India demolished Australia four nil in their recent Test series, and England in turn beat India last year, so the assumption would be that England will have the upper hand come mid-year.On the fast bowling side of things, coming from India means even if we get a flat wicket in England it's going to feel like a green seamer. England is going to be a tough tour again, but the conditions mean a different game plan to India.We did it in the first Test. We did it for an hour where they might've scored maybe 40 or 50 runs and it got away from us. We did it in the second Test for a session when they scored about the same, but then [they] scored a truckload again.But Starc has cautioned against handing England the 'favourites' tag, even though the Aussie batting order is in disarray, saying they have a different game plan for English decks and will be more comfortable on them.For the quicks, the tour was all about trying to wear [the Indian batters] down and slow the scoreboard down. I think that's when we were most effective, when [we] bowled in those partnerships and slowed the flow of runs.Starc said: "I don't think there's any point in comparing England to India. The conditions are so different, obviously the wickets in India are flat and slow. There's no grass on them at all and they're made to favour the Indian spinners.
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