Keeffe placed Smith as the number three batter in his "best-ever Australian team, alongside openers Matthew Hayden and Bobby Simpson, Greg Chappell at number four, Michael Clarke at number five, Steve ...

Smith is the fourth Australian to reach the five-figure mark, following Ponting (13,378 career runs), Allan Border (11,174) and Steve Waugh (10,927 ... off his own bowling, but the Sri Lankan ...

Extremely negative bowling by Sri Lanka at the moment #AUSvsSL ... Smith joined Ricky Ponting, Allan Border and Steve Waugh as just the fourth Aussie to score 10,000 runs in Tests.

Among batters with 20 or more Test hundreds, only Virender Sehwag (95.65 - 22 of 23) and Steve Waugh (93.75 - 30 of ... in the 2015 and 2023 Ashes, despite bowling more than 100 balls on both ...

Australia legend Adam Gilchrist marvelled at Steve Smith's transition from a leg-spin-bowling all-rounder to ... Allan Border, and Steve Waugh in this elite club, achieving the milestone in ...

Khawaja, 38, became the oldest man to score a Test ton for Australia since Steve Waugh in mid-2003 by clipping ... Sri Lanka employed negative bowling tactics, with Jayasuriya repeatedly bowling ...

He became the 15th batsman to 10 000 test runs and only the fourth Australian to achieve the feat after Allan Border, Steve Waugh and Ricky ... side," Sri Lanka's spin bowling coach Piyal ...