Australian seamer Mitchell Starc has hailed his teammates Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins as the best exponents of the “wobble seam” delivery of the world. Starc’s comment came after Australia thrashed England by eight wickets in the Ashes Opener in Perth.

The 35-year-old Starc’s recent mastery of the wobble seam delivery, which relies more on purchase from the pitch than movement through the air, has helped him a lot during the opening Test against England.

During the Ashes opener, Starc registered his career-best 7-59 in an innings, picking 3-10 on the first hour on Day 1.

Interestingly, he picked up the key wickets of Zak Crawley and Joe Root, both for ducks, with the wobble seam delivery in the first innings.

The left-arm seamer dismantled England’s captain Ben Stokes’ strumps in th

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