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Steve Smith 30th Test Century: Steve Smith has reached number three in terms of scoring the most centuries for Australia. In this case, he has equaled Matthew Hayden.

Steve Smith 30th Test ton: Australian cricketer Steve Smith scored 30 centuries of his Test career on Thursday. With this, he left behind the legendary Don Bradman. Brandman has 29 centuries in Test cricket. Apart from this, he became the second-fastest cricketer to score 30 centuries. In this case, he left behind veterans Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting, and Little Master Sunil Gavaskar. Hayden took 30 centuries in 167 innings, Ponting 170, and Gavaskar 174. Smith scored 30 centuries in 162 innings. In this case, master blaster Sachin Tendulkar is number 1. He scored 30 centuries in only 159 innings.

The Fab 4 of Modern Day Cricket are Steve Smith, Joe Root, Virat Kohli, and Kane Williamson. Among these, the record of scoring the most centuries is also in the name of Smith. Root has so far scored 28, Kohli 27, and Williamson 25. Apart from this, Smith has reached number three in terms of scoring the most centuries for Australia. In this case, he has equaled Matthew Hayden. Both have 30 centuries in their names. Ricky Ponting has scored a maximum of 41 centuries. Whereas Steve Waugh has scored 32 centuries.

Fourth highest run scorer in Test cricket by an Australian batsman

Australian batsman has become the fourth-highest run scorer in Test cricket. He left behind Matthew Hayden and Michael Clarke in the Sydney Test against South Africa. Hayden has 8,635 runs while Clarke has 8,643 runs. He is now behind former captain Ricky Ponting, Allan Border, and Steve Waugh on the list. Ponting has 13,378 runs, Border has 11,174 runs and Steve Waugh has 10,927 runs. Smith has scored 8647 runs in 92 matches.

Australia scored 475 runs for 4 wickets

By the end of the game on the second day of the Sydney Test, Australia scored 475 runs for 4 wickets. Matt Renshaw 5 and Usman Khawaja are at the crease after scoring 195 runs. Steve Smith got out after scoring 104 runs. Travis Head scored 70 and Marnus Labushen scored 79. David Warner scored 10 runs. Enrique Norkhia took 2 wickets for South Africa. Apart from this, Kagiso Rabada and Keshav Maharaj got 1-1 wickets.