ANALYSIS: Mitchell Starc will never be a model of consistency, but right now he is running hot
For fans of Test cricket, explaining why we like cricket is not always easy, but the first half-hour under lights as Australia were running rampant against New Zealand's world-class batsmen is about as good as it gets, writes Geoff Lemon.
When Tom Latham got a thick leading edge high in the air in the first over of New Zealand's innings in Perth, his head darted around to all directions trying to find where it had gone. The ball eventually lobbed down more or less in front of him, where Starc had galloped with the speed and gait and big outstretched hands of the BFG.
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