MARATHON man Mitchell Starc may be the only member of Australia's Ashes attack who backs up for next month's Test tour of Bangladesh.
The fast bowler accused by Shane Warne of having soft body language last summer has since featured in every single international played this year across all three forms. 
His 23 matches far exceed the workload of the other Aussie quicks. Starc is built for speed, but this year the express left-armer has been asked to turn into an endurance athlete.
He is the only frontline Ashes paceman who is part of this limited-overs series in the UK. And it's understood he is also at this stage pencilled in for the two Tests in Bangladesh, for which selectors are strongly considering resting Mitchell Johnson and Josh Hazlewood.
By the end of   December, Australia will have played 35 internationals and, even if Starc is rested from the odd one-dayer, he is still on track to battle through more Test matches than any fast bowler in recent history - with home series against New Zealand and the West Indies to come.
In 2010, Johnson played 36 matches, and 11 of those were Tests. Starc has already played eight Tests this calendar year and could get through a whopping 15 by Boxing Day if his body holds up.
The 25-year-old was Australia's leading wicket-taker in the World Cup, the Ashes and the 2014 World Twenty20.
But with the international schedule to be relentless for the next 12 months, selectors face a conundrum over whether to play their No.1 strike weapon at every opportunity or find a period to rest him. Starc picked up an ankle niggle during the Ashes and has extensive strapping on his right knee, but he he won't be asking for a spell.
"There's a lot of cricket this summer especially, it's pretty much non-stop until the end of   March," Starc said."As I have done the last few months, I'll monitor my body and make sure I'm 100 per cent ready to go for every game that I can."