Starc breaks Anderson’s record for most first-ball Test wickets: See top 5 list
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Mitchell Starc broke James Anderson's record and passed Dale Steyn with a stunning 6/12 spell against Bangladesh in the 2nd Test in Mackay. Read match highlights and top order updates.
Australia’s Mitchell Starc couldn’t have asked for a better start to the second Test against Bangladesh in Mackay. The left-arm quick broke multiple records inside the first session on the opening day on Saturday (Aug 22). Starc, 36, picked up a wicket on the first ball of the match, and surpassed James Anderson with a ninth career first-ball strike.
Playing his 107th Test match, Starc also surpassed Dale Steyn’s tally of 439 Test wickets, entering the list of top-10 highest Test wicket-takers of all time. He returned with excellent figures of 6/12 in 10 overs, with six maidens, as Bangladesh got all out for 64 in just 34 overs. He sits in the 10th position with 441 Test wickets and counting.
Record five-for and more
Unsurprisingly, Starc picked up his 19th Test five-wicket haul in just 22 balls, his second-fastest and sixth overall in the format’s history. Against the West Indies in an away Test last year, he created a world record by dismissing five batters in 15 deliveries.
Starc first dismissed the left-hander Shadman on a first-ball duck caught in the gully, before removing his opening partner Tanzid Hasan (0) and captain Najmul Hossain Shanto (0) on successive deliveries in his second over. In his third over, Starc accounted for Mominul Haque caught for nine and then completed his record five-wicket haul—in just 22 minutes—by trapping Litton Das lbw for a duck.
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Starc’s magical spell reduced Bangladesh to 12 for five at one stage, with things turning bad to worse after Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood made it 39 for nine. A 24-run stand for the 10th wicket between Taijul Islam and Shoriful Islam saved Bangladesh from registering their lowest Test total. But Starc returned to pick up his sixth wicket and dismiss Bangladesh for 64 in the first innings.
Bowlers with most first-ball dismissals in Tests -
- Mitchell Starc (AUS) : 9 wickets
- James Anderson (ENG) : 8 wickets
- Ray Lindwall (AUS) : 7 wickets
- Richard Hadlee (NZ) : 7 wickets
- Kapil Dev (IND) : 7 wickets
Australia’s top order fumbles
In response, Australia too lost their top four just after surpassing the three-digit mark. While returning Matt Renshaw was out for eight, Travis Head (22) got out chopped on for the third time in this series. Marnus Labuschagne was the next to depart for just four, before Steve Smith and Cameron Green stitched a partnership to bail them out.
The left-arm seamer Shoriful then dismissed Smith plumb for 42.
