Mitchell Starc: age, Test wickets and career record

Mitchell Starc bowls left-arm fast and bats left-handed. He stands 197 centimetres tall [1]. Readers who search for his age or his wicket count usually want one clear answer, and the official profile gives one. The numbers below come from that profile and from Wisden, and they follow the career from a 2010 one-day debut to the 2025-26 Ashes.

Debut and the first Test years

Starc was born in Sydney, New South Wales, on 30 January 1990 [1]. His one-day international debut came on 20 October 2010, and his Test debut followed on 1 December 2011 [1]. His T20 international debut came on 7 September 2012 [1].

He made an early mark in one-day cricket at the Gabba, where he took 4 for 27 against Sri Lanka in 2010 [1]. In Tests, his profile records eight wickets in a match against South Africa in Perth [1]. It also records 5 for 63 in Hobart, where he helped Australia beat Sri Lanka [1].

Test milestones and records

His Test career is easiest to follow through its round numbers. He took his 200th Test wicket in February 2019 [1]. His 300th came against South Africa in late 2022 [1]. In July 2025, in the Caribbean, he took his 400th Test wicket in his 100th Test [1].

The overall Test figure is 451 wickets [1]. His best Test figures are 11 for 94, and he has taken 19 five-wicket hauls in Tests [1]. Across 109 Tests he has scored 2,516 runs, with a highest score of 99 [1]. As a bowler he averages 26.19 and has conceded runs at 3.43 an over [1] He has bowled 3,442.4 overs and conceded 11,812 runs in Tests [1].

Wisden's player page logs how his standing has moved. A headline dated 4 December 2025 reads 'Mitchell Starc overtakes Wasim Akram to set all-time Test record' [3]. Another, dated 10 December 2025, says he entered the Test top three of the ICC rankings for the first time [3] A Wisden article from the same day is headed 'Where does Starc stand? The top 10 left-arm quicks in the ICC all-time Test rankings' [3]. A headline dated 26 August 2026 says he rose to No.1 in the Test rankings for the first time [3].

One-day cricket and the 2015 World Cup

The tournament that stands out in his limited-overs career is the 2015 World Cup. He took 22 wickets there and was named player of the tournament [1]. In the final he dismissed Brendan McCullum in the first over [1].

His one-day record is also long. He finished with 247 one-day international wickets [1]. His best ODI figures are 6 for 28 [1]. In 2022 he became the quickest bowler to 200 one-day international wickets, beating a 23-year record held by Saqlain Mushtaq [1]. Over 132 matches his bowling average is 23.96 and his economy rate is 5.27, with nine five-wicket hauls [1] With the bat, he scored 610 runs in those matches, with a highest score of 52 [1].

At the 2023 one-day World Cup he took 16 wickets, and Australia won the tournament [1].

T20 cricket and retirement

Starc was part of the Australian side that won the men's T20 World Cup in 2021 [1]. His best T20 international figures are 4 for 20 [1]. He retired from T20 internationals in September 2025, with 79 wickets from 65 matches [1]. Over those 65 matches his bowling average was 23.81. The profile says he stepped away to focus on Test and one-day cricket [1] His economy rate in those matches was 7.74 [1]. With the bat, he scored 98 runs in 21 innings [1].

Batting and the Ashes rankings

Starc bats left-handed and has scored Test runs at No.9. A Wisden headline dated 6 December 2025 reads 'Most Test runs at No.9: Mitchell Starc overtakes England great with brutal Brisbane Ashes knock' [3]. A Wisden article dated 30 June 2026 reports that a Bangladesh spinner had overtaken him to enter the all-time top five for Test five-wicket hauls by left-arm bowlers [3].

Domestic cricket and the Sheffield Shield

In November 2017 he became the first bowler to take a hat-trick in each innings of a Sheffield Shield match. The match was for New South Wales against Western Australia [1].

In the Big Bash League he has taken 30 wickets in 15 matches, with a best of 4 for 35 and an average of 15.23 [1].

The IPL auction

Delhi Capitals bought Starc for INR 11.75 crore at the IPL 2025 auction in Jeddah [4]. The report says Delhi made two significant buys in the first half of the first day, and Starc was one of them [4]. He was the first buy of the auction for Delhi. The other was KL Rahul, who went for INR 14 crore [4].

Wisden honours and the 2023 Ashes

Wisden named Starc one of its Five Cricketers of the Year in its 2024 edition, announced on 15 April 2024 [2]. The citation pointed to the 2023 Ashes, where he was the leading wicket-taker with 23 wickets at an average of 27.08 [2]. His best spell came in the final innings of the third Test at Headingley. He took five wickets, and England were 171 for 6 while chasing 250 [2]. England still won that Test by three wickets, and Harry Brook recovered from the collapse [2].

A Wisden headline dated 13 April 2026 names him Wisden's Leading Men's Cricketer in the World [3].

The 2025-26 Ashes

Across the 2025-26 Ashes, Starc took 31 wickets at an average of 19.93, with two seven-wicket hauls [1]. He was player of the match in the first two Tests and received the Compton-Miller Medal as player of the series [1]. Josh Hazlewood was injured and Pat Cummins played only one match, and Starc led the pace attack [1].