Steve Smith celebrates after scoring his thirtieth Test century
Steve Smith went previous Don Bradman as he slammed his thirtieth Test century through the ongoing third Test match between Australia and South Africa in Sydney. Smith piled on the distress on the Proteas at the same time as left-handed opening batter Usman Khawaja stayed unbeaten on 195. Smith acknowledged the applause from the group after which Khawaja. He then pointed in the direction of the dressing room earlier than inserting down his bat and mimicking a chainsaw. The video of Smith’s “chainsaw” celebration after the century has gone viral and the previous Australia captain defined the explanation behind it throughout a press convention.
“This morning Marn was complaining about getting chainsawed. Anrich’s ball that got him out kicked up a bit and he got chainsawed,” Smith laughed. So, I mentioned to him, ‘I assumed you had been out caught on about 70 anyway, so you will be alright, no worries.’
“He goes, ‘Stop being so negative, Steve. I hope you get chainsawed today,’
“So I mentioned, ‘Alright, once I get 100, I’ll reference the chainsaw,'” Smith said.
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Smith broke a plethora of records with his century. He is now tied with Matthew Hayden as Australia’s third highest century maker in Test cricket with solely Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting ahead of him.
He is also the second fastest to the mark globally behind Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar.
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