Steve Smith reacts after scoring his century on Day 2 of the primary Test vs West Indies in Perth.© AFP
Steve Smith cracked his twenty ninth Test ton on Thursday, drawing stage with Donald Bradman, as Australia turned the screws towards the West Indies within the first Test at Perth Stadium. A masterful Smith was untroubled as he swept to his twenty ninth century, off 194 balls, to equal the feat of legendary Australian Bradman, who solely performed 52 Tests to Smith’s 88. Smith is now joint 14th on the all-time record together with his subsequent goal the 30 of fellow Australian Matthew Hayden and Shivnarine Chanderpaul, whose son Tagenarine is making his debut for the West Indies in Perth. Indian nice Sachin Tendulkar‘s 51 centuries stays the benchmark.
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Talking in regards to the Australian group, particularly, Ricky Ponting holds the document for scoring most Test centuries with 41 to his title throughout 168 matches. Steve Waugh is second on the record with 32 centuries from 168 matches after which comes Hayden.
Australia are dominating the continued first Test towards West Indies in Perth. The aspect had scored 293 for two on the primary day, earlier than persevering with the dominance on the second day as effectively.
Earlier, Australia skipper Pat Cummins had gained the toss and opted to bat first towards West Indies on the Perth Stadium.
(With AFP Inputs)
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