Starc joins Lyon in criticising SSC footholes

Australia’s spearhead Mitchell Starc has joined offspinner Nathan Lyon in criticising the deep footholes on the crease at the SSC ground in Colombo, while also intimating that the touring pacemen have not been well served by the maintenance of that area all series.

Lyon had already flagged the deep excavation in the landing areas for the bowlers after day one, and on the second morning, Starc attracted the attention of the umpires for following through in the danger zone – at least in part because his preferred landing spot was far from solid.

“It’s not great,” Starc said. “Nathan mentioned a few things yesterday about how it is after a day-one wicket. The fact that they fill the holes with not much and it was still wet this morning, and has been after each innings that we’ve bowled through the series, and the fact they’ve probably bowled 15 overs of pace through the whole series, it is a bit easier for the spinners to land on than it is for …

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