Steve Smith Surpasses Legendary Sir Don Bradman Record For Most Hundreds in Tests

Smith
achieved
the
feat
during
the
second
day
of
Australia’s
first
innings
of
the
third
Test
against
South
Africa
at
the
Sydney
Cricket
Ground
in
Sydney.

During
his
knock
of
104,
Smith
shared
a
partnership
of
over
200
runs
with

Usman
Khawaja,
who
also
scored
his
thirteenth
hundred
in
Tests,
taking
the
Australian
total
well
over
350
runs.

The
33-year-old
Smith
is
currently
4th
in
the
all-time
Australian
list
and
14th
in
the
overall
list
for
most
centuries
in
Test
cricket.

India
great
Sachin
Tendulkar
tops
the
list
with
51
hundreds
followed
by
former
South
Africa
all-rounder
Jacques
Kallis,
who
has
45
hundreds
to
his
name,
while
former
Australia
captain
Ricky
Ponting
tops
the
list
for
Aussies
with
41
tons.

Top
15
list
for
most
hundreds
in
Test
cricket

Smith,
who
scored
the
latest
century
in
his
92nd
Test,
is
now
level
with
another
Australian
in
Matthew
Hayden
and
former
West
Indies
batter
Shivnarine
Chaderpaul.

The
33-year-old
is
now
only
behind
Ponting
and
Steve
Waugh
for
most
Test
hundreds
by
an
Australian
batter,
and
is
followed
by
David
Warner,
who
has
24
Test
hundreds
to
his
name.

The
Australian
run-machine
is
now
also
on
top
for
most
hundreds
in
Test
cricket
for
active
cricketers.
Smith’s
close
rivals
Joe
Root,
Virat
Kohli
and
Kane
Williamson
are
currently
on
28,
27
and
25
Test
centuries
respectively.

Top
5
active
players
with
most
hundreds
in
Test
cricket

Khawaja
joins
unique
list
with
third
successive
hundred
at
SCG

Khawaja
continued
his
remarkable
recent
run
of
form
at
the
SCG
by
joining
an
exclusive
list
of
players
to
have
scored
three
consecutive
centuries
at
the
iconic
Sydney
venue.

The
36-year-old
has
now
got
to
triple
figures
in
three
straight
Test
knocks
in
Sydney,
following
centuries
in
both
innings
of
the
Ashes
Test
against
England
at
the
ground
last
year.

He
now
joins
the
Australia
duo
Wally
Hammond
and
Doug
Walters,
and
India
great
VVS
Laxman
for
players
to
have
achieved
this
unique
feat.