Australia star batter Steve Smith smashed his thirty sixth Check century in the course of the second match towards Sri Lanka on Friday, February 7 at Galle Worldwide Stadium. On the again of this feat, he joined the elite listing the place the likes of Joe Root and Rahul Dravid are already there. Smith who’s main the Australian group within the absence of Pat Cummins, carried ahead his good kind and achieved the milestone on Day 2 by enjoying a pull shot towards Kamindu Mendis for a boundary.
Smith is now part of a high-profile listing of most centuries in Check cricket. He’s now levelled with England’s Joe Root and former India cricketer Rahul Dravid, who additionally scored 36 a whole lot.
Australia had been reeling at 37/2 when Smith got here out to bat. The likes of Travis Head (21) and Marnus Labuschagne (4) didn’t make an influence with the bat. Smith then went on to forge 54 runs for the third wicket with Usman Khawaja earlier than the latter was snared for 36 runs.
Smith continued to torment Sri Lankan bowlers alongside Alex Carey within the center. The duo constructed a 100-run stand, powering Australia to a commanding place. Smith took 98 balls to achieve his fifty. This was Smith’s second consecutive century within the collection, following his magnificent 141 within the first Check.
SL vs AUS Full Squads
Sri Lanka: Dimuth Karunaratne, Oshada Fernando, Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews, Kamindu Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva (c), Kusal Mendis (wk), Prabath Jayasuriya, Lahiru Kumara, Vishwa Fernando, Asitha Fernando, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Jeffrey Vandersay, Nishan Peiris, Sonal Dinusha, Lahiru Udara, Milan Priyanath Rathnayake
Australia: Sam Konstas, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith (c), Travis Head, Beau Webster, Josh Inglis, Alex Carey (wk), Sean Abbott, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kuhnemann, Nathan McSweeney, Todd Murphy, Cooper Connolly