Steve Smith has rapidly raced to yet one more hundred on the second morning of the World Test Championship last at The Oval.
With two clipped fours to the legside boundary off the primary two balls he confronted from India’s Mohammed Siraj on Thursday morning – each leg-stump half-volleys – Smith was gifted the runs that took him to his thirty first Test ton.
He joined Travis Head as an Australian centurion within the showpiece ICC last, with the South Australian additionally taking little time to go previous 150 on Thursday, having confronted 164 balls, in a knock that included 23 fours and a six.
Smith’s century, accomplished off 229 balls along with his 14th boundary off simply the third ball of a sunny morning in London, put him one behind Steve Waugh on 32 and 10 behind Ricky Ponting because the main ton-scorer in Australian Test historical past.
It was additionally his seventh Test hundred in England, matching Waugh – a determine solely Don Bradman (11) has surpassed amongst Australian gamers.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
