No, genuinely.
England are set to go 3-0 down in the current Ashes series, trailing by 127 runs in their second innings after Australia hit a whopping 662 in their first.
It was always going to be tough for England down under, where the pitches favour fast bowling; a trait that the Aussies have in abundance.
And arguably the most dangerous fast bowler in Australia’s squad, Mitchell Starc, demonstrated exactly how devastating he can be on home soil when he bowled out James Vince on Day 4 of the Third Test with a ball being dubbed a possible ball of the century or at least ball of the (Australian) summer.
ICYMI: The ball of the century
Mitchell Starc's ridiculous delivery from EVERY angle 😮
Just. Wow.#ItsTheAshes pic.twitter.com/H165bQXTJy
— Cricket on TNT Sports (@cricketontnt) December 17, 2017
This delivery from Starc has everything: pace, a good length, and it straightens off the seam, fooling James Vince completely. Vince racked up 83 runs in the second innings of the first test, but England’s top order has struggled to pick up runs throughout the series. And with unplayable bowling like that, it’s not hard to see why.
Starc has already picked up 19 wickets this series and is showing no signs of slowing down. Being a left-arm fast bowler, he offers something different to the other Australian fast bowlers: Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood, and no-one seems to know how to stop him.
