Pink-ball wizard: batters on facing ‘devastating weapon’ Mitchell Starc

‘The lights beaming down, the pink ball shining, the crowd roaring and Starc hooping it about at searing pace.’ Photograph: Dave Hunt/AAP

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.