Not long before an incredible turnaround culminated in him winning Australia’s men’s cricketer of the year award, Mitchell Starc was on the verge of quitting the sport. Starc was not taking the number of wickets expected of a pacer of his calibre. He was also leaking plenty of runs on the field and, off it, he was losing his father to cancer. While Starc managed to keep his cricket going despite a below-par outing against India in the 2020-21 Test series at home, he lost his father to the dreaded disease soon after. “Obviously last year was particularly tough on and off the field,” Starc was q…