March 08, 2021
During the first and second Test matches
Smith, who was banned for 12 months, hardly needed two or three matches to show
why he is best batsman in the Test format. En route to his 200, the southpaw
also broke multiple records.25. Smith achieved the feat in 121 innings while the
‘Master Blaster’ reached this milestone in 136 innings.At the end of day one,
Australia was 170/3.After Smith’s double ton, his runs tally, in the on-going
Ashes, went to 589 runs -- his first since serving a sliding door gate
one -year ban for his involvement in the sandpaper-gate scandal, including three
tons, at a massive average of 147. Tendulkar tweeted, "COMPLICATED TECHNIQUE but
an ORGANIZED MINDSET is what sets Steve Smith apart.After scoring his 26th Test
ton, Steve Smith scripted history as he crossed legendary batsman Sachin
Tendulkar in an epic list topped by Australia’s greatest batsman Sir Don
Bradman. Smith continued to dominate England after he and Tim Paine put on
another crucial 146-runs stand with Captain Tim Paine who also scored an
important 58.Smith’s 211 ensured Australia went past 450 to post a daunting
first innings total of 497/8.
During the first and second Test matches, Smith
registered 378 runs, including two centuries and one half century.After getting
hit by a deadly Jofra Archer’s bouncer that forced him to sit out of the third
match, Smith came back stronger and stunned the 24-year-old Barbados born bowler
and his side to score 211, which put Australia on top at the end of day two.
Luck was on the side of Smith as Jofra dropped a catch off his own bowling, when
the Test match specialist batsman was on 65.With his 26th century, the southpaw
became the second fastest cricketer in the history of the sport to hit 26
centuries in the longest format. Incredible comeback.Smith toppled Tendulkar to
reach the second spot.However, Tendulkar felt very spellbound by Smith’s batting
process that he went on to explain the Aussie batsman’s process of batting on
twitter.Mumbai: Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar heaped praise on Australia’s
Steve Smith and stated that there’s something within the 30-year-old and that
thing makes him quite unique from others in the longest format of the game,
after Smith slammed a double hundred which put Australia on top of the game in
the current fourth Ashes Test.Smith slammed his 26th Test century in 160 balls..
Since then the 30-year-old went to score eight continuous 50s."After Australia
lost openers Marcus Harris and David Warner, Steve Smith’s concussion substitute
Marnus Labuschagne and in-form Smith steadied the innings as the duo put up a
partnership of 116 runs at the end of day one.While, Labuschagne went back to
the pavilion after scoring 67, Smith on the other hand, remained unbeaten on
65.And, with the recent knock of 211, the southpaw forced the maestro to go all
praise for the Australian cricketer
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