the hang of bowling • His dad is EMBARRASSING him AVAILABLE (and unfortunately his dad is the COACH! ) NOW! • His cricket whites have turned PINK! Can it get any WORSE?! Find Find out outin this in action-filled this action-filled, hilarious new book created hilarious by cricket superstar Mitchell Starc! new series created by cricket superstar AVAILABLE Mitchell FROM ALL Starc! GOOD BOOKSTORES NOW! Book 2 out in February 2018 Book 2 out in February 2018. Meet some of Mitch’s teammates... PLAYER NAME: OLIVER DUBROWSKI PLAYER STATS: Oli is a beginner (and that’s being nice!). He BE EP ! BE EP ! BE EP ! knows absolutely NOTHING about cricket. PLAYER NAME: The only games Oli likes PLAYERare video games,NAME: J0SHUA CAMILLERI but his parents made him join the team so he would ‘go outside’ andRAFIQ ‘play with DE SILVA PLAYER STATS: real friends’. PLAYER STATS: All-rounder in the team and RECORDS THIS SEASON: Mitch’s best friend. Solid middle order batter, and a handy WANDER HILL Best batting: bowler for the team. 7 Best bowling: Josh is ALWAYS showing off and NEVER WOMBATS (Current video-game record: 0/43 thinks before he speaks, so he often gets himself Level 903 in BATTLE of DOOM.)Raf knows heaps about cricket! He loves scoring, (and his friends!) in trouble with teachers, coaches, stats and percentages, and carries a notebook umpires and especially the opposition! with him everywhere he goes. RECORDS THIS SEASON: RECORDS THIS SEASON: WA ND ER HI L L WA ND ER HI L L Best batting: 48 Best bowling: 0/12 W O M BATS Best batting: 36 n.o. Best bowling: 2/32 the WWander O M BATS Hill Wombats! PLAYER NAME: CASSANDRA CAMPBELL PLAYER STATS: 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 PLAYER NAME: was four years old, but she promises that she goes for the Aussies. PLAYER NAME: J0SHUA CAMILLERI RAFIQ DE SILVA WANDERPLAYER STATS: HILL RECORDS THIS SEASON: PLAYER STATS: WOMBATS All-rounderBest batting: in the team and Mitch’s best friend. 19 Best bowling: Solid middle order batter, and a handy bowler for the team. 3/24 Josh is ALWAYS showing off and NEVER thinks before he speaks, so he often gets himself Raf knows heaps about cricket! He loves scoring, (and his friends!) in trouble with teachers, coaches, stats and percentages, and carries a notebook umpires and especially the opposition! with him everywhere he goes. RECORDS THIS SEASON: RECORDS THIS SEASON: WA ND ER HI L L WA ND ER HI L L Best batting: 48 Best bowling: 0/12 W O M BATS Best batting: 36 n.o. Best bowling: 2/32 W O M BATS P L AYER N A M E : MI TC H E L L STA R C P L AYER STATS : Big hitting, left-handed batter, and star wicket- 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. R ECOR D S T HI S SE A S O N : WA ND ER HI L L W O M BATS Best batting: 47 Best bowling: 2/38 MITCHELL STARC Photograph of Mitchell Starc courtesy of the Sydney Sixers. Sydney of the courtesy Starc of Mitchell Photograph AUSSIES VS ENGLAND GAME ON! OUT NOW!.