Australia’s talismanic batsman Steve Smith is on the verge of scripting the ongoing fifth and final Test of the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India at the iconic Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). He would achieve this milestone on the 2nd day Prasidh Krishna did not remove it.
Steve Smith was just five runs short of his 10,000th run by Prasidh Krishna on Day 2 of the ongoing New Year’s Test in Sydney. Smith was good to Krishna first, hitting a big hit for a six and a square slip for a four.
Steve Smith falls short of 10,000 Test runs but reaches 5,000 home runs
But then Krishna delivered a magic ball to give India a crucial lead by dismissing the Australian batting maestro for 33 runs off 57 balls at the SCG. However, the former Australian skipper may have missed out on 10,000 Test runs by a matter of hours, but he managed to add another feather to his already illustrious record.
In fact, Smith crossed 5000 Test runs in Australia on Day 2 of the fifth Test against India at the SCG. With 5,011 runs in 58 home Tests at an average of 60.37 to his name, the right-handed batsman becomes the sixth Australian to reach the milestone of 5,000 Test runs at home.
Smith also scored 18 centuries and 19 fifties for Australia, joining legends like Ricky Ponting, Allan Border and more. David Warner 5000 club. Notably, Smith is the only one with an average above 60.
Meanwhile, Steve Smith is set to become the 15th player in Test history to score 10,000 or more runs in the format if he can get past five runs in the ongoing SCG Test against India. He will also become only the fourth Australian to do so, after Ricky Ponting, Allan Border and Waugh.
Steve Smith ranks his top 10 centuries and picks a favorite in Test cricket
Meanwhile, Steve Smith talks about his top 10 innings and picks his favorite Test century from those innings as he approaches a historic milestone in the ongoing SCG Test.
Well, Smith picked up his maiden Test century which came during the fifth match of the 2013 Ashes. series It was his 10th favorite hundred against England when he scored 138. His number 9 was 215 at Lord’s, as Smith said: “I remember the night before that I didn’t sleep, I literally didn’t wink. “I went to play and I felt good from the beginning.”
The former Australian captain scored his last Gabba Test hundred against India at No. 8, 111 at the WACA against England in 2013, and an unblemished 121 at 7 and 6 in the 2023 World Test Championship final against India. .
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“It was just a good, solid knock,” said Smith, picking his remarkable knock of 211 at Old Trafford in 2019 as the number five best of his Test career. The modern Australian great then scored a fourth-placed 109 against India in Pune, followed by 141* against England at The Gabba in 2017, his best-ever third Test knock.
The batting maestro said: “The ball was cracking all over the place. It was the first Test match of the summer. We had a bit of a fight early on from memory to play the way I did. There were good shots because it wasn’t at the end.” Well, Smith’s second best Test ton was against South Africa at Centurion in 2014, when he scored 100 against a quality attack.
Finally, Smith chose his 144-run knock against England at Edgbaston in 2019 as his all-time favorite Test knock. He signed off by saying, “Yes, I’ve been out for a year. It was huge to help the team in the first innings of the Ashes series in England.”
What is your favorite Steve Smith Test century?
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