5 wickets in the fewest balls in Test cricket, star Australian bowler breaks world record

Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc created a historic record in the third Test match against the West Indies in Kingston. Playing his 100th match in his Test career, Starc created a stir in the second innings of the Windies team. Mitchell Starc has created a world record in his name in the third Test. He has set a record of taking 5 wickets in the fewest balls in Test cricket. Earlier, this record was in the name of Ernie Toshack. He took 5 wickets in 19 balls against the Indian team in 1947. Now after 78 years, Starc has broken this record. In the third Test, the West Indies were given a target of 204 runs to win, but the entire team was all out for 27 runs. This is the second lowest score in the history of Test cricket. 7 batsmen of the West Indies could not even open their account, Mitchell Starc took 6 wickets and Scott Boland took 3 wickets. Josh Hazlewood took 1 wicket. Starc took 3 wickets in the first over, dismissing John Campbell (0) on the very first ball. He dismissed Kevalan Alston Anderson (0) on the fifth ball and Brendon King (0) on the last ball. Then in the fifth over, he dismissed Michael Lewis (4) and Shai Hope (2) to create this world record.

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