Mitchell Starc is speaking to Mark Howard on Fox Cricket before the beginning of play on day two.
Starc explains how Australia was able to get itself back into the contest after a nightmare opening session yesterday.
“We put the first two hours out of our mind, I think,” he said.
“The wicket didn’t do what we expected, I suppose. In Cape Town you expect a bit more pace in the wicket, it had a bit of that tennis ball bounce.Â
“We had to reassess at lunch. That [short ball tactic] is a ploy we can go to, we’ve got three tall men, four when Greeny is bowling.Â
“After lunch we were what we expected of ourselves.Â
“It wasn’t a lot [of discussions at lunch time], to be fair. A few little individual discussions. I saw one or two little conversations with Ronnie and James Franklin.
“We’ve played a lot of cricket, so it doesn’t take much to reassess, which I think is a feature of our group, being able to problem solve on the go.”
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