Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc on Thursday achieved a historic achievement in the first Test match against Sri Lanka. In the match being played in Gaul, Stark dismissed Dimuth Karunaratne and took the 700th wicket of his international career. The special thing is that he achieved this achievement on his 35th birthday.
Australia’s top bowlers included
Mitchell Starc has now moved to fourth place in the list of the highest wicket -taker for Australia. There are only Shane Warne, Glenn McGrag and Brett Lee ahead of them. Stark has so far taken 377 wickets in Test cricket, 244 in ODIs and 79 in T20 International.
Australia dominated Sri Lanka
In the first Test being played at Gaul International Stadium, Australia declared their first innings on a score of 654/6. For Australia, Usman Khwaja (232), Steve Smith (141) and Joss English (102) played centuries.
In response, Sri Lanka started very poorly and lost three wickets within 30 runs.
- Oshda Fernando (7), Dimuth Karunaratne (7) and Angelo Mathews (7) returned to the pavilion cheaply.
- After this, Dinesh Chandimal (9 not out) and Kamindu Mendis (13 not out) tried to handle the innings.
By the end of the day’s play, Sri Lanka scored 44/3 in 15 overs and it is still 610 runs behind Australia’s first innings score.
Australia bowlers
For Australia, Mitchell Starc, Matthew Kunman and Nathan Lion took one wicket each. The Australian team now looks completely dominated by Sri Lanka in this Test match.
Will Sri Lanka be able to return or Australia will win this Test quickly and win? The answer will be found in the coming days.
