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Australia vs Pakistan ODI Series: Australia's star pacer Mitchell Starc's lethal in-swingers and subtle variations were on full display in the first ODI match against Pakistan as he started his spell with a maiden over, orchestrating the downfall of Men in Green opener Saim Ayub.

Having already debuted in T20 and Test formats, Ayub was handed an ODI debut cap in the opening match. However, his joy of debut was short-lived as in the third over Starc with a fuller length ball lured Ayub to play a mistimed shot.

The left-handed batter looked to play a shot towards the covers when a stunning in-swinger from Starc took an inside edge to rattle his stumps.

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Starc was on the roll with the new ball and dismissed Saim Ayub and Abdullah Shafique to derail Pakistan early in the match. The two wickets helped him join the elusive list of greats. He joined Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath in an elite list.

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Starc took his tally of wickets in home ODIs to 101 thus taking him to fifth in the list of most ODI wickets by an Australian at home.

Legendary Australia pacer Brett Lee holds the record for most wickets in ODI on home soil with 169 scalps in 94 matches.

Glenn McGrath holds the second position with 160 wickets in 95 matches while Shane Warne occupies the third with 134 wickets in 83 games, followed by Craig McDermott, who has 125 scalps in 88 matches.