FILE PHOTO: Cricket - Australia Press Conference - Edgbaston, Birmingham, Britain - June 26, 2018 Australia's Aaron Finch during the press conference Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia captain Aaron Finch said relieving pace spearhead Mitchell Starc of new ball duties in the opening one-day international against South Africa was an attempt to snap his team's horror run of losses, albeit one that had backfired.
Eyebrows were raised when Nathan Coulter-Nile opened the bowling with Josh Hazlewood in Sunday's series-opener in Perth, breaking Starc's three-year streak of opening the bowling in internationals.
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