Australia are currently taking on Bangladesh in the second Test of the two-match series at the Great Barrier Reef Arena in Mackay. This is a crucial Test for the home side, who would be looking to save themselves from a series defeat with a win. They started the match off with a bang as they bowled out Bangladesh for a mere 64 runs. Mitchell Starc was the star of the show with the ball, as he managed to break a massive world record and achieve something that has never been done in World Test Championship (WTC) history.

Mitchell Starc finished with figures of 6/12 in his 10 overs. With this six-wicket haul, he now has 230 wickets in the WTC. he nowbecomes the player with the most wickets in the competition’s history. He goes past his teammate Nathan Lyon who has 225 wickets in the WTC.

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Mitchell Starc was on fire, as if he was out to make a statement, and bowled thunderbolts to decimate the Bangladesh top order, claiming a five-wicket haul in just 22 balls. He struck with the very first delivery of the Test, removing Shadman Islam after he was caught in the gully. Starc then accounted for Tanzid Hasan, who had scored a century in the previous Test, before trapping Najmul Hossain Shanto LBW with the very next delivery. The Australian quick continued Bangladesh’s demolition in his third over, dismissing Mominul Haque before sending Litton Das back to the pavilion. Out of the five wickets he took before Lunch, four of them were dismissed without troubling the scorers.

the sensational spell by Starc also helped him leapfrog Dale Steyn in the list of most wickets in the format. Starc, now 10th in the all-time list, has 440 wickets in 107 Tests. His fifer was the sixth quickest in history in terms of balls taken; however, Starc already tops the list, having taken a 15-ball fifer against the West Indies last year.