Aware of the range of challenges India will offer during Australia’s upcoming four-match Test tour, fast bowler Mitchell Starc says he hopes to extract swing, both conventional and reverse, from the SG balls in spin-friendly conditions there. And, one of his major focuses during Australia’s pre-tour camp here has been getting the feel for a different ball in his hands. There has been some debate about how to use Starc and fellow quick Josh Hazlewood in India for the Test series beginning on February 23 in Pune. Naturally, Starc hopes to channel his success in Sri Lanka on the Test tour in India. So, a lot of similarities (from Sri Lanka) to India.”

Source: Hindustan Times February 12, 2017 14:37 UTC