Former Australian cricketer Ashley Mallet has called teenaged Australian test debutant Ashton Agar a ''natural born predator'', saying that Agar's attitude comes from his Sri Lankan heritage.

According to Australian newspaper The Age, the spin great felt that Agar's smooth and natural way of spinning a ball is in his Sri Lankan DNA, adding that Agar is turning out to be like other Lankan spinners, who bowl naturally, are not over-coached and become wicket predators.