article_snippet: Months after being labeled 'soft' by one of Australia's cricket greats and being dropped from Australia's test XI, Mitchell Starc has been deservedly voted the player of the World Cup.
article_snippet: Starc's worth to the Australian team was never more evident than when Starc's worth to the Australian team dismissed New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum in the first over of Sunday's final.
article_snippet: Mitchell Starc has been named man of the tournament at the World Cup .
article_snippet: Starc celebrates after taking the wicket of New Zealand batsman Brendon McCullum in the final .
article_snippet: Mitchell Starc was subsequently dropped for the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the same venue where on Sunday Mitchell Starc was named player of the tournament after using a new-found aggression to snare 22 wickets throughout the World Cup. '
article_snippet: Craig McDermott in the background,' Mitchell Starc said. '
article_snippet: Mitchell Starc said Mitchell Starc game-changing dismissal of New Zealand batsman Brendon McCullum off just the fifth ball of the final was part luck and part planning.
article_snippet: It was an amazing tournament and some outstanding performances,' Mitchell Starc said. '
highlights_snippet: Mitchell Starc was named player of the tournament .
  