Adelaide, Dec. 18 -- Australian pacer Mitchell Starc continued to have an Ashes campaign for ages, becoming the first-ever cricketer to have 10 fifty-plus scores at number nine or lower in Test cricket.

Starc achieved this feat during the third Ashes Test against England at Adelaide Oval. Batting at number nine, Starc once again delivered, scoring a quick 75-ball 54, with nine boundaries.

Batting at number nine or lower, Starc has been extremely servicable for Australia with the bat, scoring 1,745 runs at an average of 24.57, with nine fifties in 95 innings and best score of 99.

His distant rivals are England's Stuart Broad (2,305 runs in 127 Tests, with a century and five fifties) and New Zealand's Daniel Vettori (1,275 runs in 58 Tes...