Sydney, July 12: Hailing his frontline seamer Mitchell Starc, Australia coach Darren Lehmann on Tuesday said the lanky pacer has the pedigree to take 300 Test wickets, only if his fitness and workload can be properly managed across all three formats.

The injury-prone seamer was sidelined for months with an ankle injury which led to him missing the World Twenty20 in India. He made a comeback in the recent One-Day International tri-series in the West Indies.

As the left-arm pacer returns to lead the Australian attack in the Tests against Sri Lanka, Lehmann feels managing Starc's workload will be the challenge for the support staff.

"If he stays on the park, he could (take 300 wickets)," Lehmann was quoted as saying by the Age.

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