During the third Test match against West Indies, Australia's lead pacer Mitchell Starc achieved a new feat. Here is all you need to know (Pic: X/File Pic)
Updated On: 2025-07-16 10:05 AM IST
Compiled by : Sujay Shivalkar
In the West Indies' second innings of the third Test match, Australia's lead pacer Mitchell Starc claimed six wickets by bowling 7.3 overs and conceding nine runs (Pic: File Pic)
With this, he became the bowler to achieve the feat of claiming a five-wicket haul in the fewest balls in the longest format of the game (Pic: File Pic)
Starc enjoys the top spot on the list by having registered a fifer in 15 balls during the Test match against the Caribbean (Pic: File Pic)
Former Australian cricketer Ernie Toshack achieved the feat in 19 balls during a Test match against India in 1947 (Pic: X/@ICC)
In a Test match against Australia in 2015, former England pacer Stuart Broad claimed a five-wicket haul in 19 balls (Pic: File Pic)
Australia's Scott Boland comes next with a record of 19 balls against England in 2021 (Pic: File Pic)
Former Australian all-rounder Shane Watson took 21 balls to register a five-wicket haul against South Africa in 2011 (Pic: File Pic)
