Big game, the Test final and the big-match player Mitchell Starc struck again as the tall Australian saw the back of both the South African openers in quick succession with the reining champions under pressure after being skittled out for 212 in the summit clash of the World Test Championship (WTC). Australia needed Starc to do some damage up top and that too without taking much time and the left-arm pacer responded instantly, dismissing Aiden Markram in the first over of South Africa’s innings and followed it up with Ryan Rickelton in a 7-over first spell.
Mitchell Starc becomes leading wicket-taker in ICC finals, breaks Mohammed Shami’s record
