Steve Smith Out On 9999 Runs: Australia’s legendary batsman Steve Smith was out not for 99 runs but for 9999 runs in the fifth Test being played against India in Sydney. Smith missed the record of 10,000 runs by just 1 run. On Sunday, on the third day of the match, Indian fast bowler Prasidh Krishna showed Smith the way to the pavilion. In the match, Australia team is on the field for run chase.
While chasing runs in the fourth innings of Sydney Test, Steve Smith returned to the pavilion after scoring 04 runs in 9 balls. If Smith had scored 05 runs, he would have completed 10,000 Test runs, but he had to return to the pavilion only on 9999 Test runs. Now Smith will have to wait for the next series to complete 10,000 test runs.
Australia team will play the next test series against Sri Lanka. The 2-match test series between the two teams will start from January 29. This series will be played hosted by Sri Lanka.
Scored 2 centuries in Border-Gavaskar Trophy
Let us tell you that in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Steve Smith scored 2 centuries. Smith appeared flop in the first 2 tests of the series. Then Smith scored centuries in the third and fourth tests. However, again in the fifth Test, no big innings could come from Smith’s bat. Smith scored 33 and 04 runs in both the innings of the fifth test. Smith is the third batsman to score the most runs in the series. He scored 314 runs in 5 matches at an average of 34.89.
Smith’s test career
It is noteworthy that Steve Smith has played 114 matches in his Test career. In 204 innings of these matches, he has scored 9999 runs at an average of 55.86. During this period, he scored 34 centuries and 41 half-centuries, in which his high score was 239 runs. Smith made his Test debut in 2010 in the match played against Pakistan.
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