By David LeggatIn baseball language, Mitchell Starc's batting .1000 in New Zealand - or maybe that should be bowling. His first recollection of the game was "we lost", then: "it was probably one of the more exciting games of the World Cup. So while he's not a newbie in New Zealand conditions, as some of his team mates are, he's not far off it. Starc is backing the replacement top order batsmen, experienced operators Aaron Finch and Shaun Marsh, to fill the roles of Warner and Smith in particular, capably. A second withering performance tomorrow would be a decent way for Starc to celebrate his 27th birthday too.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 29, 2017 04:45 UTC