Australia's premier pacer Mitchell Starc is set to play his 100th Test match against the West Indies, and head coach Andrew McDonald feels that the speedster is deserving to get all the praise coming his way.

"He’s sacrificed a fair bit along the way as well… some of the IPL that he’s missed to get his body right to play for Australia. Really proud of him. He should get all the plaudits this week that he deserves,” McDonald was quoted as saying by The Sydney Morning Herald.

Starc is set to become the second Australian pacer after Glenn McGrath and the 16th player overall from his nation to achieve the feat.