Ashes 2019: With His 3rd Double Ton, Steve Smith Sets New Benchmarks

Steve Smith couldn’t play the third Ashes Test at Leeds due to concussion issues. However, he regained his fitness and returned to Manchester with a bang.

Earlier than Smith, both Sobers and Waugh were the joint record holders in the second position as they scored ten centuries against England in 61 and 73 innings respectively.

Only Don Bradman had hit most hundreds than Smith in Test against England. He had scored 19 centuries in 63 innings.

Smith also became the second batsman to score most centuries against England and surpassed the record of Garry Sobers and Steve Waugh.

Smith scored his eleventh century against England and his career's 26th century. He took 45 innings to get to this feat.

Before Smith only Border had amassed the 500 plus runs consecutively in the Ashes in England. Border scored more than 500 runs in 1981 and 1985 Ashes series.

With this feat, he became the second Australian after Allan Border to score 500 and more runs in the consecutive Ashes series in England.

He reached this milestone after he added 122 runs in the ongoing fourth Ashes Test. In the first two matches of the series, he had 378 runs under his name.

In 2015 Ashes held in England, Smith scored 508 runs while this time in his third match he crossed the 500 run mark.

Steve Smith couldn’t play the third Ashes Test at Leeds due to concussion issues. However, he regained his fitness and returned to Manchester with a bang.

The former Australian skipper produced a batting masterclass on Thursday, bringing up his third double hundred as Australia posted a mammoth 497/8 to declare and take a huge step in retaining the Ashes.