Australia's fast bowler Mitchell Starc, playing his 100th Test, ripped through the West Indies batting order on the third day of the third and final Test against West Indies. The 35-year-old claimed six wickets for just nine runs in 7.3 overs, thus setting a record.
The left-arm pacer's heroics saw him become the quickest ever to a five-wicket haul in Test match history, doing so in 15 balls! The previous record was held by Ernie Toshack against India in 1947, which was 19 balls, Stuart Broad against Australia and Scott Boland against England in 2021.
Fastest Five-wicket Hauls In Test Cricket History
Mitchell Starc (Australia) - 15 balls vs West Indies in 2025
Ernie Toshack (Australia) - 19 balls vs India in 1947
Stuart Broad (England) - 19 balls vs Australia in 2015
Scott Boland (Australia) - 19 balls vs England in 2021
Shane Watson (Australia) - 21 balls vs South Africa in 2021
Relive Mitchell Starc's 15-ball Masterpiece - WATCH
Starc's bowling was fast as lightning as he dismissed John Campbell of the very first ball. On the last ball of his over, he sent back Kevlon Anderson and Brandon King. In the third over of his fiery spell, Starc sent back Mikyle Louis and Shai Hope as the Aussie completed his fifer in 15 balls, to leave the hosts reeling at 7/5.
Starc's Milestone In 100th Test
Starc also snapped up his 400th Test wicket playing in his 100th Test. He became the second fast bowler from Australia to do so, after Glenn McGrath who has 563 wickets to his name.
“It’s been a fantastic series. I think we’ve seen some difficult batting conditions throughout,” said Starc, who claimed his 400th career test wicket in his 100th test, a memorable milestone. “It’s been a good few days, very enjoyable and I’ll go home with a smile on my face.
“We saw last night the conditions with the hard pink ball under lights. It’s pretty difficult. We didn’t think it would happen as quickly today, until the sun went down a bit.”
Australia’s bowlers dominated the series after winning the first two Tests — by 159 runs in Barbados then by 133 runs in Grenada — to sweep the Frank Worrell Trophy.
