Starc is currently playing in the two-match Test series in Australia and on the occasion of his 35th birthday on January 30, he achieved a couple of memorable records. Mitchell Starc made his own birthday special by achieving a major milestone in international cricket.
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Nathan McSweeney, the substitute fielder, initially missed the catch but took it on the second attempt after diving forward, and Dimuth Karunaratne had to walk out after facing only 13 balls for just 7 runs. With this wicket, Starc scripted his name into the record books.
Mitchell Starc becomes fourth Australian to take 700 wickets in international cricket
The Sydney-born cricketer is also the 6th fastest player to reach this huge milestone, taking 373 innings. Sri Lankan great Muttiah Muralitharan remains the fastest bowler to complete 700 international scalps in just 308 international innings.
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Mitchell Starc's career in numbers
He clocked 160.4 km/h against New Zealand during a Test match at Perth in 2015. On the other hand, since Starc made his debut, no bowler has dismissed more players by the 'bowled' mode than him, with a total of 210 wickets. Ravichandran Ashwin is in the second spot with 151 'bowled' dismissals.
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