Australia pace bowler Mitchell Starc on Thursday (December 4) said that he could not be compared with legendary Pakistani fast bowler Wasim Akram after he surpassed the Pakistani great as the leading left-arm pace bowler in Test history.

Starc’s six-wicket haul on day one of the second Ashes Test in Brisbane gave him 418 Test wickets, four more than Akram.

“Wasim’s still a far better bowler than I am," said Starc.

“So as far as I’m concerned, he’s still the pinnacle of left-armers and certainly he’s right up there with the best bowlers to ever play the game.

“It’s nice to be spoken of up around that, but I’ll just try to keep churning a few out."

Starc led the Australian attack in the day-night match at the Gabba in the absence of his usual strike partners Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewo

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