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Reply #1935 –
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[The caller calling for Starc's head was before a ball was bowled in the 3rd test.

Starc is a bowler with a special ability to polarise people's opinions about him.  His record speaks for itself, but people have been calling for his head since before his Test debut.

There's no doubt that Starc, Cummins, Hazlewood and Lyons are a very potent bowling quartet ... when they're all firing.  If one or two are off the boil, then Starc seems to be over-bowled and he loses his edge.  All four suffer from the absence of an all-rounder who can bowl well for long spells.  That all-rounder doesn't have to be a prolific wicket taker, he just has maintain the pressure while the four strike bowlers share the other end. 

After Scotty Boland's batting in the 2nd Test, he could well be that "all-rounder"  :)
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Re: God help me - the Cricket thread

Reply #1936 –
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