Steve Smith Century: The first match of the two-match Test series between Australia and Sri Lanka is underway. Steve Smith has been handed the captaincy for the Test series. Pat Cummins has been handed the reins due to injury. Steve Smith performed well in this match.
Australia Off to a Strong Start in First Test with Steve Smith Century
In this match, captain Steve Smith won the toss and elected to bat first. The first day of this match was dominated by the Australian batsmen. At the end of the first day, Australia scored 330 runs for the loss of 2 wickets.
In this, Usman Khawaja scored 147 not out and Steve Smith scored 104 not out. Usman Khawaja and Travis Head, who came in as openers, gave the team a good start.
They made a partnership of 92 runs for the first wicket. Then Marnus Labuschagne, who came in at number three, was dismissed for 20 runs. While Steve Smith, who came in to bat at number four, played the captainโs innings. He completed his century in 179 balls. In this, he hit 10 fours and a six.
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Steve Smith Achieves Big Records in Test Cricket
Steve Smith has scored his 35th century in Test cricket. When the first dayโs play ended, he scored an unbeaten 104 runs off 188 balls with the help of 10 fours and a six. With this, he has surpassed Sunil Gavaskar and Brian Lara, who have scored the most centuries in Tests. Mahela Jayawardene, Brian Lara, Sunil Gavaskar and Younis Khan have scored 34 centuries each.
This is Steve Smithโs 47th century at the international level. He has come fourth in the list of players who have scored the most centuries at the international level. Virat Kohli is at the top of this list with 81 centuries. Then Joe Root with 52 centuries and Rohit Sharma is at third place with 48 centuries.
Steve Smith has also reached the milestone of 10,000 runs in Tests. Steve Smith had reached 9999 runs in the five-match Test series against India. He completed 10,000 runs by scoring one run in the first match. This is Steve Smithโs third century in Sri Lanka. He previously scored 145 not out in 2022 and 119 runs in 2016.
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๐จ CAPTAIN STEVEN SMITH HAS ARRIVED IN STYLEโฆ!!! ๐จ
โ 35th Test hundred by the GOAT. ๐pic.twitter.com/beQF2UHKA3
โ Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) January 29, 2025
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