Matthew Hayden on Mitchell Starc: After the first day of the second Test match in Adelaide (Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Test, Pink Ball test match) – a highly anticipated Pink Ball Test – India and Australia legends Sunil Gavaskar and Matthew Hayden share their insights exclusively on Star Sports of. Reflecting on the opening day of the second Test between India vs Australia of the Border-Gavaskar series, he discussed various topics including Australia’s bowling performance, the talent of Mitchell Starc and areas where India can improve on the second day. Speaking exclusively on Star Sports, former Australian batsman Matthew Hayden talked about Starc’s brilliant performance.
“He has that bursting seam delivery that goes past right-handed batsmen, but when he has that ability – which he had – I have to admit I was a bit surprised… I actually I have never seen the pink ball swinging so aggressively in the 40th over. By that time, he used a very important word, and it is also an underestimated word, and that is ‘pace’… it was all in India’s favour.
Hayden said: “Coming back into life and sport is a difficult situation, full of opportunities to struggle to get the momentum back, and Mitchell Starc did it in the only way he could.” “When the light is the way it is and he has that beautiful colored ball in his hand. He’s a magician with the pink ball.”
Matthew Hayden also gave his opinion on Australia’s bowling performance on the first day. He said: “I think to be honest Australia bowled in two halves, I think in their first 20 overs, they were very conservative. It looked like they knew the pink ball was going to swing And when Scott Boland came in and started coming into the stumps, we saw some missiles from Mitchell Starc and the ball was swinging. That’s why they are in a strong position today.”
Let us tell you that Starc bowled amazingly in the match and took 6 wickets during India’s first innings, Starc has bowled the best of his career. Starc bowled 14.1 overs and was successful in taking 6 wickets for 48 runs. Let us tell you that Starc is only the fourth bowler in the world who has the record of taking 6 or more wickets in a match in both ODI and Test against India. Before him, only Imran Khan, Muralitharan and Madins had done such a feat.
Bowlers who took 6+ wickets in both Tests and ODIs against India
Imran Khan (3 Test matches and 1 ODI)
Muttiah Muralitharan (3 Test matches and 1 ODI)
Ajantha Mendis (1 Test match and 1 ODI)
Mitchell Starc (1 Test match and 1 ODI)
