Mitchell Starc Milestone: In the first ODI against Pakistan, Mitchell Starc did wonders at home by taking 3 wickets, beating these Australian giants in this matter.

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Australia National Cricket Team vs Pakistan National Cricket Team Match Scorecard: Australia national cricket team vs Pakistan national cricket team The first ODI match of the three-match ODI series was played on 4 November (Monday) at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne. Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc achieved an amazing feat by showcasing his bowling skills in the first ODI against Pakistan. Starc shook Pakistan's start with the new ball, giving initial shocks to Pakistan by taking the wickets of Saim Ayub and Abdullah Shafiq. With these two important wickets, Starc registered his name in the list of players taking the most ODI wickets in Australia along with legends like Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath. Also read: Australia defeated Pakistan by 2 wickets in a thrilling match and took the lead in the series; Bowlers wreaked havoc, see highlights of the match

In the first ODI match, Australia pushed Pakistan on the backfoot. During the game, Pakistan's score in the 34th over was 124/6. Among the top-order batsmen of the Pakistani team, only Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan were seen struggling against the Australian bowling. Babar scored 37 runs while Rizwan played an important inning of 44 runs.

Starc has taken his number of wickets in home ODI matches to 101, making him fifth in the list of bowlers taking most wickets at home for Australia. With this, he has become the fastest bowler to achieve this feat. At the top of this list is Brett Lee, who has taken 169 wickets in 94 matches. In second place is Glenn McGrath, who took 160 wickets in 95 matches. Shane Warne is at third place with 134 wickets in 83 matches, while Craig McDermott is at fourth place with 125 wickets in 88 matches.

Starc took his 100 ODI wickets in Australia in just 54 innings, surpassing Lee's record of reaching the milestone in 55 innings. Another Australian legend Glenn McGrath is at third place in this list, who took his 100th ODI wicket in Australia in the 56th innings. Starc is the 30th player in any country to take 100 or more ODI wickets. South African legend Shaun Pollock has made this record by taking 197 wickets in South Africa.