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Mitchell Starc Sets World Test Championship and International Records

Mitchell Starc Sets World Test Championship and International Records
Mitchell Starc takes the throne as leading wicket-taker in World Test Championship history · firstpost.com

Mitchell Starc is a fast bowler who plays for Australia.

He took 10 wickets in a Test match against Bangladesh.

Bangladesh was dismissed for only 64 runs in its first innings and 95 in its second.

Starc took six wickets in the first innings and four in the second.

His performance helped Australia win after Bangladesh had won the first Test in Darwin.

Starc also became the highest wicket-taker in World Test Championship history.

He passed Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon in that competition.

Across all international cricket, Starc now has 771 wickets and ranks 11th.

Key facts

Starc’s match figures
10 wickets: 6/12 in the first innings and 4/39 in the second
World Test Championship record
234 wickets at an average of 24.25, making Starc the competition’s leading wicket-taker
International wickets
771 wickets in 302 matches at an average of 25.07
All-time ranking
11th-highest wicket-taker in international cricket
Bangladesh’s scores
64 in the first innings and 95 in the second
Australia’s first-innings score
210, giving Australia a 146-run lead
Awards
Starc won Player of the Match and Player of the Series after taking 12 wickets in the series
Bangladesh’s leading bowler
Shoriful Islam took 7/48, the article-described best figures by a Bangladesh bowler away from home

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