Steve Smith made two big records on the first day of the first match of the two -Test series between Australia and Sri Lanka. As soon as he scored a run against Sri Lanka, he crossed his 10,000 runs in Test cricket. After this, he scored a 35th century of his Test career and put a record of records. After this innings of Steve Smith, a former England veteran like Michael Vaughan described him as the best batsman in the world. Since this innings of Smith, many veterans have also compared him to Sachin Tendulkar.
Sachin Tendulkar vs Steve Smith
Steve Smith, who recently crossed the 10,000 runs in the Test, has a long time to touch Sachin Tendulkar’s record of scoring the most runs in the Test. Sachin Tendulkar has 15,921 runs in Tests. But if we look at the figures, then the records of both the players are almost the same after 205 innings.
Smith scored 141 runs in his 205th Test innings. After 205 Test innings, the number of centuries of Sachin Tendulkar and Steve Smith is only 35. While Sachin Tendulkar’s name was 10360 runs, Steve Smith looks only a little behind him. Steve Smith has 10140 runs after 205 innings of Tests.
If we talk about the average, Sachin Tendulkar’s average was 56.30 during this period, while Steve Smith has an average of 56.33. If we talk about half -centuries, then Sachin has 41 fifties. At the same time, Smith’s names are also equally half -centuries. If we talk about the strike rate of both the players, then Sachin Tendulkar’s strike rate was 53.97 during this period, while Smith’s strike rate is 53.58. Talking about the best innings of career, Sachin scored 248 runs, while Steve Smith’s highest score is 239 runs during this period.
Australia once again raised a score of 600
On Thursday, Australia declared their first innings for 654 runs for six wickets on the second day of the first Test and scored their biggest score in Asia, after which Sri Lanka’s team is in trouble by scoring 44 runs for three wickets till the stump. After spending five and a half sessions while fielding in the scorching sun, the tired Sri Lankan batsmen were seen struggling. Oshda Fernando was the first batsman to be dismissed for seven, whom Matthew Kuhnemann was out.
Former captain Dimuth Karunaratne and Angelo Mathews also could not last long. Both were victims of Australia’s best fielding. Karunaratne was dismissed by Mitchell Starc for seven runs and was dismissed for seven runs in the street and Matthews was dismissed for seven runs. Travis Head caught Mathews on Nathan Leone’s off -spin.
Dinesh Chandimal and Kamindu Mendis stood up to the stumps, facing some challenging moments. Sri Lanka’s team is in critical position behind 610 runs on the deteriorating pitch. Australia started playing ahead of 330 runs for two wickets in the morning in which opener Usman Khwaja and acting captain Steve Smith were playing a century.
Smith, who completed 10,000 Test runs on the first day, played a brilliant innings of 141 runs off 251 balls. His 266 -run partnership with Khwaja is the biggest partnership for the third wicket in the Test match between the two teams. He overtook the previous 200 -run partnership between Adam Gilchrist and Damian Martin in 2004 in Candy.
Khwaja’s innings of 232 runs played in 352 balls of more than eight hours was historic, he is the first Australian player to score a double century in Sri Lanka. This is Australia’s highest individual test score against Sri Lanka. At the age of 38, he is the second player to score a double century for Australia after Don Bradman. Khwaja was caught behind the wicket off the ball of left -handed bowler Prabhat Jayasuriya.
Iglis (102 runs) also did not take much time to score his century while playing fast. He scored a century in just 90 balls, making him the second player to score the fastest 100 runs in the male cricketers after India’s Shikhar Dhawan. In 2013, Dhawan made hundreds of 85 balls. Englandy strengthened Australia’s dominance with the participation of 146 runs for the fourth wicket.
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