MA Starc of Australia scored 54 not out against England in the ongoing test at Manchester. This knock represents his sixth fifty while batting at number nine in a test innings. He now owns the record of scoring most fifties by a batsman batting at number nine in a test innings. He went past KS More of India, GP Swann of England and DL Vettoti of New Zealand who had scored five fifties while batting at number nine in test innings. MA Starc’s six fifties are tabulated below

No	Runs	Pos	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	99	9	1	v India	Mohali	14 Mar 2013
2	66*	9	1	v England	Manchester	01 Aug 2013
3	52	9	2	v India	Brisbane	17 Dec 2014
4	58	9	3	v England	Birmingham	29 Jul 2015
5	58	9	1	v England	The Oval	20 Aug 2015
6	54*	9	1	v England	Manchester	04 Sep 2019