Sl vs aus: The 2 -match Test series has started from 29 January at the Galle International Stadium between Australia and Sri Lanka. In the first Test, Australia won the toss and decided to bat. Travis Head and Usman Khwaja started the innings in a brilliant manner and hit 91 runs on the scoreboard in 14 overs. In the very next over, Travis Head went on a half -century. After 15 overs, Australia suffered a second major setback as Marnash Labushen. Labushen returned to the pavilion after scoring 20 runs. After this, Australia's star batsman Steve Smith came on the ground as the new batsman and made a big record with opening the account.
Smith completed 10,000 runs in Test cricket with Prabhat Jayasuriya stealing a single off the ball. Australia became the fourth and overall 15th batsman to score 10,000 runs in Smith Test. Smith achieved this major achievement in the 205th innings of the 115th Test match. Along with this, Smith demolished a large record of veterans like Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid. Smith completed 10,000 runs in 115 matches in Tests while Sachin Tendulkar had 122 Test matches to reach this point.
The fastest 10,000 runs in Test cricket (match)
- Brian Lara- 111 matches
- Kumar Sangakkara- 115 matches
- Steve Smith- 115 matches
- Younis Khan- 116 matches
- Ricky Ponting- 118 matches
- Joe Root- 118 matches
- Rahul Dravid- 120 matches
- Sachin Tendulkar- 122 matches
Talking about Test innings, Smith made it to 10 Hazari Club in less innings than Rahul Dravid. Dravid had done this feat in 206 innings while Smith touched 10,000 runs in 205 innings. The record for scoring 10,000 Test runs in the lowest innings is named after West Indies great batsman Brian Lara. Lara scored 10,000 runs in 195 innings.
Batsman who scored 10,000 runs in the lowest innings in Test cricket
- Brian Lara- 195 innings
- Sachin Tendulkar- 195 innings
- Kumar Sangakkara- 195 innings
- Ricky Ponting- 196 innings
- Rahul Dravid- 206 innings
All batsmen who scored 10000 in Tests
- Sunil Gavaskar
- Allen border
- Steve Waugh
- Brian Lara
- Sachin Tendulkar
- Rahul Dravid
- Ricky Ponting
- Jacques Kallis
- Mahela Jayawardene
- Shivanarayan chandrapaul
- Kumar Sangakkara
- Alastair Cook
- Unis Khan
- Joe root
- Steve Smith
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