Burns to open alongside David Warner at the GabbaJustin Langer gives Starc nod ahead of Michael NesserJustin Langer has confirmed Joe Burns’s return as David Warner’s opening partner in the first Test against
Pakistan, while Travis Head is back in the middle order and paceman Mitchell Starc will play ahead of Michael Neser.
Australia coach Langer on Tuesday challenged Australia’s new-look top order to go big at the Gabba starting Thursday and set the tone for a century-laden summer. It took until the sixth Test for an
Australian to notch triple-figures on home soil last season, while only Steve Smith and Matthew Wade managed the feat during the Ashes.