Mitchell Starc speaks ahead of ICC Cricket World Cup 2019

May 27 (CRICKETNMORE) - Mitchell Starc knows just how to ride the emotional roller-coaster of expectation - but he certainly won’t be giving England any tips. Starc’s 22 wickets saw him named play

“We had so much fun at the last World Cup and that’s going to be key to being successful here. You can’t train every day, you’ve got to grab your downtime when you can, otherwise it’s a very long six weeks.

“You play your best when you are smiling and I have that feeling in this group. There are different guys but it reminds me a lot of four years ago.

“There’s lots of smiles and laughter and you need that in winning games. I think a happy group always shows in results. The last four years has flown by and we just want to replicate that feeling again.

 “It’s felt like a really long lead up and after those tours of India and the UAE, it would have been nice to start straight away.  It seems the World Cup in Brisbane was a very long time ago and we’re keen to just get stuck in.”

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