<p>Australia&#39;s Mitchell Starc has created history by taking two hat-tricks in the same game. &nbsp;</p>

<p>The Australian paceman took the last three wickets of each innings, finishing with seven in total, as his New South Wales side beat Western Australia by 171 runs.</p>

<p>The 27-year-old becomes the first bowler to complete the feat in the same Shield match and is only the eighth player to do it in a first-class game.</p>

<p>Starc&#39;s feat was the first instance since Amin Lakhani managed to do the same for a Combined XI against India in a warm-up match at Multan in Pakistan in 1978.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">So... Mitchell Starc just did THIS in the Sheffield Shield ??<br />
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Just 17 days until the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Ashes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Ashes</a> <a href="https://t.co/bEUCzeqykt">pic.twitter.com/bEUCzeqykt</a></p>
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<p>He is continuing his comeback from injury before the Ashes this winter.</p>

<p>Starc missed Australia&#39;s tour of Bangladesh in August with a foot injury.</p>

<p>Australia take on England in the first of five Ashes Test matches in Brisbane, starting on November 23.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Incredible! Twin hat-tricks for <a href="https://twitter.com/mstarc56?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@mstarc56</a> in the Sheffield Shield!<br />
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He&#39;s in sizzling form ahead of the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Ashes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Ashes</a>... <a href="https://t.co/7Al5aCZXOL">pic.twitter.com/7Al5aCZXOL</a></p>
&mdash; Cricket Network (@CricketNetwork) <a href="https://twitter.com/CricketNetwork/status/927808925583511552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 7, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p>Australian leg-spinner Jimmy Matthews remains the only player to take two hat-tricks in a Test match after he did it against South Africa in Manchester in 1912.</p>

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The Australian paceman took the last three wickets of each innings, finishing with seven in total, as his New South Wales side beat Western Australia by 171 runs.

Australia's Mitchell Starc has created history by taking two hat-tricks in the same game. The Australian paceman took the last three wickets of each innings, finishing with seven in total, as his New South Wales side beat Western Australia by 171 runs. The 27-year-old becomes the first bowler to complete the feat in the same Shield match and is only the eighth player to do it in a first-class game. Starc's feat was the first instance since Amin Lakhani managed to do the same for a Combined XI against India in a warm-up match at Multan in Pakistan in 1978. So... Mitchell Starc just did THIS in the Sheffield Shield ?? Just 17 days until the #Ashes pic.twitter.com/bEUCzeqykt — Cricket Network (@CricketNetwork) November 6, 2017 × He is continuing his comeback from injury before the Ashes this winter. Starc missed Australia's tour of Bangladesh in August with a foot injury. Australia take on England in the first of five Ashes Test matches in Brisbane, starting on November 23. Incredible! Twin hat-tricks for @mstarc56 in the Sheffield Shield! He's in sizzling form ahead of the #Ashes... pic.twitter.com/7Al5aCZXOL — Cricket Network (@CricketNetwork) November 7, 2017 × Australian leg-spinner Jimmy Matthews remains the only player to take two hat-tricks in a Test match after he did it against South Africa in Manchester in 1912.

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