Steve Smith: Top 5 Test Centuries

Steve Smith! We all are in awe of this man. Coming into the team as a specialist leg-spinner, who could bat a bit, to becoming the backbone of Australian cricket team, he has come a long way. Here are five of the best Test hundreds from this man:

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1. 215 vs. England, 2015

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Venue: Lords
Date: 16th July 2015

Lords is known as the home of cricket where it remains for many cricketers as a pinnacle of their career. It was established in 1814 and it’s located in St Johns Wood Road London England. Steven Smith scored a massive 215 runs and finally it was a double century by Smith and the partnership between Smith and Rogers was amazing. The second Ashes test was won by Australia with a margin of 405 runs but the series was won by England.

2. 199 vs. West Indies, 2015

Venue: Kingston
Date: 11th June 2015

Sabina Park the home of the Kingston Club where it is located in Jamaica where it is situated in the driest part of Kingston and for a long time the pitch was hardest and fastest in the Caribbean. Smith scored a massive 199 and he was away from a run for his double century and he got out of LBW and it was done by Taylor and this was the The Frank Worrell Trophy where Australia won with a huge margin of 278 runs.

3. 192 vs. India, 2014

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Venue: Melbourne
Date: 26th Dec 2014

The Melbourne cricket ground is known as MCG where it is regarded for Australia premier sporting venue. Steven Smith smashed 192 where he was short of 8 runs from double century and he was bowled by Umesh Yadav and this was the Border-Gavaskar trophy 3rd test where the match was drawn between India and Australia.

4. 162 vs. India, 2014

Venue: Adelaide
Date: 9th December 2014

The Adelaide Oval remains one of the most charming test venues till date. It was the Border-Gavaskar trophy series where Smith was 162 not out in 1st innings and this match was against India where Australia won by 48 runs.

5. 133 vs. India, 2014

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Venue: Gabba (Brisbane, Australia)
Date: 19th December 2014.

Last but not the least. This century was special. In his first test as captain, he scored a brilliant 133 against India where Australia won the match by 4 wickets.