Mitchell Starc: Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc took three wickets on the first day of the first cricket test against West Indies (AUS vs WI 1st Test) in Brisbane (The Gabba, Brisbane) and he became the 5th Australian bowler to take 350 wickets in test cricket. became. 33-year-old Starc touched this figure by getting Alek Athanaze (8) caught by Alex Carey behind the wicket. He also had Tejnarine Chanderpaul (21) caught by Steve Smith in the slips. Starc took the 351st wicket in the form of Justin Greaves (6). West Indies won the toss and batted first and had scored 145 runs for 5 wickets till lunch. Starc became the 27th bowler in the history of Test cricket to take 350 wickets.
Let us tell you that left arm fast bowler Mitchell Starc completed 350 wickets in the 165th innings of his Test career. Before him, only Shane Warne (708), Glenn McGrath (563), Nathan Lyon (512) and Dennis Lillee (355) could cross the figure of 350 wickets in Test cricket. Starc has so far achieved the feat of taking five wickets in 14 innings in his Test career. He has become the third left arm fast bowler who has taken 350 wickets in Test cricket. Before him, Pakistan’s Wasim Akram (414) and Sri Lanka’s Chaminda Vaas (355) have crossed this figure.
It is noteworthy that Mitchell Starc played his first Test against West Indies in the year 2012. So far, he has taken 27 wickets at an average of 19 in seven tests against the Caribbean team. Taking four wickets for 28 runs against West Indies has been his best performance. Starc has taken five wicket hauls in Tests against other teams except India and West Indies. He has a golden opportunity to achieve this record in the first match against West Indies. It may be noted that Starc has so far taken 126 wickets in 33 Tests abroad and 10 wickets in four matches on neutral grounds.
