Mitchell Starc has taken fast-bowling comrade Mitchell Johnson's mantle as England's public enemy No.1 following Australia's controversial one-day victory at Lord's, according to teammate George Bailey.
Starc was booed mercilessly by the normally genteel Lord's crowd following his involvement in the dismissal of Ben Stokes via the rarely-used `obstructing the field' rule in Saturday's game.
It was Starc who threw the ball at the stumps, which Stokes blocked by throwing his hand in its path and led to his dismissal by the third umpire Joel Wilson.
It didn't sit well with the England fans, who jeered every Starc involvement for the rest of the match - until he returned with the ball to rattle the stumps of Liam Plunkett and silence the crowd.
"I think the crowd like to boo a 'Mitch' over here, don't they?" joked Bailey.
"They've probably been missing Mitchell Johnson for a couple of weeks.
"That might wake them up a bit - and the north (of England) haven't had much cricket, so they'll get to see a bit of good cricket as well."
Despite the nasty atmosphere which pervaded Lord's in Saturday's meltdown - Australian captain Steve Smith was also booed during the match presentation - Bailey believes the remainder of the series will be played in the right spirit.
He also called on critics of the decision, from fans through to England captain Eoin Morgan, to reflect on it in the coming days with less emotion attached.
"It should provide a bit of spark (for the rest of the series)," Bailey said.
"But I think once everyone takes the emotion out of the actual thing and just works through the logical things (the law) I think it's a basic decision, to be honest."
Bailey also responded to Morgan's insistence that he would've withdrawn the appeal had it been his side who were the beneficiaries.
Australia's former Twenty20 captain said, that being the case, he would expect Morgan to recall batsmen who had been wrongfully dismissed for incorrect lbw or caught-behind decisions.
Ultimately Bailey believed his captain handled the tricky situation in the perfect fashion and said he would've followed exactly the same steps and come to the same conclusion.
"I think the key words there were 'wilfully' and whether it was in self-defence," Bailey said.
"The ball wasn't going to hit him so it's not really self defence, and (in regards to wilfully) he stuck his hand out to stop it hitting the stumps."
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