MELBOURNE (Reuters) - The retirement of Mitchell Johnson, coupled with the injury cloud hanging over Mitchell Starc, will force Australia to dig deep into their pace reserves during the home summer but ready-made left-arm replacements are in short supply.
Australia head into next week's series opener against West Indies without a left-arm paceman for the first time since August 2013, when they were beaten in the fourth test of the Ashes at Chester-le-Street.
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