PACE TRIO THE QUICKEST SINCE LILLEE AND THOMMO

DEREK PRINGLE

Coming to get you: Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins could be the quickest attack England have faced since 1974/75
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Thursday’s opening salvo at the Gabba could see England’s batsmen exposed to the quickest bowling attack ever assembled in an Ashes Test.
The likely trio of Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood have a combined speed of over 260mph, which suggests a barrage not seen since the infamous 1974/75 tour, when Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson struck terror into an England team i...

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