Australia star Mitchell Starc has revealed he has been using one of his wife's bats for the past seven months, with the switch helping him make his highest Test score in almost four years.
Starc is married to Australia women's captain Alyssa Healy and the pair are the third married couple to have both played Test cricket. And Starc, who is primarily a fast bowler but has made 11 half-centuries for Australia, borrowed one of her bats last year while facing South Africa.
He made the switch due to the pace of South Africa's attack and preferred the "lighter" pick up of Healy's bat. And it appears to have had a positive impact on his batting, with Starc scoring a crucial 41 in Australia's World Test Championship final win over India ahead of the Ashes.
