Starc opines the presence of Hazlewood will help him and Cummins

Mitchell Starc the Australian left-arm pacer praised his fellow bowler Josh Hazlewood, who according to him was a genius with line and lengths.

While Starc bagged two hat tricks in a match against Western Australia with cleaning up the tail twice in the match. But Starc played down his heroics to bring Josh Hazlewood into the spotlight, who according to him did the early damage to blast the top order.

"I think I was just used at the right times and cleaned up the tail against WA," he told reporters in Brisbane on Monday (November 13). "Josh (Hazlewood) was the one who blasted out the top order and Patty (Cummins) bowled really well in the middle."

Hazlewood played his first shield game of the season after being recovered from the back strain, and he was into the Test form after just over into the match as per Starc.

"He was straight back into his Test form after one over of Shield cricket," Starc said of Hazlewood. "He's a bloody genius with line and length, it allows Pat and I to be aggressive and that's how I bowl."

Starc pointed out the presence of Hazlewood in the bowling attack, which allows him and Pat Cummins to bowl fast and to be intimidated at the batsman.

"We can unleash from the other end, bowl as quick as we can and attack," he said. "He (Hazlewood) takes his wickets with line and length and Pat and I come in and try and blast teams out, try and attack the stumps and really intimidate."

When asked, whether he would replicate the Series like Johnson of previous Ashes, Starc said,"It doesn't have to be one guy who stands up if someone has a Mitchell Johnson-type series, fantastic.

"But if we win the Ashes it doesn't matter who gets all the wickets. I think we have an attack that is gelling well. Hopefully, we can stay together as a (bowling) group and do something special over the next few years.”