The experienced left-armer Mitchell Starc rose to fourth on the list of Australian Test wicket-takers following a three-wicket haul against New Zealand.
Australia will take on New Zealand in the second Test of the two-match series at Christchurch from Friday. Starc, sitting at 354 wickets in 88 Tests, is just a couple away from overtaking Lillee's tally of 355 in 70 Tests and moving to fourth position in all-time charts just behind Shane War
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Australia left-arm seamer Mitchell Starc opines that it was "humbled" to surpass 350 Test wickets during the second Test of the two-match series against West Indies at The Gabba on Thursday.
Starc made his Test debut for Australia in 2011 against New Zealand. Following that, he has appeared in 165 Test innings and picked up 350* wickets at an economy rate of 3.41.