Left is just right for Starc fan Wasim

ADELAIDE, Australia: Wasim Akram can’t wait to see five left-arm seamers in action when Australia and Pakistan clash Friday for a World Cup semi-final spot, but admits Mitchell Starc is his favourite exponent.
The Adelaide showdown promises a feast of left-arm pacemen with Australian spearhead Starc the leading wicket-taker in the World Cup with 16 victims in five matches.
Feared for his pace and bounce, Mitchell Johnson has taken nine wickets while James Faulkner has three in three games since returning from a side strain on March 4.
Pakistan’s left-armers are led by Wahab Riaz (14 wickets) and Rahat Ali (seven).
They were on course to have three in Friday’s game before giant seamer Mohammad Irfan (eight wickets) was forced out of the tournament on Tuesday with a stress fracture of the pelvis.
Left-arm fast bowling legend Wasim, part of the Pakistan team which won the country’s only World Cup title in 1992, said he is anxiously waiting for the showdown of lefties.
“It excites me no end,” Wasim told AFP. “When I used to play there were very few left-armers, it was a sort of novelty but now.... I will be the most excited person at Adelaide Oval.”