{"id":9909,"date":"2025-12-06T12:44:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T07:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=668249"},"modified":"2025-12-06T12:44:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T07:14:19","slug":"aus-vs-eng-ashes-2nd-test-has-mitchell-starc-ever-scored-a-test-century-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/aus-vs-eng-ashes-2nd-test-has-mitchell-starc-ever-scored-a-test-century-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Aus vs Eng Ashes 2nd Test: Has Mitchell Starc ever scored a Test century? Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"279\" data-end=\"699\">Australia\u2019s Mitchell Starc is once again producing a memorable lower-order knock in the ongoing Ashes 2nd Test at The Gabba, Brisbane. On Day 3, during the second session, Starc moved into the mid-60s and is <strong data-start=\"487\" data-end=\"536\">nearing what would be his maiden Test century<\/strong>. At the time of writing, <strong data-start=\"562\" data-end=\"602\">Starc is batting on 65 off 124 balls<\/strong>, with 11 fours, anchoring Australia\u2019s lead of <strong data-start=\"649\" data-end=\"661\">144 runs<\/strong>. Scott Boland is alongside him on 15.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"701\" data-end=\"953\">Despite his long and successful career, <strong data-start=\"741\" data-end=\"802\">Mitchell Starc has never scored a century in Test cricket<\/strong>. His <strong data-start=\"808\" data-end=\"841\">highest Test score remains 99<\/strong>, which came in 2013 against India in Mohali \u2014 the closest he has come to a hundred in any international format.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"955\" data-end=\"1072\">Across formats, Starc has built a reputation as a powerful lower-order contributor. His batting career summary shows:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1074\" data-end=\"1225\">\n<li data-start=\"1074\" data-end=\"1132\">\n<p data-start=\"1076\" data-end=\"1132\"><strong data-start=\"1076\" data-end=\"1086\">Tests:<\/strong> Highest score 99, average 20.61, 12 fifties<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1133\" data-end=\"1163\">\n<p data-start=\"1135\" data-end=\"1163\"><strong data-start=\"1135\" data-end=\"1144\">ODIs:<\/strong> Highest score 52<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1164\" data-end=\"1195\">\n<p data-start=\"1166\" data-end=\"1195\"><strong data-start=\"1166\" data-end=\"1176\">T20Is:<\/strong> Highest score 14<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1196\" data-end=\"1225\">\n<p data-start=\"1198\" data-end=\"1225\"><strong data-start=\"1198\" data-end=\"1206\">IPL:<\/strong> Highest score 29<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1227\" data-end=\"1508\">Starc\u2019s current innings is another example of his reliability with the bat, often rescuing Australia in crucial sessions. With Australia at <strong data-start=\"1367\" data-end=\"1391\">478\/8 in 106.2 overs<\/strong>, fans are watching closely to see whether Starc can finally convert and bring up a long-awaited maiden Test hundred.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia\u2019s Mitchell Starc is once again producing a memorable lower-order knock in the ongoing Ashes 2nd Test at The Gabba,\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":32433,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}