"I'm used to it now coming to England. It's a squad mentality, much the same as last time," Starc said. "Been around long enough, been dropped enough. Probably dropped the most in this squad. Not something new to me, won't be the last time, either. It's never fun, everyone wants to play."

Starc claimed four wickets in the WTC final, including a brute of a lifter to have Virat Kohli caught at slip, but later conceded he had not been able at his best.

"I came into that game feeling pretty good, but then my rhythm wasn't quite there," Starc said. "It's been a good couple of weeks of work to get back into that rhythm. We were all better for the run after that Test final at The Oval and I certainly feel less clunky than I did throughout the game.

"Hopefully, that results in some good stuff if and when I play. It's all in good order, it's just about getting some time in the middle when the time comes."

Unlike some visiting bowlers, he has not found the slope that runs across the playing area to be a problem. "It's probably more visual than anything, I didn't find it too much of an adjustment because it's got a slope," he said.

One other element that could come into play, should Starc make the cut for Lord's, is whether he will take the new ball. In the second innings of the WTC final he was used behind Boland and Pat Cummins. It was only the 13th time in his career that he had not been among the first pair, the previous of which came in his lone appearance in the 2019 Ashes at Old Trafford.

"There's been a few discussions from a few of the guys playing county cricket and the way the Dukes ball is reacting this season, potentially the fact that you get eight to 15 overs into an innings and the ball actually starts to swing then, not when it's brand new," Starc said. "There was very little swing at Edgbaston for anyone because of the dryness of the wicket."