(Reuters) - A well-grassed wicket might have been the last thing Mitchell Starc expected to see after landing in Abu Dhabi but Australia's pace spearhead was loath to get his hopes up ahead of the second test against Pakistan.
The left-armer was made to toil on a typically lifeless pitch in the drawn first test in Dubai, grabbing only a solitary wicket while conceding 108 runs for more than 40 overs' work in broiling heat.
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