NEW DELHI (Reuters) - With quality bowling attacks, Australia and India may have the edge at the World Cup in England where fortunes are likely to be made or marred in the middle overs, former Australia paceman Andy Bichel has said. "I think that's where the games could be won and lost," Bichel, who played 19 tests and 67 ODIs between 1997-2004, told Reuters. "There's going to be an opportunity in the middle overs to attack with one of those two (bowlers), to blunt the run-flow to a new batsman," he added. "The thing that'll probably help Mitchell (Starc) is the fact that Pat Cummins has really expressed himself and ended up being the Allan Border Player of the Year," he said, referring to Australia's top cricket award. Bichel, whose 7-20 against England in 2003 remains the second best bowling figures in World Cup records, had no doubt the left-armer could torment batsmen again.

Source: The Star May 23, 2019 06:11 UTC