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Mitchell Starc out of final 2 India tests with foot fracture

Mitchell Starc out of final 2 India tests with foot fracture

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

Australia's Mitchell Starc (right) celebrates the dismissal of India's Karun Nair during the fourth day of their second test cricket match in Bangalore, India, on Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Photo: AP

MELBOURNE: Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc won't play in the remaining two cricket tests against India due to a stress fracture in his right foot. Cricket Australia physiotherapist David Beakley said in a statement Friday that Starc experienced pain in his right foot during the second test in Bangalore 'which unfortunately had not subsided a few days after the test as we had hoped ... we made the decision to scan his foot in Bangalore this morning and unfortunately it has revealed a stress fracture.' Beakley said Starc would return to Australia for treatment and rehabilitation. Cricket Australia said it would name a replacement player in the next few days. The series is level at 1-1.