Mitchell Starc scripts history vs Bangladesh, breaks James Anderson's unique first over record
After winning the toss, Australia captain Pat Cummins chose to field and Mitchell Starc made an impact with the first ball. He dismissed Shadman Islam for a duck, registering his ninth first-over wicket in Test cricket and moving past England's James Anderson, who had eight such dismissals.
Australia reclaimed control in the second Test against Bangladesh, crushing their opponents to 64 all out on the opening day of the final encounter in Mackay. Following the toss, Australia captain Pat Cummins opted to field and star bowler Mitchell Starc made an immediate impact with the very first delivery. Starc dismissed Shadman Islam for a duck, becoming the first bowler to record nine first-over wickets in Test cricket, surpassing England's James Anderson's previous record of eight.
Starc then proceeded to take five wickets in the first seven overs, as Bangladesh plummeted to 12/5, marking the sixth-fastest five-wicket haul in Test history. By lunch, the visitors had slipped to 35/6. Cummins added three more wickets for 25 runs, further collapsing Bangladesh's total to 39/9. Although Bangladesh attempted to recover, they ultimately failed, finishing 25 runs short of their lowest-ever Test score of 43 against West Indies in 2018.
Starc finished the match with 6/12 from 10 overs, surpassing South African legend Dale Steyn's 439 Test wickets and now sitting as the 10th-highest wicket-taker in Test cricket with 441 wickets. The match also saw Starc break Steyn's record of the most five-wicket hauls (19) and three 10-wicket match hauls, with his best figures of 7/58.
For Bangladesh, the fall came after Australia's nine-wicket defeat in the previous Test in Darwin, putting them under pressure at the start of the second Test.
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