Mitchell Starc 450 Wickets: Australia’s left arm fast bowler Mitchell Starc has created history. He has set a new record in world cricket. Mitchell Starc is the first left-arm pacer in the world to take 450 wickets in Test cricket. 36 year old Mitchell Starc achieved this milestone in the second test against South Africa. The second test match is being played between South Africa and Australia at St. George Park in Gkebarha.
On the second day of this match, Mitchell Starc opened his account by dismissing Matthew Britzke on a personal score of 4 runs. After this, on the third day of the match, he dismissed Vian Mulder and completed his 450 wickets in Test cricket. In the morning session on the third day of this rain-affected Test, Matt Renshaw took the catch of Wiaan Mulder off Starc’s ball. With this, 450 wickets have been registered in his name in Tests.
Starc broke Glenn McGrath’s record
36-year-old Mitchell Starc has become the fourth bowler for Australia to take 450 or more wickets in Test cricket. Before Mitchell Starc, Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath and Nathan Lyon have achieved this feat. Mitchell Starc achieved this milestone in his 109th match playing for Australia. Mitchell Starc has made the world record of taking the fastest 450 wickets in Test cricket in terms of balls. In this matter, Starc has broken the record of former Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath. McGrath had bowled 23,474 balls to complete his 450 wickets in Test cricket, whereas Mitchell Starc has achieved this feat in just 20,577 balls.
Fastest bowler to take 450 wickets in test
Mitchell Starc is the only left-arm fast bowler in the world who has completed 450 wickets in Tests. At the same time, he is only the 10th bowler in the world to complete 450 wickets in Test cricket. However, Mitchell Starc missed out on becoming the fastest bowler to complete 450 wickets in terms of matches. Starc achieved this milestone in his 109th match. He is at number six in this list. At the same time, Glenn McGrath is the fourth fastest bowler to complete 450 Test wickets. At number one in this list is Sri Lankan legend Muttiah Muralitharan, who achieved this feat in just 80 Test matches.
- Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) – 80 Tests
- Ravichandran Ashwin (India) – 89 Tests
- Anil Kumble (India) – 93 Tests
- Glenn McGrath (Australia) – 100 Tests
- Shane Warne (Australia) – 101 Tests
- Mitchell Starc (Australia) – 109 Tests