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Paceman Mitchell Starc has lit up a rain-ruined World Cup warm-up match in India, taking a hat-trick as weather prevented a likely Australia win over the Netherlands in Thiruvananthapuram.<\/p>\n

Rain delayed the start of the match by five hours on Saturday (Sunday AEDT) and it was reduced to 23 overs a side, but a torrential downpour forced the abandonment of the game with the Netherlands 6-84 after 14.2 overs, chasing Australia\u2019s 7-166.<\/p>\n

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Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc smile wryly as the Starc rips through the Netherlands top order in the World Cup warm-up game.<\/span>Credit: <\/span>Getty<\/cite><\/p>\n

Steve Smith followed up a 74 in the final ODI against India with a sparkling 55 off 42 balls, with Cameron Green (34 off 26), Alex Carey (28 off 25) and Starc all chipping in.<\/p>\n

Starc, the joint-leading wicket taker in the 2015 World Cup and the outright leader in 2019, looks in fine fettle again after an injury lay-off following the Ashes series in England.<\/p>\n

After scoring an unbeaten 24 off 22 balls, batting in the uncharacteristically high spot of six, left-arm speedster Starc, who ended with 3-18 off his three overs, reduced the Dutch to 3-12 in just the third over, dismissing three batters for a first-ball duck.<\/p>\n

He trapped Max O\u2019Dowd lbw with the fifth ball of the opening over and then fired his next delivery through a gap between bat and pad to bowl Wesley Barresi.<\/p>\n

After Mitchell Marsh then took the second over, Starc returned to complete his hat-trick with the first ball of his second over, thanks to a perfect yorker to uproot Bas de Leede.<\/p>\n

Marsh (1-24 off 4.2) then bowled opener Vikram Singh for nine to reduce the Netherlands to 4-15.<\/p>\n

The South African-born duo of Colin Ackermann (31 not out off 37) and Sybrand Engelbrech added 31 before the latter was bowled by a superb delivery from the excellent Sean Abbott (1-10 off three).<\/p>\n

Starc completed a fine all-round performance with a fine diving catch at mid-on off Marnus Labuschagne (1-27 off four) to dismiss Netherlands captain Scott Edwards.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Australia had got off to a bad start after captain Pat Cummins won the toss, with Josh Inglis bowled for a three-ball ball duck in the second over.<\/p>\n

But Smith and Carey put on 57 off 42 balls for the second wicket, with the left-hander playing some handsome strokes in a stylish cameo.<\/p>\n

Glenn Maxwell perished quickly for five, and once Smith was dismissed, Green upped his personal tempo after making a slow start.<\/p>\n

Australia play their final warm-up match on Tuesday against Pakistan.<\/p>\n

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