Mitchell Starc believes Australia have already created the blueprint of how to beat England at this World Cup and has highlighted taking early wickets as the key to their mouth-watering semi-final.
The old rivals met at Lord바카라s during the group stage of the ICC Men바카라s Cricket World Cup 2019, where Australia set a target of 285/7 and then skittled England for 221 to complete a dominant 64-run win.
In that encounter, James Vince was removed second ball and the hosts were reduced to 53/4 in their chase, which is the sort of start that Starc is targeting when the sides meet again at Edgbaston this Thursday, with a place in the final on the line.
바카라The blueprint, if you like, from last time we played England was to get early wickets,바카라 explained the left-arm seamer, who took 4-43 in that game.
바카라They바카라ll get Jason Roy back for the fixture, so we바카라ll have a few days now to discuss if we바카라ll change anything but the way we played England last time is a great blueprint.
바카라I think the game against India as well, where we didn바카라t take early wickets and they were able to build an innings before exploding towards the end, showed what we바카라ve looked to improve since then.바카라
Taking consistent early wickets was exactly what Australia were unable to do against South Africa at Old Trafford, as the Proteas top four scored 281 runs between them in a total of 325/6.
Valiant innings from David Warner (122) and Alex Carey (85) got Australia close but they ultimately lost by ten runs.
바카라This performance wasn바카라t our best 바카라 we got a couple of wickets but they had a partnership through the middle, whereas in the past few games we바카라ve been really good at taking wickets in that period,바카라 added Starc.
바카라We were off it out there but we바카라re still in the World Cup semi-final which is no mean feat, especially given how a few people around the world were talking about this team three or four months ago.
바카라It바카라s something to be proud of but there바카라s a lot of work going forward to the semi-final and a lot to still take out of the South Africa game.바카라
Defeat against the Proteas saw Australia miss out on top spot in the table 바카라 which would have meant a semi-final against New Zealand in Manchester, rather than a clash with England.
But Starc isn바카라t worried about taking on the hosts, as they look to move a step closer to winning a sixth ICC Men바카라s Cricket World Cup. 바카라To win a World Cup you바카라ve got to beat everyone,바카라 he explained.
바카라It바카라s a big game now in the semi-final and hopefully we can knock them off and advance to another final.바카라
(Inputs from ICC)
