Ashes 2019

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I think Starc is more like Mitch Johnson in that he needs to come in first change so he can better control the ball.

Johnson put the fear of god into batsmen, Starc delivers the fear of the unknown!

It's like picking who you want to face, Lillee or Thompson, who are you more likely to have a good day against?

Smith said it best about Archer, "He can hit me and hurt me but he doesn't get me out!"

I think our bowlers are OK, as long as the captain and fielders do not panic around them. We lost the last test due to perceived pressure, when all it really needed was for someone to calm down and turn the pressure back onto the Poms! We needed that Warne moment, when he would stop in the run-up and call a senior player conference, before bowling the straight one that gets the batsmen out because they are too busy wondering what was said!

Tubby Taylor was also a master at reflecting/deflecting pressure onto opponents, move a fielder here, switch a bowler there, just enough to cause an error!