Mitchell Starc cemented his legacy in cricket by changing into the very best wicket-taker in World Cup historical past throughout Australia’s Tremendous 8 conflict towards Bangladesh on the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua. Starc reached this milestone by taking a wicket within the very first over of the match, surpassing the illustrious Lasith Malinga‘s report of 94 wickets in 60 World Cup matches.
Report-breaking achievement
Starc’s historic ninety fifth wicket got here in his 52nd World Cup match, a exceptional feat achieved throughout each ODI and T20I World Cups. He dismissed Bangladesh opener Tanzid Hasan shortly after Australia gained the toss and selected to bowl, setting the tone for a dominant efficiency. The match additionally featured a stellar match-winning efficiency from Pat Cummins, who claimed the primary hat-trick of the T20 World Cup 2024 that in the end performed an enormous half in Australia’s victory.
Mitchell Starc’s spectacular T20 World Cup report
This T20 World Cup marks Starc’s eighth ICC event and his fourth look within the T20 World Cup. His debut within the T20 World Cup in 2012 noticed him take 10 wickets in six matches at a median of 16.40. Within the 2014 version, he managed to assert 5 wickets in 4 matches. In the course of the 2021 event the place Australia gained the trophy, Starc picked up 9 wickets in seven matches, and within the 2022 dwelling version, he took three wickets in three matches. Within the present 2024 version, he has already taken three wickets, bringing his complete T20 World Cup tally to 30 wickets.
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Dominance in ODI World Cups
Starc has additionally been a formidable pressure in ODI World Cups, amassing 65 wickets. Within the 2015 version held in Australia, he took 22 wickets at a median of 10.18, adopted by one other stellar efficiency within the 2019 version, the place he claimed 27 wickets from 10 matches at a median of 18.59. Within the 2023 version, he added 16 wickets at a median of 33.00 from 10 matches to his spectacular resume.
High wicket-takers in World Cup matches for each T20I and ODI codecs mixed:
Mitchell Starc (Australia)
- Matches: 52
- Wickets: 95
- Common: 21.11
- T20I Wickets: 30
- ODI Wickets: 65
Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka)
- Matches: 60
- Wickets: 94
- Common: 21.74
- T20I Wickets: 38
- ODI Wickets: 56
Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh)
- Matches: 77
- Wickets: 92
- Common: 26.96
- T20I Wickets: 49
- ODI Wickets: 43
A cricketing legend
Starc’s contributions to ICC tournaments have been instrumental for Australia. He now ranks third on the all-time record of wicket-takers in 50-over World Cups, behind solely Muttiah Muralitharan (68) and Glenn McGrath (71). In T20 World Cups, Starc is at the moment sixteenth on the all-time wicket-takers record, led by Shakib Al Hasan with 49 wickets.