Starc eyes return to cricket in October

Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc may be back playing cricket in October after injuring his left knee in a freak accident. He was with the rest of the squad in Sydney earlier this month, taking part in a catching drill when he collided with training equipment. The laceration was so bad that he “could see a couple of bones” and needed approximately 30 stitches.

“The knee is fine, which is the biggest positive,” he told the Cricket Australia website. “I didn’t really think I did anything bad. It wasn’t until the doc started talking about what could have happened and what might be an issue [that I started to worry] and I had to have an x-ray.

“When they were cleaning up the wound the nurse actually said ‘There’s your patella tendon, there’s no nicks in it’. The fact that he could see my patella tendon was a bit of an issue.”

Irrespective of the injury, Starc had been rested from the ODI tour of South Africa. He was phenomenal in the searing heat and on helpless pitches in Sri Lanka – 24 wickets at 15.16 apiece and a strike-rate of 25.8 – and the team management had wanted to keep him fresh before the home season began in November with Test matches against South Africa and Pakistan.

But two weeks ago, during a routine practice session at …

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