Mitch and Mitch! Mitch johnson replica

[Jersey #10]

Over a decade ago India found a Sachin Tendulkar replica in Sehwag and now OZ may have found their own Mitchell Johnson replica in Mitchell Starc!

Mitchell Johnson's action is not easily repeatable. Wrong. Just come to the Australia nets on their tour of India, and look at the other Mitchell bowl. Starc, the 20-year-old quick from New South Wales, is almost a Johnson clone. He is tall, seven centimetres more than Johnson, has shortish, black hair, bowls left-arm quick. And then there is the load-up that gives it away. His left arm goes low, he stops for a split second before the crease, and you see that the original Mitchell is actually bowling in the other net. Rub your eyes. Then you look closely, and you can make out the differences. Starc is more high-arm, and his action is slightly more repeatable. Johnson, who met Starc for the first time on this tour, acknowledges the similarities. "The action looks similar," Johnson says. "He is a lot taller in the action. He has got a bit of sling. He has got pace - low 140s to mid 140s." Johnson has more flattering things to say. "I have seen him on TV once or twice. He has got it all - the height, the pace, the bounce, the swing. The raw material is there, he just needs to fine-tune things. He has a bit of a rawness about him, but you want to leave that in. It will be a good tour for him, and he will be looking forward to learn as much as he can from myself and Doug [bollinger], us being left-armers." Starc's first impression wasn't too bad. In the nets, albeit on greenish and damp pitches, he troubled every batsman. The beauty of it all, though, is that Starc never consciously modelled his action on anyone. Five years ago, in fact, he was a wicketkeeper. "[Maybe] Troy Cooley [the bowling coach] is the common factor. He has worked with both of us," Starc says. "Don't think I modelled my action exactly on him. I didn't try and copy anyone in particular. Both left-arm. But he is not the worst guy to be compared to. He is a world-class bowler." Starc can point out differences, though. "We are both reasonably tall," he says. "Mitch bowls quicker than me. I am taller than him. I concentrate more on my bounce, compared to him. People draw comparisons to our load-ups." Starc says people told him of the similarities when he made his first-class debut in March 2009. "I wasn't too fazed by it," he says. "I am still trying to stay natural and [do] what works for me. I am not trying to be Mitchell Johnson, I am trying to be Mitchell Starc. I don't think I can set out to bowl like Mitch. I try to stay natural and athletic." Given Bollinger is playing the Champions League Twenty20 in South Africa for the Chennai Super Kings, there is every chance Starc might get to bowl in the three-day game against Board President's XI in Chandigarh, starting Saturday. There could be a Mitch at each end, bowling like the other. It promises to be a sight.

http://www.cricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2010/content/story/478603.html

[rahulrulezz]

Woww and check out his pace....Man, I am actually jealous.... These kids from Australia bowl mid 140s .... What is wrong with us Indians... Its time Indian mentality towards gym and fitness change.. In Canada, gym classes are compulsary in order to get the full credits to pass highschool.... Low protein diet and no health culture is the main reason we lack behind in sports...

[The Outsider]

Woww and check out his pace....Man' date=' I am actually jealous.... These kids from Australia bowl mid 140s .... What is wrong with us Indians... Its time Indian mentality towards gym and fitness change.. In Canada, gym classes are compulsary in order to get the full credits to pass highschool.... Low protein diet and no health culture is the main reason we lack behind in sports...[/quote'] So Canada must be teaming with phhaaassht bowlers?

[Chandan]

Woww and check out his pace....Man' date=' I am actually jealous.... These kids from Australia bowl mid 140s .... What is wrong with us Indians... Its time Indian mentality towards gym and fitness change.. In Canada, gym classes are compulsary in order to get the full credits to pass highschool.... Low protein diet and no health culture is the main reason we lack behind in sports...[/quote'] I fail to understand why you guys are so obsessed with speed! Did you notice what happened to the fastest bowler in BP XI vs Australia match? Did you notice what happened to Tait y'day in T20 match?

[rahulrulezz]

So Canada must be teaming with phhaaassht bowlers?

atleast we guys are better in almost every sport(barring Cricket) than India....with a population of almost 1/100 of Indias population, Canada win wayyyy more medals in Olympics, CWG and other events than India...arrey Outy bhai.. Its just that its time Indian cricket fans should accept the fact that we still dont have one genuine fast bowler out of more than a billion population... and I largely blame that on our mentality towards fitness and diet in general...

[rahulrulezz]

I fail to understand why you guys are so obsessed with speed! Did you notice what happened to the fastest bowler in BP XI vs Australia match? Did you notice what happened to Tait y'day in T20 match?

o really?? who is the phaastest in BP X1...bowling in 130s among bunch of trundlers doesn't make u PHAST!! and all tehse phaast bowlers such as Thomson, Lille, Shoaib, B.Lee and Tait have better averages, strike rates in almost all the formats than ALL the trundlers we have produced in our histroy of Cricket... Accept it!!! Raw pace is the strongest weapon of a pace bowler... You can deny it as much as you want...

[Hindustani]

atleast we guys are better in almost every sport(barring Cricket) than India....with a population of almost 1/100 of Indias population' date=' Canada win wayyyy more medals in Olympics, CWG and other events than India...arrey Outy bhai.. Its just that its time Indian cricket fans should accept the fact that we still dont have one genuine fast bowler out of more than a billion population... and I largely blame that on our mentality towards fitness and diet in general...[/quote'] You can not Compare a Developed Country with a Developing Country. Btw, Canada and Australia has the highest medals/population ration in the world in any world event. Born Winners!!!

[Pak_Forever]

Pace is cricket. Site of a fast bowler running in and bowling deadly bouncers, yorkers and wickets cart wheeling is the best site in cricket. Cricket is honestly lifeless to watch without pace. Do they held raw talent type tests in India, where they go to streets and just test bunch of street cricketers. It can't be possible that there are no quick bowlers in India. Maybe there's no attempt to search by the authorities and academies. Do academies like MRF recruit raw talent?