Mitchell Starc sends England captain Joe Root a warning that Australia ‘have their plans down’ on keeping him quiet after he began the Ashes series with a duck at the Gabba
- England captain Joe Root was out for a duck on day one of the first Ashes Test
- Josh Hazlewood took the crucial wicket as hosts Australia made a dream start
- Mitchell Starc has warned Root that Australia have plans in place to combat him
Mitchell Starc warned England that Australia’s attack intend to keep Joe Root quiet after he began the first Test at Brisbane with his fourth duck in eight Ashes innings.
Starc had kickstarted England’s opening-day collapse to 147 by bowling Rory Burns round his legs with a dramatic first ball of the series, before Josh Hazlewood removed Dawid Malan and Root in quick succession to leave the tourists on 11 for three.
And Australia’s left-arm swing bowler wasted no time in bringing up the 2019 series in England, when Root averaged a modest 32 and was dismissed without scoring three times — once by Hazlewood and twice by Pat Cummins, now his opposite number.
Mitchell Starc has sent Joe Root a warning after the England captain was out for a duck
Root makes the lonely walk back to the pavilion on a disastrous day one for England
‘Josh and Pat have brought that blueprint from the previous Ashes, where they seemed to have their plans down pat to Joe,’ said Starc.
‘It’s fantastic to get off to the start we did and have him for nothing. Hopefully that continues. To stay on top of the opposition captain is a big one.’
Starc also expressed surprise that England had left out both Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad for the first time in 37 Ashes Tests, as the…
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