"That tall, fast and slim kid, sure bowls a mean pink ball. Leading into Thursday's crucial second Test match, a day-night affair at Brisbane's Gabba, much has been made of Mitchell Starc's pink-ball wizardry. With 81 wickets at an average of 17.08, the lissom-limbed southpaw seamer has more wickets than any other with the pink'un in hand. Just what English supporters want to read as their side pitches up at a ground where they haven't won a Test match in 39 years."
"Starc is riding particularly high at the moment. He needs just three more Test wickets to go past Wasim Akram's 414, when he surely does this series (ahem, this match) he will be top of the tree as the left-arm seamer with the most Test scalps. In the first Test at Perth Starc picked up the first Ashes 10-wicket haul for an Australian bowler since Shane Warne in 2005, he pocketed Zak Crawley for a pair and bagged Ben Stokes twice."
"Smashed Stokeso on rye with feta. What makes Starc so dangerous with the pink ball? Well, a lot of the same things that make him so dangerous with the red and white balls too. He slings it down at speeds touching 90mph, bowls a full length zoning in on stumps, pads and toes and has a rapid bouncer that can fly past the nose."
Mitchell Starc has dominated pink-ball Tests, taking 81 wickets at an average of 17.08, the most by any bowler with the pink ball. He sits three wickets shy of surpassing Wasim Akram's 414 Test wickets and recently recorded the first Ashes 10-wicket haul by an Australian since 2005. Starc dismissed Zak Crawley twice and Ben Stokes multiple times in the series. His pace touches 90mph, he bowls attacking full lengths aimed at stumps and pads, produces toe-targeting yorkers and a rapid bouncer, and enjoys especially potent effect under lights in day-night matches.
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