FILE PHOTO: Cricket - South Africa vs Australia - First Test Match - Kingsmead Stadium, Durban, South Africa - March 4, 2018. Australia's Mitchell Starc celebrates the wicket of South Africa's Keshav Maharaj. REUTERS/Rogan Ward
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Compared to the wobbling tower of Jenga blocks that is the current state of Australian batting, the team's bowling remains a paragon of stability and boasts enough quality to dash India's hopes of a first test series win Down Under.
As England found to their dismay last summer, pace trumps all in Australia, the home trio of Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood filling their boots with more than 20 wickets apiece to help thrash Joe Root's team 4-0.
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