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Mitchell Starc says out-and-out aggression is the key to success with both bat and ball in Twenty20 cricket.
And the 24-year-old believes his team have plenty of both as they seek to lift the one major prize that has never sat in Cricket Australia’s trophy cabinet.
Much has been made of the side’s clean-hitting batting order, led by the destructive top three of David Warner, Aaron Finch and Shane Watson.
But in Starc they boast a bowler with an impressive international average of 16.05 – the best by any Australian to have played more then three internationals in the batsman-friendly format.
Many bowlers opt for a policy of containment when someone of Warner’s ilk is hitting out, but Starc isn’t one of them.
“It’s not just about bringing about dot balls. Wicket balls are dot balls as well, and usually followed by a few more dot balls,” Starc told AAP.
“I’ve always tried to be a very attacking bowler.
“That’s first and foremost for me – try to bowl fast and take wickets. But I have to be more consistent and go for less runs as well.”
Starc’s approach is similar to fellow lethal left-armer Mitchell Johnson.
Johnson has been rested from the current T20 tour of South Africa but is set to bring his career-best form to Bangladesh for the upcoming World Cup.
“We’ve got some firepower with the bat, but also the ball as well,” Starc said.
“On any given day, any team can win In T20. But I think we’re very well placed to go the distance (at the T20 World Cup).”
Starc suggested creativity and versatility were some of the keys to bowling well in the slugfest.
“It’s about not being predictable, and having those variations. Using your short ball, yorker and slower ball,” he said.
“Spinners have always got good variations, so it’s important quicks do as well.”
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