Australia VS West Indies: Mitchell Starc eyeing 300 Test wickets

    Tests against the West Indies in Perth and Adelaide offer tailor-made conditions for the left-arm as he approaches the 300 Test wickets mark

    Mitchell Starc is 13 wickets away from the magic 300 mark Mitchell Starc is 13 wickets away from the magic 300 mark

    Mitchell Starc is looking forward to a potential dream start to the summer's Test matches on tempo-friendly pitches and becoming the seventh Australian to take 300 wickets.

    Mitchell Starc is 13 wickets away from the magic 300 mark and has every chance of reaching that figure in the two-Test Frank Worrell Trophy series starting in Perth on Wednesday.

    That could see him join the illustrious list of Dennis Lillee, Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath, Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson, and Nathan Lyon in reaching the milestone.

    The left arm's danger is based on his current wicket rate: Mitchell Starc's strike rate of one wicket every 49.9 balls would be the best of any Australian to reach 300.

    Australia's best Test wicket-takers

    Shane Warne: 708 wickets, 145 Tests, average 25.41

    Glenn McGrath: 563 wickets, 124 Tests, average 21.64

    Nathan Lyon: 438 wickets, 110 Tests, average 32.07

    Dennis Lillee: 355 wickets, 70 Tests, average 23.92

    Mitch Johnson: 313 wickets, 73 Tests, average 28.40

    Brett Lee: 310 wickets, 76 Tests, average 30.81

    Craig McDermott: 291 wickets, 71 Tests, average 28.63

    Mitch Starc: 287 wickets, 71 Tests, average 27.62

     

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