Steve Smith Becomes 15th Batsman to Score 10,000 Runs in Test Cricket

Steve Smith Century: The first match of the two-match Test series between Australia and Sri Lanka is underway. Steve Smith has been handed

Steve Smith in Test: Australiaโ€™s veteran batsman Steve Smith has created history by scoring the first run on the first day of the first Test match of the Sri Lanka tour.

The match between Sri Lanka and Australia is being played here at Galle. Australia won the toss. Captain Steve Smith decided to bat.

Steve Smith Achieves Milestone in Test Cricket

The opening pair of Travis Head and Usman Khawaja made a wonderful start. The two added 91 runs in 14 overs. After that, Travis Head returned with a half-century. Australia suffered another blow in the 15th over. Marnus Labuschagne returned with 20 runs. After Labuschagne, Steve Smith came into the field. Smith scored the first run and did a great job.

Steve Smith scored 1 run off the ball of Prabhat Jayasuriya. With this, Steve completed 10 thousand runs in Test cricket. Steve Smith created history with this. Steve became the 15th batsman to score 10 thousand Test runs.

Steve also became the fourth batsman to achieve this feat for Australia. Steve also earned the distinction of scoring 10,000 runs fastest for Australia. Steve achieved this feat in the 205th inning of the 115th match. Steve surpassed not one or two but 5 people with this.

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Steve Smith Joins Elite Group of Batsmen

Steve Smith has become the joint second-fastest batsman to score 10,000 runs. Steve has equalled the record of Sri Lankaโ€™s Kumar Sangakkara. Sangakkara also scored 10,000 runs in 115 matches. Also, the record for the fastest 10,000 runs is in the name of Brian Lara.

Steve surpassed 5 legendary batsmen with this feat. These 5 batsmen include Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Joe Root, Ricky Ponting and Younis Khan.

Fastest 10,000 Runs in Test Cricket

Player Matches
Brian Lara 111
Kumar Sangakkara 115
Steve Smith 115
Younis Khan 116
Ricky Ponting 118
Joe Root 118
Rahul Dravid 120
Sachin Tendulkar 122

 

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