In the second Test of the Ashes series against England, which started on Thursday in Brisbane, Australia’s fast bowler Mitchell Starc achieved the feat of becoming the bowler taking the most wickets in Test cricket as a left-arm fast bowler. With this, Starc also left Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh behind.
Starc took 6 wickets on the first day of the Brisbane Test. As soon as he took his third wicket, Starc broke Wasim Akram’s record of taking most wickets as a left-arm fast bowler in Test cricket. At the same time, after taking the sixth wicket, he left behind India’s off-spinner Harbhajan Singh.
Wasim Akram took 414 wickets in 104 Tests, while Harbhajan Singh took 417 wickets in 103 Tests. Starc is playing his 102nd Test and has taken 418 wickets.
Starc has reached 15th place in the list of bowlers taking most wickets in Test cricket. The next record on Starc’s target is that of Shaun Pollock. Pollock has taken 421 wickets in Tests.
The record of taking most wickets in Test cricket is in the name of Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan. Muralitharan has taken 800 wickets in 133 tests. In second place is Shane Warne who has 708 wickets in his name in 145 Tests. England’s right-arm fast bowler James Anderson is at number three. Anderson has taken 704 wickets in 188 tests. India’s Anil Kumble is in fourth place with 619 wickets in 132 Tests. England’s right-arm fast bowler Stuart Broad is at fifth position with 604 wickets in 167 Tests.
