Mitchell Starc Overtakes Rangana Herath To Script Historic Test Record

I
a
mo ume tal
mome t
fo
Aust alia
c icket,
vete a
fast
bowle
Mitchell
Sta c
officially
ceme ted
his
legacy
as
o e
of
the
g eatest
ed-ball
bowle s
of
all
time.
Du i g
the
ope i g
Test
match
of
the
se ies
agai st
Ba gladesh
at
the
Ma a a
C icket
G ou d,
Sta c
b oke
the
lo g-sta di g
eco d
held
by
S i
La ka
spi
lege d
Ra ga a
He ath
to
become
the
most
successful
left-a m
bowle
i
the
histo y
of
Test
c icket.

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Sa a sh
Jai & squo;s
I dia
Call-Up
Came
At
A
Temple
Afte
10
Yea s
Of
Waiti g

Reco d-B eaki g
Mome t
I
Da wi

Mitchell
Sta c
e te ed
the
two-match
Test
se ies
agai st
Ba gladesh
sitti g
o
433
Test
wickets,
just
o e
shy
of
the
eco d.
The
histo ic
milesto e
was
achieved
at
the
Ma a a
C icket
G ou d
whe
the
36-yea -old
left-a m
pace
dismissed
Ba gladesh
ope e
Shadma
Islam.
The
c ucial
b eakth ough
took
Sta c’s
ca ee
Test
tally
to
434
wickets
i
his
106th
Test
match,
movi g
him
past
He ath’s
tally
of
433
scalps
a d
c ow i g
him
as
the
sole
eco d-holde
fo
the
most
Test
wickets
by
a
left-a m
bowle .

Climbi g
Up
The
All-Time
Test
Leade boa d

Beyo d
toppi g
the
cha ts
amo g
left-a m
bowle s,
Sta c’s
434th
wicket
also
d ew
him
level
with
lege da y
fo me
I dia
captai
Kapil
Dev
(434
wickets)
o
the
ove all
Test
wicket-take s
list.
Sta c
is
ow
apidly
closi g
i
o
South
Af ica
fast-bowli g
ico
Dale
Stey ,
who
sits
10th
o
the
all-time
list
with
439
scalps.
The
Aust alia
pace
eeds
just
six
mo e
wickets
to
su pass
Stey
a d
officially
e te
the
top
10
ove all
Test
wicket-take s
i
c icket
histo y.

Leadi g
Left-A m
Wicket-Take s
I
Test
Histo y

Sta c’s
achieveme t
fi mly
ei fo ces
his
positio
at
the
apex
of
left-a m
bowli g
i
Test
c icket.
The
top
left-a m
wicket-take s
list
cu e tly
sta ds
as:

Mitchell
Sta c
(Aust alia):
434
wickets

Ra ga a
He ath
(S i
La ka):
433
wickets

Wasim
Ak am
(Pakista ):
414
wickets

Da iel
Vetto i
(New
Zeala d):
362
wickets

Chami da
Vaas
(S i
La ka):
355
wickets

Ravi d a
Jadeja
(I dia):
348
wickets
( a ked
6th)

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E gla d
All-Rou de
Fo ced
I to
Reti eme t
Afte
Se ious
Neck
I ju y

Sta c’s
Reactio
A d
Humble
Mi dset

Ahead
of
the
se ies,
Sta c
had
played
dow
the
sig ifica ce
of
pe so al
eco ds,
ei fo ci g
that
team
objectives
we e
his
p ima y
focus.
Reflecti g
o
the
pote tial
achieveme t
via
quotes
f om
the
ICC,
Sta c
ema ked:

“It
mea s
I’ve
played
a
bit.
It
is
cool
a d
ve y
humbli g
to
be
spoke
about
with
those
guys.
But
that
stuff
does ‘t
mea
a
whole
lot
while
you’ e
still
playi g.
You
do ‘t
get
too
fa
ahead.”

Co siste cy
I
The
O goi g
Wo ld
Test
Champio ship
Cycle

Sta c
has
bee
o e
of
Aust alia’s
most
co siste t
a d
eliable
pe fo me s
th oughout
the
o goi g
Wo ld
Test
Champio ship
(WTC)
cycle.
Leadi g
up
to
the
Ba gladesh
se ies,
the
left-a m
fast
bowle
had
al eady
picked
up
46
wickets
ac oss
eight
Test
matches,
which
i cluded
a
heavy
co t ibutio
of
31
wickets
du i g
Aust alia’s
victo ious
Ashes
se ies
agai st
E gla d.

Difficult
Day
Fo
Aust alia
Despite
The
Histo ic
Milesto e

Despite
Sta c’s
pe so al
success,
Aust alia
e du ed
a
challe gi g
ope i g
day
i
the
Test
match.
Afte
wi i g
the
toss
a d
electi g
to
bat
fi st,
Aust alia
suffe ed
a
batti g
collapse
a d
we e
bowled
out
fo
a
modest
total
of
198
u s.
Ba gladesh’s
pace
bowle s
exploited
the
co ditio s
maste fully,
led
by
Hasa
Mahmud,
who
picked
up
ca ee -best
figu es
of
6/55.
Steve
Smith
offe ed
the
o ly
majo
esista ce
fo
Aust alia
with
a
top
sco e
of
71,
as
o
othe
batte
ma aged
to
pass
30
u s.
Sta c
late
p ovided
Aust alia
with
thei
ea ly
bowli g
b eakth ough
by
dismissi g
Shadma
Islam
to
seal
his
la dma k
achieveme t.

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