Steve Smith: Steve Smith and David Warner are the biggest batsmen of Australia this decade and they have proved this by scoring runs everywhere and in every situation.
But there is also a batsman from Australia who has surpassed Smith and Warner. He had crossed the 400 run mark in domestic cricket for Australia.
Bill Ponsford made history
In this article, we will talk about Australian batsman Bill Ponsford who had scored 400 runs in domestic cricket. Actually this match was played between Queensland and Victoria in 1927/28 in Shield Cricket in Australia. In which Victoria's opening batsman Bill Ponsford had batted for 621 minutes and during this time he had scored 437 runs with the help of 42 fours.
Queensland won the toss and decided to bat first. Their opening batsmen added 74 runs. But after that Ponsford and Stork Hendry made a great partnership for the second wicket. Both of them together made a partnership of 306 runs for the second wicket. Stork contributed 129 runs. After that all the batsmen gave good support to Ponsford.
Ponsford scored 437 runs
Ponsford increased his run rate and completed his 400 runs. However, he could not stay for long after that and was out after scoring 437 runs. As soon as Ponsford was out, Queensland's team also collapsed to 793 runs. Victoria's team completely collapsed in front of such a big target and was all out for just 189 runs.
Match status
Queensland gave follow on to Victoria. Although Victoria tried to fight well in the second innings, they could not avoid the innings defeat. Victoria made 407 in the second innings thanks to a century from Cecil Thompson and a half-century from captain Lee O'Connor, but were defeated by an innings and 127 runs.
