Australian pacer Mitchell Starc became the fourth Aussie bowler to achieve 700 international wickets during the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle. This milestone cements his place among Australia's leading wicket-takers across all formats,

After dominating the first two and a half days of the opening Test against Sri Lanka, Australia found itself battling an unexpected adversary — Galle’s unpredictable sub-tropical weather.

Australian pacer Mitchell Starc completed 700 international wickets, becoming only the fourth Aussie bowler to do so on Thursday. Starc accomplished this feat during his side's first Test against Sri Lanka at Galle.

Mitchell Starc shows his difference as rain and Dinesh Chandimal save the Sri Lankan captain's blushes. Here are the quick hits from day three in Galle.

I interviewed Mitch Starc a few days before the first Test in Galle. It was probably the most profound mood I’d ever found him in during an interview. For someone who has generally kept his cards close to his chest,

Smith, who got off the mark with his 10,000th Test run on day one, still has a fair bit of work to do to catch Tendulkar’s all-time record of 15,921 Test runs, but statistics-based X account CricTracker has revealed that the two greats’ numbers are almost identical at this point of their careers.

Mitchell Starc achieved a significant milestone by taking the important wicket of Dimuth Karunaratne during the second innings of the first Test. This marked the 700th wicket of his international career across all formats.

Rain in Galle forces an early lunch and stays around until stumps after Australia picked up two Sri Lankan wickets in the morning session on day three of the first Test.

Starc set a significant international record by taking the wicket of Dimuth Karunaratne on Day 2 of the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle.

In the past 15 years, Australia has only enforced the follow-on five times, with acting skipper Smith in command for one of those matches, a win over the West Indies in Hobart in 2015. But it may be Australia's clearest path to victory against Sri Lanka.

Dinesh Chandimal's unbeaten half-century and persistent rain in Galle delayed Australia's push for victory in the opening test against Sri Lanka on Friday.Only a 27-over session was possible on day three with Sri Lanka losing two wickets and slumping to 136-5 before rain stopped play.

Mitchell Starc became just the fourth Australian to take 700 wickets in international cricket on Thursday, joining Aussie legends Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath and Brett Lee. And it came amid a crazy stat around wife Alyssa Healy,