Mitchell Starc lashes out at foot-holes in SSC wicket

The early stages of the third and final Test match at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo saw Mitchell Starc constantly making attempts to cover up foot-marks present in the wicket. Speaking about these so-called marks on the wicket, a disappointed Starc lashed out, stating that the presence of these holes was proving extremely difficult to bowl on.

“It’s not great,” Starc said. “Nathan mentioned a few things yesterday about how it is after a day-one wicket. The fact that they fill the holes with not much and it was still wet this morning and has been after each innings that we’ve bowled through the series, and the fact they’ve probably bowled 15 overs of pace through the whole series, it is a bit easier for the spinners to land on than it is for our quicks.

Starc, who is making his comeback to Test cricket for the first time in almost six months added that the wicket has been quite disappointing for the bowlers. “I understand the wicket is what it is and both teams play on that, but the actual bowling crease has been pretty disappointing this Test match.”

It’s ridiculous on a day-one wicket if I am being brutally honest,” he said. “It creates a lot of problems, not just for me – Josh Hazlewood lands in the middle of it, so, hopefully, the curators can somehow fix that.”

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In spite of taking in excess of 20 wickets, Starc stated that he was disappointed with the results in the series despite the positive signs shown thus far. “Boys started the innings really well,” Starc said. “We’re one down, unfortunately, but the way Shaun and Steve played through that last session was great, what we’ve looked for the whole series. It’s just a couple Test matches too late. But positive signs, obviously. We’ve got four Test matches in India early next year, so we’re making good steps forward. It’s just happened too late in this series.”