Mitchell Starc confident Australia are 'peaking at right time' at World Cup

13.11.2023 - 13:11 thenationalnews.com

Mitchell Starc believes Australia are “peaking at the right time” as they head into Thursday's World Cup semi-final clash with South Africa on the back of a seven-game winning streak.

Preparation for the 50-over competition did not exactly go to plan for the Baggy Greens who lost successive one-day series against the Proteas and India.

Pat Cummins's side then suffered defeats in their opening two games as they lost to tournament hosts India by six wickets before falling to a 134-run battering against South Africa.

But since then, the five-time winners have beaten Sri Lanka, Pakistan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, England, Afghanistan and Bangladesh to finish third in the group-stage table. “It's been quite busy, the guys who were in Africa as well, I think we counted it's like our 15th flight since we've been in India,” Starc said on the gruelling schedule. “For the guys who were in Africa as well, it's been a jam-packed 10 or 11 weeks.

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