EARLIER this year Trent Copeland offered the highest praise to the performances of Mitchell Starc in limited overs cricket, but this week the Bathurst seamer was undoubtedly impressed by his red ball form as well.
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Copeland played alongside Starc in the NSW Blues side which sealed an eight-wicket Sheffield Shield win over Tasmania at Drummoyne Oval on Monday.
It was a match in which Starc claimed 10 wickets, snaring 5-40 in the first innings and 5-20 from his 19.5 overs in the second as he starred for the Blues.
It means Starc is now in line for a Test recall and a chance to further demonstrate why Copeland, who took 1-34 off 14 overs in the second innings against Tasmania, is a fan of his work
"Mitchell Starc could well go down as the greatest ODI bowler of all time," Copeland said earlier this year.
"I don't say that lightly, he could be better than Akram, better than Murali, better than Warne and better than McGrath.
"His numbers are just flat out incredible. He has the best strike rate ever and he's the fastest bowler to 150 ODI wickets."
Left-arm quick Starc pulled off the fourth 10-wicket haul of his career for NSW on Monday morning to see Tasmania bundled out for just 140 in their second innings.
NSW then cruised to their target of 45 inside nine overs.
As well as claiming the scalp of Beau Webster, Copeland took two catches for the match.
It continues the Blues' unbeaten start to the shield season.
