Mitchell Starc wants Australian fans to get stuck into Ben Stokes:
Australia
pace bowler Mitchell Starc has urged his fans to “get stuck into” England Ben
Stokes if he gets selected in the squad for Ashes tour.
Mitchell Starc claimed Ben Stokes' wicket in 1st Investic 2015
Ben
Stokes & Alex Hales were arrested by police after he was found guilty of causing
bodily harm & they were suspended from internationals by England &
Wales Cricket Board.
ECB
is waiting for more information about the case as both batsmen were suspected
in a fight outside a nightclub.
Police
reported that Ben Stokes was locked up in prison for a night & he was
released without charge but he remains under investigation.
Ben
Stokes was in the squad for Ashes tour but ECB announced that he wouldn’t
travel with the other England players.
Mitchell
Starc said, "I guess I'd love if he was out here. I'd love for the
Australian crowd to get stuck into him the way the Poms (English) get stuck
into our blokes over there.
"Regardless
of whether he's here or not, I think the atmosphere is going to be great at all
the grounds.
"I'm
really looking forward to that atmosphere and if Ben is playing I'm sure it's
going to be hyped up and really loud. But I'm sure Ben knows how to cope with
that sort of stuff if he does play."
England
who had been defeated 5-0 in last Ashes & without Ben, they will find it
very difficult to take revenge.
Mitchell
Starc wants Australian fans to give a hostile welcome to England players with
or without Ben, & he thinks that it can make a difference to the
performance of some players.
"Why
not? Go for it. The Aussie boys will be backing you all the way in," he
said.
"On
certain people I think it can (affect their performance)," he added.
"For
certain guys, if they're copping it in the crowd they enjoy the banter, they
give it back and really enjoy that atmosphere and that banter both ways with
the crowd.
"Other
guys will go into their shell and it might affect their cricket."
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