Australia's 35-year-old secured England's Harry Brook at the Gabba stadium in Brisbane on the first day of the day-night second Ashes Test marking his 415th wicket since debuting at the same venue 14 years earlier.

This achievement took him beyond Akram, who is widely regarded as the finest left-arm bowler in cricket history.

Akram appeared in 104 Tests and took 414 wickets, while Starc reached this record in his 102nd match, aided by a career-best 7-58 in the first innings of the opening Ashes Test in Perth.

Starc now ranks 16th on the all-time wicket takers list and has the chance to surpass both India's Harbhajan Singh (417) and South Africa's Shaun Pollock (421) during the current pink-ball Test match.

Following that, he will target New Zealand's Richard Hadlee (431) as his next milestone.