Steve Smith
The second Test of the Ashes series is being played between England and Australia at the historic ground of Lord’s. In this match, the Australian team is batting first after losing the toss. Meanwhile, Australia’s star batsman Steve Smith has created history.
In fact, Steve Smith’s name has now reached 9000 runs in Test cricket. He has become the second fastest batsman in the world to reach 9000 runs in Test cricket. Smith did this feat in just 174 innings.
Fastest batsman to score 9000 runs in Test cricket
Kumar Sangakkara – 172
Steve Smith – 174
Rahul Dravid – 176
Brian Lara – 177
Ricky Ponting – 177
Steve Smith is playing the 99th match of his Test career. So far he has scored 9007 runs at an average of 59.65. Meanwhile, 31 centuries, 4 double centuries and 37 half centuries have come out of his bat. Along with this, his highest score is 239 runs.
After losing the first test, England prepared a pitch that helped the fast bowlers in the second test. After that, captain Ben Stokes also won the toss and decided to bowl first. However, the Australian batsmen are batting brilliantly. The first wicket fell on the score of 73. Usman Khawaja was dismissed after scoring 17 runs. After that, David Warner got out after making 66 runs. While Labusan was dismissed for 47 runs. Currently, Steve Smith is playing with 56 and Travis Head with 44 runs.