Archive · 23 Aug 2026
Mitchell Starc Sets World Test Championship and International Records
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.
Mitchell Starc took 10 wickets as Australia defeated Bangladesh in the second Test at Mackay.
His match figures were 6/12 in Bangladesh’s first innings and 4/39 in its second.
Starc became the leading wicket-taker in World Test Championship history with 234 wickets.
He also moved to 11th on the all-time international wicket list with 771 wickets.
Australia bowled Bangladesh out for 64 and 95, while Shoriful Islam took 7/48.
- Who
- Mitchell Starc led Australia’s bowling, supported by Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon, against Bangladesh.
- What
- Starc took 10 wickets, became the leading wicket-taker in World Test Championship history, and moved to 11th on the all-time international wicket list.
- When
- The second Test was played on Sunday; Australia’s Test series in South Africa is scheduled for October.
- Where
- The match was played in Mackay, Australia, after the series opener in Darwin.
- Why
- Starc and Australia’s bowlers responded after Bangladesh won the first Test by nine wickets.
- 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
