WI vs AUS: Mitchell Starc completes 400 Test wickets for Australia
Starc reached the milestone in the fourth innings by trapping West Indian opener Mikyle Louis leg before wicket for 4 in the fifth over of the innings. The wicket came as part of a remarkable spell in which Starc reduced the West Indies to 7-5 in the first five overs of the innings.
West Indies would be shot out for just 27, the second lowest total in Test history. Starc himself ended with figures of 6-9 from 7.3 overs, which included a remarkable triple wicket maiden in the first over.
Starc becomes the fourth Australian to reach 400 Test wickets after Shane Warne, Nathan Lyon, and Glenn McGrath. He currently has the eighteenth most wickets in Test cricket, and is three behind Curtley Ambrose in seventeenth place.
Most wickets in Test cricket for Australia:
Shane Warne - 708
Glenn McGrath - 563
Nathan Lyon - 562
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