Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc, who beat Saqlain Mushtaqs 19-year record to become the fastest ever to 100 ODI wickets, played down the landmark and described it as something he could sit back and reflect later. Darnell Savage Jr. Youth Jersey .Starc achieved the feat in his 52nd ODI when he had Dhananjaya de Silva skewing a catch to midwicket off a deceptive slower delivery in Colombo on Sunday. Starc did not concede a boundary and finished with figures of 3 for 32, which laid the foundation for Australias first win of the Sri Lanka tour.I guess its [being the fastest to 100 ODI wickets] something I could sit back and reflect on later on, Starc said following Australias three-wicket win. Quite frankly Im glad its finished now, I dont have to hear about it or talk about it anymore. I was just glad I could contribute to a win tonight. I guess it was a scrappy game, and once the series is finished or later down the track I could reflect on.Starc was Australias lone bright spot during the 0-3 defeat in the Test series in Sri Lanka, taking 24 wickets at an average and strike rate of 15.16 and 25.80. No other bowler has picked up 20 or more wickets in a Test series in Asia at a better strike rate than Starcs. He generated reverse swing from over the wicket as well as from around the wicket, which affirmed his status as one of the fiercest fast bowlers. Starc said the presence of former South Africa fast bowler Allan Donald as the sides bowling coach was fantastic.I have enjoyed working with AD through this tour, Starc said. Obviously worked with AD in the IPL [with Royal Challengers Bangalore] in the last couple of years and hopefully will in the years to come. Through this tour, he has been fantastic for us, his knowledge of playing in Sri Lanka, talking about reverse swing, it has been fantastic.Starc also credited Donalds predecessor Craig McDermott for setting him on track for the 2015 World Cup, where he returned 22 wickets at 10.18, the best average in a World Cup for a bowler who took at least 15 wickets. Starc ultimately bagged the Man-of-the-tournament award.It [the turnaround in white-ball cricket] was work done before the World Cup with Craig McDermott especially, maybe 12 months prior to the World Cup and tinkering on a few things - my wrist [position] and swinging the ball and a tri-series [against India and England] before the World Cup, he said. I think everything started to click and it all felt really good. Then obviously the World Cup was a pretty special period for the whole group and for me it was nice just to get the ball in the right areas more often than I probably had in the past. 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But Saturdays late afternoon rain storm ended up being an inspiration rather than an insult, as the Reds scored two goals over the final seven minutes to defeat the Columbus Crew 2-1, ending a BMO Field futility mark that had extended over 16 matches and more than a year. "If we get a monsoon every last 10 minutes that would be great," Bobby Convey quipped afterwards. "The fans got into it and they got right behind the team and you saw that it gave everybody energy. "Hopefully theres more of this to come." Convey was the catalyst, setting up both goals as TFC won for the first time in seven matches, along the way snapping a goalless drought of more than 420 minutes, the worst in Major League Soccer in 2013. "To get that monkey off the back is big," said TFC head coach Ryan Nelsen. "Its something weve got to build on." Second-half substitute Andrew Wiedeman, who ironically scored the decisive goal the previous time Toronto won at BMO Field on July 18 of last year, played hero again. 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