'If any muppet tells you to slow down...': The advice that shaped Mitchell Starc

Mitchell Starc’s Ashes heroics capped a series that underlined both his durability and evolution. As the left-armer moves closer to the game’s all-time highest wicket-takers, his childhood coach Neil de Costa recalls the defining philosophy that shaped Starc’s career: bowl fast, swing hard and ignore anyone who tells you otherwise.

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Jan 8, 2026 - 15:37
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'If any muppet tells you to slow down...': The advice that shaped Mitchell Starc
Mitchell Starc’s Ashes heroics capped a series that underlined both his durability and evolution. As the left-armer moves closer to the game’s all-time highest wicket-takers, his childhood coach Neil de Costa recalls the defining philosophy that shaped Starc’s career: bowl fast, swing hard and ignore anyone who tells you otherwise.

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