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

Written By : ABP News Bureau | Updated at :

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.

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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.

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

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

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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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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.