Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting has applauded veteran pace bowler Mitchell Starc, saying that he hasn’t seen him bowl better than he is now and that Starc has expanded his skill set beyond just being a new-ball and reverse-swing specialist as well.

Speaking on the ICC Review Podcast, Ricky Ponting said, “I don’t think I’ve seen him bowl better. It really has been quite outstanding what he’s done with the new ball. You know, he’s always been known as a brand new ball bowler, and then someone that was a good bowler with the old ball, the ball that was reverse swinging. But he’s added a few different dimensions to his game, a few different skills which have made him a more complete bowler.”

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Ricky Ponting also explained that the bowler has added a great seam delivery that moves across right-handers, giving him more consistency, while still retaining his full in-swinging ball as his main weapon.

“You know, he just doesn’t rely on that big in-swinger now to a right-hander. He’s got the wobble stem delivery that goes across the right-hander and gives him a lot more consistency. So he knows he can bowl that ball pretty much at will. He knows the line and length that it’s going to be delivered at. And then his big strike weapon is still the fuller in-swinging ball to the right-handers,” Ricky Ponting concluded.