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Australia’s talismanic batsman Steve Smith is on the cusp of scripting history in the fifth and final Test of the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India at the iconic Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). I would have achieved this milestone on day 2 Prasidh Krishna he didn’t take it out.
Steve Smith was dismissed just five runs short of his 10,000th career by Prasidh Krishna on Day 2 of the ongoing New Year’s Test in Sydney. Smith had initially handled Krishna well, hitting a big shot for a six and a square for a four.
Steve Smith falls short of 10,000 Tests but reaches 5,000 at home
But then Krishna bowled a magic ball to give India a crucial breakthrough by dismissing the Australian batting maestro for 33 runs off 57 balls at the SCG. However, the former Australian skipper might have missed the 10,000-Test milestone by a few hours, but he managed to add another feather to his already illustrious record table.
In fact, Smith crossed 5000 Test runs for 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 5,000 Test home milestone.
Smith has also scored 18 centuries and 19 fifties for Australia, joining legends like Ricky Ponting, Allan Border and David Warner in the club of 5,000 runners. Notably, Smith is the only one averaging over 60.
Meanwhile, Steve Smith will become the 15th player in Test history to score 10,000 or more runs in the format if he gets past the five-run mark 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 has opened up about his top 10 innings and picked his favorite Test century from those innings as he approaches the historic milestone in the ongoing SCG Test.
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Well, Smith picked his maiden Test century which came during the fifth match of the 2013 Ashes series when he scored 138 not out against England as his favorite tenth hundred. His number 9 was 215 at Lords, as Smith said: “I remember not sleeping the night before, literally not a wink. He came out to play and I felt good from the start.”
The former Australian skipper has chosen his recent Gabba Test hundred against India as his No.8 to hit, followed by 111 at the WACA against England in 2013, and his impeccable 121 in the World Test Championship final against India in 2023 at numbers seven and six. .
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Smith has chosen his remarkable innings of 211 at Old Trafford in 2019 as the five best innings of his Test career, saying: “It was a good, solid innings.” The modern Australian great picked 109 against India in Pune, the fourth spot, followed by 141* against England at The Gabba in 2017 as his third best Test knock to date.
The batting maestro stated: “The ball was breaking all over the place. It was the first Test match of the summer. We had a bit of conflict early on from memory to play like I did. Not being out at the end, there was a good innings.” Well, Smith’s second best Test came against South Africa in Centurion in 2014 when he scored 100 against a good quality attack.
Finally, Smith picked his 144-run knock against England at Edgbaston in 2019 as his favorite Test innings so far. He signed off by saying: “Yes, obviously he had been out for a year. Helping the team in that first innings of the Ashes series was very important in England.”
What is your favorite Steve Smith Test century?
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