Cricket's fastest bowler facing long spell out

Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc is facing some serious time on the sidelines, judging by his Instagram account.

The man ranked second ODI best bowler in the world by the ICC posted this image of his right foot in a cast to the social media site:

Mitchell Starc with his foot in a cast

Starc looks set to miss the March World Twenty20 in India as a result of the injury, which he initially did during the Ashes series in England, before aggravating it in the day-night third Test in against New Zealand.

Left-armer Starc, 25, is Australia's leading strike bowler and has taken 91 wickets in 25 Tests at 30.58.

He also bowled the fastest-recorded Test delivery of 160.4 kilometres per hour  during the drawn second Perth Test.

 - With inputs from AFP