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Soccer’s most stylish kits of 2025-26: The world’s best jerseys you probably missed
For all the new signings, coaches, tactics and even stadiums on display, there is always one aspect of a fresh season that we tend to revel in more than most; the worldwide flurry of exciting new home, away, third and fourth kits that inevitably come with the arrival of a new campaign.
With several weeks of the 2025-26 season already played, you’ve had plenty of time to become acquainted with many of the various new jerseys that have been released by the clubs populating the top leagues around the globe.
We’ve already scoured, rated and slated a number of the kits unveiled by the big sides across Europe, with Liverpool leaving it late to unveil one of the loveliest shirts that you’ll see in the Premier League this season.
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However, as is generally the case, there are also many sides just below the elite level that have made it their business to produce high-fashion and slickly stylish designs. You know the ones: the kind that send both supporters and kit aficionados into a flurry of excitement, setting them off on quests to acquire said kits for their own personal collections.
It’s become our mission to help draw attention to these kits lest they go completely under the radar, which would be utterly unforgivable judging by the amount of truly chic new football shirts that have been rolled out over the past few months.
Having vastly upped their game over the past decade, Ajax just don’t seem to miss with their third shirts these days, and the 2025-26 model is certainly worthy of inclusion. The light beige jersey has minimal blue and maroon trim, but the real star of the show is the achingly beautiful historic crest, which dates from 1928 and has returned to the Amsterdam giants’ kit this season to mark their 125th anniversary.
They may not be the most famous football club from the Buenos Aires province, but Aldosivi have certainly made a bold claim to being the best dressed with the launch of an exquisitely stylish third shirt. It is inspired by their coastal locale and the Italian fisherman who travelled to their Argentine port city of Mar del Plata and bought their Catholic faith with them — hence all the religious iconography printed within the lush green stripes.
An away kit that pays testament to the skills of local craftspeople, Spanish club Almeria’s funky blue kit is notable for the wonderful sunflower mosaic pattern covering the main trunk of the shirt. Inspired by Andalusian ceramic art, the graphic is specifically intended to resemble the kind of ornamentation found on plates and tableware in the Spanish region.
With several high-profile players on board for 2025-26 (including Paul Pogba, Eric Dier and Ansu Fati) it’s only fitting that Les Monegasques look the part too. Pairing nicely with that emblematic red and white home shirt, the away variant is a sumptuous deep blue-and-gold design that features a swirled pattern in the material, which itself is inspired by the brushed sand and tranquil zen of Monaco’s idyllic Japanese Garden.
Avaí home (Volt)
It’s perhaps fitting that Avaí launched their prim new home kit with help from the Riachuelo Nautical Club as the jersey itself could easily pass for a vintage Etonian rowing shirt. Simple, elegant and the use of rich, lustrous colours just oozes class.
A late addition to Adidas’ phalanx of gorgeous retro third kits, Bayern’s latest Oktoberfest jersey is perhaps the finest yet thanks to its muted cream and minty green colourway to the traditional embroidering around the crest. The jersey also implements a “two birds with one stone” approach to marking anniversaries, being a nod to both Bayern’s 125th birthday and it being 190 years since the first Weisn celebrations took place in Munich.
Technically designated as the Norwegian club’s “third alternate kit,” the icy blue-and-white design is inspired by the enormous Svartisen glacier and as such features a crystalline, geometric graphic. Bodo/Glimt are also keen to draw attention to the fact that Svartisen is gradually melting and thus issue a stark reminder that it could completely disappear within the next few decades if climate change is not urgently addressed.
It feels weird to say, but Burton Albion are actually one of the best-dressed teams in European football this season thanks to a batch of kits created by TAG sportswear. The home kit is a half-and-half design inspired by the first shirt the Brewers ever wore but the corresponding away kit — resplendent in bottle blue — is a cut above.
Inspired by the River Trent that flows through the town and has powered its famous brewing industry for centuries, the shirt also has a rippled print in the fabric and is capped off by that sumptuous monogrammed club crest.
Cádiz away (Macron)
A dark red-and-gold design that comes with a gridded print inspired by traditional southern Spanish art and in particular the delicate patterns of ceramic azulejo tiles which have been used to adorn houses, churches, palaces, restaurants, schools, train stations and other such buildings all across Iberia since the 13th century.
CE Jupiter home (Meyba)
Jupiter are a regional Catalonian club who are based in Barcelona and play just across the city from the Camp Nou. Playing in a similar striped Blaugrana kit to their more illustrious cross-town neighbours, the team from Camp Municipal La Verneda have mixed things up this season with a washed-out colour palette and a set of retro gold names and numbers that are utterly, utterly dreamy. It’s like looking at the best kit LaLiga giants Barcelona never had.
When it comes to consistent colours, Dresden have never played in anything other than gold-and-black at home so the base palette of their 2025-26 strip shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. However, closer inspection reveals that the material is actually pressed with a flocked motif inspired by the famous Zwiebelmuster (blue onion pattern) that was created by the Meissen porcelain factory in 1739 and went onto become one of the most popular ceramic designs in the world, having now been in production for over three centuries.
It just so happens that 2025 is both the 77th anniversary of FC Cologne and the 777th anniversary of the Kölner Domkirche cathedral, which has stood in the centre of the German city since 1248. As such, the Billy Goats have produced a limited edition anniversary kit that on first inspection appears to be a fairly standard black-and-gold jersey. Look closer, and you will find that the material also has a lavish repeating pattern inspired by the cathedral’s masonry work and internal decor.
FC Luzern anniversary kit (Errea)
Swiss side Luzern have marked their anniversary by releasing a special edition “1901” strip that is dripping with class. Pre-emptively marking next summer’s 125th birthday in style, the dark navy ensemble has classy taping over the shoulders and the name of their hometown proudly stamped across the midriff in large white lettering. Lovely.
Adidas have produced a range of delightful retro-infused third shirts for their biggest clients this season with Liverpool, Manchester United, AS Roma and Lyon to name but a selection of the notable beneficiaries. However, for our money Flamengo have landed the best of the bunch with an off-white and gold design that also features subtle horizontal “waves” and an elegant club crest that both nod toward the Brazilian side’s origins as a rowing club.
This effort is a luxurious purple-and-gold number that comes complete with a polo collar and a stylish, sublimated print made up of the various flora and fauna of the Brazilian pampas grasslands, and the Gaucho ranchers that still work the land there. The hope is to raise awareness about local environmental preservation, and of course to look ridiculously sharp while doing so.
In what might be a first as far as football kit design is concerned, Vitória de Guimarães’s new third kit is apparently inspired by the colours and markings of the indoor basketball court at the club’s multi-sport facility. The shirt itself is a lesson in how shirt can stand out with a simple design and bold colour choices.
Hibernian anniversary kit (Joma)
Mimicking the very first shirt ever worn by Hibs precisely 150 years ago, the all-white “Heritage” kit is almost ghostly in appearance with just the original Irish harp club crest picked out in black. It’s said that the team played their first match against Hearts on Christmas Day in 1875, with all players instructed to turn up wearing a white knitted Guernsey sweater with the harp stitched onto the chest.
While Kaiserslautern’s regulation home kit for the new season is nothing to write home about, the anniversary shirt that was released alongside it most certainly bears a second look. The deep, blood red-and-gold design also has darker stripes that are actually made up from fragments of all of the German club’s former crests, taking in every iteration of the side over the past 125 years — from the current logo, to that of FC 1900 Kaiserslautern and even FC Bavaria, 1902 Kaiserslautern and FV Phönix Kaiserslautern, all of which merged throughout the 1920s to form the club we know today.
In a somewhat unlikely turn of events, Welsh side Newport linked arms with Athletic Club to celebrate the historic friendship between the two clubs that stretches back almost 100 years. It all began during the Spanish civil war of 1937 when thousands of Basque children were evacuated to Britain, many of whom were taken in and cared for by the local community in Newport.
To mark that special relationship, the League Two club have produced a red-and-white striped away kit that actually somehow looks better than anything Athletic have ever worn, at least in recent memory.
While the design itself is fairly straightforward, we simply have to commend Oxford for creating a third shirt in the most eye-popping shade of teal imaginable. Positively luminous, the base tone is then lifted into the stratosphere by the addition of neon pink trim. The teal is a visual reference to the oxidised copper that sits atop Oxford’s iconic spires while the pink is a nod to the gaudy spray-paint that was used to vandalise the city’s famous Ox statue in 2011.
It’s loud and lairy, but we love it all the same.
Usually draped in red and blue, the 2025-26 Real Avila home kit is pinker than usual and all the more handsome for it. Looking like it was airdropped straight out of the 1980s, the shirt has a slimline cut, shoulder taping and the very snazziest of geometric prints.
The blue, banded Sampdoria home kit is an undeniable, tried and true staple of the classic football kit sphere and rarely does it ever look anything less than resplendent. Having tinkered with the design slightly in recent years, it’s nice to see that Macron have done the decent thing and kept the creative flourishes to a minimum this season, instead letting that beautiful Blucerchiati band take centre stage.
While renowned for their glaring orange home kit, Ukrainian side Shakhtar have opted for a pale cream-and-gold third shirt this year which also bears an all-over repeating pattern inspired by their club insignia. The logos are all applied in a burnished tone to add to the opulent feel and the national colours of blue and yellow border the central crest itself as a subtle, yet proud, display of unity and strength.
Sorrento have been the talk of the town in football kit circles this summer after releasing a slew of wonderfully deluxe 2025-26 jerseys that are all inspired by Mediterranean culture. The home version is a salute to Renaissance art and in particular local Sorrentine wood inlay work, the type of which can be found on the elaborate writing desk at the Correale Museum of Sorrento.
The five diamonds “inlaid” across the chest are also a symbol of the Neapolitan city and appear on the coat of arms.
With kits designed in collaboration with Drake’s Nocha fashion label, Venezia are aiming to become the hippest football club on planet Earth and on the evidence provided, they are making a decent fist of it. The Italian side’s latest away kit is based on silhouettes of classic strips of yore, with smart detailing borrowed from the Venetian Renaissance masters. The beige body looks almost silken, and the claret shoulder yoke coupled with the orange-and-green checkered trim just finishes the whole thing off perfectly.
We thought Young Boys knocked it out of the park with their aquamarine away kit last season but if anything, they’ve somehow managed to step things up for 2025-26 with a blushed rose, claret and gold shirt inspired by the fabulously ornate fountains that are dotted all around Bern old town. It’s also worth pointing out that the Swiss side’s initialised crest is an absolute beauty and would enhance just about any kit.
The first one-day international (ODI) of the three-match series between Pakistan and Sri Lanka will be played at Pindi Cricket Stadium today. The toss is scheduled for 2:00 PM, with play starting at 2:30 PM.
Shaheen Shah Afridi will lead the Pakistani side, marking his second ODI series as captain.
Recently, Pakistan defeated South Africa 2-1 under Afridi’s leadership.
Sri Lanka will be captained by Charith Asalanka.
Historically, out of 157 ODIs between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, Pakistan have won 93, while Sri Lanka have won 59; one match was tied and four ended with no result.
At Pindi Cricket Stadium, the two teams have faced each other twice, with each side winning once.
Sri Lanka also played a one-day game against Zimbabwe at this venue, securing a win.
The Pindi Cricket Stadium pitch offers a well-balanced surface for both batters and bowlers, though spinners may play a bigger role as the match progresses, particularly in the second innings.
Historically, teams batting first have enjoyed success here, with the average ODI innings total around 270.
Pakistan predicted playing XI: Fakhar Zaman, Saim Ayub, Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan (WK), Agha Salman, Hussain Talat, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi (C), Naseem Shah, Abrar Ahmed
Sri Lanka predicted playing XI: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (WK), Charith Asalanka (C), Janith Liyanage, Kamindu Mendis, Asitha Fernando, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dushmantha Chameera, Maheesh Theekshana, Jeffrey Vandersay, Pramod Madushan
Kicking off on Jan. 17, 2026, at Auckland’s famous Eden Park, the OFC Professional League, even if you might not have heard of it until now, is one of the most ambitious footballing projects in recent memory.
Covering the vast expanse of the Pacific, the FIFA-backed league will seek to bring professional football to not just one country for the first time but an entire confederation, with a view already towards expanding as far as the United States.
Here’s all you need to know about soccer’s newest professional league.
What is the OFC Pro League?
The OFC Pro League is a new, professional competition that has been set up by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), with the support of FIFA. Given their small size and the relatively nascent stage of its footballing development — New Zealand is the largest nation in the region — none of the OFC’s members have previously been able to support a fully professional competition, which this cross-confederation competition seeks to address.
In providing a new professional destination, it’s hoped the competition will help to raise the level of football in the OFC, which now holds a direct qualification slot to the FIFA World Cup under the newly expanded 48-team format. The competition will also provide a stronger pathway and platform for players from the Pacific to earn moves to clubs in Australia, Asia, and the rest of the world.
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“To be accepted into this professional league is already huge for us,” Solomon Islands technical director Moses Toata told ESPN. “It means a lot of opportunities for coaches, for players, and for football in the country. It will change a lot of things; the way we look at football, the way we approach football.
“The changes that the professional league will bring to player development, there’s aspiration, even for the young ones. They will look up to the pros in the league, and say: ‘That’s where I want to be.’
“We just don’t [presently] have the right environment to nurture them and to develop the talents. We do have a lot of younger fans coming up, and I can say, with this league, I think this will increase the opportunity for more players coming up through the ranks. For our youth development programs, to our national academy program, and hopefully, in the future, we can see them at this stage.”
Which clubs will play in the OFC Pro League?
The inaugural edition of the competition will field eight teams, featuring a mix of existing and newly created entities. New Zealand is the only nation with two representatives, with Auckland FC representing the country’s North Island, and South Island United (rebadged from Christchurch United) representing its South.
Auckland FC (Auckland, New Zealand)
Bula FC (Fiji)
PNG Hekari (Papua New Guinea)
Solomon Kings (Solomon Islands)
South Island United (Christchurch, New Zealand)
South Melbourne (Australia)
Tahiti United (French Polynesia)
Vanuatu United (Vanuatu)
What’s the format of the OFC Pro League?
The new competition will run from January through to the end of May, with each entrant playing a minimum of 17 games. Teams will initially face each other twice across a series of circuit rounds planned to be staged across Auckland (New Zealand), Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea), Melbourne (Australia), Honiara (Solomon Islands), Lautoka (Fiji), and Suva (Fiji). Full fixtures are yet to be released.
Following the circuit series’ conclusion, the four sides with the most points will be split off into a “leaders” group, and the bottom four will be placed into a “challengers” group. Following another round-robin, the three highest-ranked sides from the leaders group will advance to the semifinals, while its bottom-placed side will face the highest-ranked side from the challengers group in a playoff to determine the final semifinal spot.
The single-leg semifinals and final will then be played in a central location, with Eden Park set to host these fixtures in the first year.
What’s at stake in the OFC Pro League?
Beyond earning the right to call themselves the champions of the Pacific, the winner of the OFC Pro League will secure a place in the FIFA Intercontinental Cup, while team’s performances in the competition on a quadrennial basis will be used to determine Oceania’s entrant at the newly reformatted FIFA Club World Cup.
How is the OFC Pro League being funded?
Clubs will be required to cover the costs of their own personnel, but the OFC has committed to subsidising the first four years of the competition with a US$40 million investment, which itself has been made possible thanks to the financial backing of FIFA.
Speaking at a launch event for Fijian outfit Bula FC, Fiji Football Association president Rajesh Patel, who also serves as a member of the OFC Executive Committee and the FIFA Council, claimed the competition would receive a four-year, US$20 million investment from the Saudi Tourism Authority, saying “we are thankful for this investment, which makes professional football a reality in our region.”
Speaking at a launch event for the league in Auckland in October, OFC general secretary Franck Castillo wouldn’t comment on the prospect of Saudi money being used to help fund the competition, nor claims that such an investment would represent an attempt at “sportswashing.”
“We are still finalising. We cannot answer yet,” Castillo said. “We are formalising everything, but in due course we will announce all the funding, but let’s say that it’s secured.
“I won’t comment on that, but when it comes to partnerships, I will explain [at a later date].
“We’ve got a good reason to partner with the people who want to partner.”
The Pacific has seen a significant amount of investment in sports in recent years, mostly tied to broader geopolitical maneuvering. China invested more than $US100 million in infrastructure for the 2023 Pacific Games in the Solomon Islands — which was described as a gift, not a loan — while the Australian Government has partnered with the NRL to place a new franchise in Papua New Guinea.
Are there any roster or spending restrictions in the OFC Pro League?
The OFC Pro League will not feature a salary cap but will have limits on the number of foreign players a team can field. In addition to fielding an unlimited number of players drawn from within their country, entrants will be allowed to field three players from the OFC in their squads, in addition to a further three players drawn from anywhere in the world.
Vanuatu United has already announced the signing of former Brisbane Roar goalkeeper Matt Acton and Australian defender Hassan Ramazani ahead of the opening season, while PNG Hekari — Papua New Guinea’s most successful side, that has rebranded from Hekari United — have signed Brazilians Erick Joe, Kaûe Silva, and Rafael Chaves.
Is there VAR in the OFC Pro League?
Yes, the cameras necessary to implement video review will be placed at every stadium that hosts games during the competition, with training and match simulations already commenced for OFC VAR officials, who will work out of an Auckland-based hub, under the guidance of former UEFA Champions League final official Mihaly Fabian.
Who has the OFC Pro League broadcast rights?
While OFC officials hope the league eventually grows to the point where it is attracting broadcast revenue, the OFC Pro League will be available globally and for free on the FIFA+ platform, where games from various Oceanian club and international countries are currently broadcast.
The OFC says that broadcasts will be produced using a five-camera setup, with commentators — drawn from the ranks of local media at the various locations where the competition will be staged — that will visit during its circuit series, calling games on location.
What’s the future of the OFC Pro League?
Long-term, it’s the hope of clubs that the competitions will expand and become financially viable enough to adopt a home-and-away format. Castillo indicated that the OFC aspires to expand the league by two as soon as possible, but that this will depend on funding, with other officials telling ESPN that such an aspiration would largely depend not only on the strength of new applicants for the competition but also on how well foundational clubs established themselves.
American Samoa, Cook Islands, New Caledonia, Samoa, Tahiti, Tonga, are full OFC members that aren’t yet represented in the new competition, while Kiribati and Tuvalu are associate members that are likewise unrepresented. With Asian Football Confederation member Australia represented via South Melbourne, OFC officials have already flagged a willingness to take the league outside the confederation and have previously expressed an openness to a team based in the United States.
“The league needs to grow,” Castillo said at the launch event. “We are starting now with eight teams, because it’s about funding, and we have the funding for eight teams. But we want to have more than eight teams in the future. And we are very confident with that. The first year is always the most difficult, because people do not believe in this thing.
“We know that this will be a major project, not only for the region, but for the world. Because I can tell you, the world will talk about this league. We are the only confederation without professional football, and we will now demonstrate that we can do it.
“And you will see amazing results. And because of the amazing results, people will talk about this league around the world. That will be a human story. So I’m very confident that we will secure more funding, and with more funding, we can get more than eight teams. At the moment, it’s a circuit series. If we increase more than 10 teams, then we have like a conference League, and we can have more and more teams.”
Did you say a team from the United States could play in the OFC Pro League?
Yes, a team from Hawaii, to be precise. With Honolulu a nine-hour flight from Auckland, Castillo said that placing a team in Hawaii remains an aspiration of the OFC, which would not only maintain the Pacific nature of the competition but also give it a foothold in the United States, in theory giving it a greater ability to commercialise.
“It’s about market as well, to open to the U.S. market and the Americas market,” he said.
Why are Auckland FC allowed to play in the OFC Pro League?
Auckland FC somewhat stand out among the OFC Pro League’s inaugural entrants in that they’re the only club that was already playing in a professional competition: the A-League Men. Bankrolled by American billionaire businessman Bill Foley, who also owns AFC Bournemouth in the Premier League and the Vegas Golden Knights in the NHL, Auckland FC are the defending premiers of the A-League, finishing atop the table as an expansion franchise in 2025.
Despite the A-League and OFC Pro League seasons overlapping, the club plans to maintain a presence in both competitions heading into the future, with football director Terry McFlynn, rather than the A-League coach Steve Corica, to lead the side into the Pacific. This has necessitated extra restrictions on their roster: limited to fielding a maximum of three players over the age of 23 contracted to their A-League side. They will, however, be allowed to field further players over the age of 23 if they aren’t registered for the A-League. Both Auckland and the OFC insist that the club won’t simply be fielding a reserve side in the OFC Pro League, with it expected that it will look to recruit extra players, especially from the Pacific, for its new commitment.
Importantly, Auckland FC will also be eligible to qualify for the FIFA Club World Cup through the new competition, and while they’re prevented from fielding their strongest squad in the OFC Pro League, the placements of transfer windows surrounding the global club showpiece would allow them to do so in the Club World Cup without running afoul of their registration restrictions.
“The winner goes to the Intercontinental Cup each year, and then the most successful team every four years gets to go to the Club World Cup,” Auckland chief executive Nick Becker told ESPN. “That’s something that isn’t possible for us in the A-League setup. Even if we win the A-League, as we did when we won the Premiers’ Plate last season, we didn’t qualify for the Asian Champions League because we can’t, because we’re an Oceanian team. This now gives us the opportunity to go out there and compete on those global stages.”
Why is South Melbourne, an Australian team, allowed to play in the OFC Pro League?
South Melbourne also stand out given they’re based in Australia, which left the OFC to join the Asian confederation in 2006. South’s presence in the league — and the absence of A-League side Wellington Phoenix — has raised many an eyebrow in soccer circles.
South Melbourne have a long, storied history. Named Oceania Club of the Century in 2010, the then South Melbourne Hellas were a stalwart of the Australian top flight — the NSL — until its demise in 2004. Omitted when the A-League was founded in 2005, South have been fighting for top-league football ever since. Now a foundation member of the new Australian second-tier, the Australian Championship, South will maintain their existing commitments alongside the OFC Pro League and will be required to make the step up from a semi-professional level to compete.
However, mirroring the situation confronting Kiwi-based sides Auckland and Wellington in the A-League, South will not be eligible to qualify for FIFA international tournaments through the OFC Pro League. They will, though, be eligible to receive a share of the FIFA World Cup payments that will be redistributed throughout the league by the OFC to ensure competitive balance.
“It’s a little bit like the same situation that we’ve got with the A-League,” Castillo said. “The A-League has invited two teams from New Zealand [to compete] and we believe that we should have done the same [for the OFC Pro League].
“It’s also a practical situation. We open the Australian market and we open the Asian markets [with South Melbourne’s entry]. Therefore, it’s a win-win situation.
“Australia was part of the OFC before. And there’s a long history with South Melbourne. They have been named the club of the century for Oceania. And I think that they are very proud [of that]. It was a competitive [bidding] process, with independent members to select the clubs, and we are happy that, finally, South Melbourne can come back with us.”
How competitive will the OFC Pro League be?
On a surface level, fully professional Auckland, even with the restrictions on overaged players they will operate with, appear to be the clear favourites for this new competition — especially considering semiprofessional Kiwi outfit Auckland City ran roughshod over the OFC Champions League for years. South Melbourne, meanwhile, are one of the most well-backed clubs outside the A-League in Australia and, on a surface level, would seem their closest rivals.
OFC officials, however, are confident that both clubs will face plenty of challenges in the new season.
With the opportunity to play in a professional competition, many of the Pacific-based clubs are expected to almost become quasi-national teams. Stéphane Auvray is the head coach of both Bula FC and Fiji, Samuel Garcia is set to lead both Tahiti United and Tahiti, and German tactician Lars Hopp will have roles with both Vanuatu United and Vanuatu.
MELBOURNE: Australia paceman Mitchell Starc has urged curators to prepare bowler-friendly pitches for the Ashes, warning against flattening surfaces to maximise five-day revenue as England’s aggressive “Bazball” approach looms.
Australia defeated India 3-1 in the last home summer on pitches that offered encouragement for batters and bowlers alike, and Starc said he hoped that would continue in the five-test series against England.
“I hope the groundsmen stick to their guns and prepare the wickets they want,” Starc told Australian media.
“If we are worried about five days of revenue then there’s bigger problems at hand.”
Left-armer Starc took a four-wicket haul for New South Wales on a tepid Sydney Cricket Ground pitch on Monday in the Sheffield Shield match against Victoria.
Though encouraged by his bowling in his first first-class match since July, Starc said the wicket would have played right into the England batters’ hands.
“Yeah no doubt. Especially if they’re pretty docile wickets like this,” he said.
“We know the way they’re trying to play their cricket. We’ll worry about that next week.”
Starc, who recently quit T20I cricket to extend his career in tests, said his bowling rhythm was back after a long layoff from red-ball cricket and he was building nicely for the Ashes series-opener in Perth starting on November 21.
“I think the break was a good thing, but I just tend to be someone who continuous bowling keeps in rhythm,” said the 35-year-old.
“I’ve just been speaking to (head coach) Ronnie (Andrew McDonald) then, I think I’ve sorted it out and now it’s just getting the engine going again.”
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