Steve Smith Record: Australia's star batsman Steve Smith has achieved a big achievement in Test cricket. In the first Test match being played against South Africa in Durban, he broke the record of former captain Steve Waugh. Smith has now become the third highest run scorer for Australia in Test cricket. Now only Ricky Ponting and Allan Border are ahead of him. Smith's eyes will now be on the records of these two greats.
Achieved big by scoring 25 runsdestination
In fact, before the first Test match against South Africa, Steve Smith had 10,920 runs in his name in 125 Test matches. He needed only 8 runs to leave Steve Waugh behind. Smith faced 53 balls and scored 25 runs in the first innings. With this his number of test runs increased to 10,945. At the same time, former Australian batsman Steve Waugh had scored 10,927 runs in 168 matches in his Test career. Smith overtook him and secured third place in Australia's Test history.
One Steve passes another📈
Smith passes Waugh to become Australia's third-leading run-scorer in Tests pic.twitter.com/ifAnrDohF8
— Cricinfo (@cricinfo) October 9, 2026
How far behind Ricky Ponting and Allan Border is Smith?
Let us tell you that the record of scoring most runs in Test cricket for Australia is in the name of Ricky Ponting. He had scored 13,378 runs in his career. Second place in this list is Allan Border, who has 11,174 runs in his name. Steve Smith is in third place with 10,945 runs. He will have to score 230 more runs to overtake Allan Border. At the same time, he still needs 2,434 runs to break Ponting's record. Steve Waugh has now reached fourth place in this list, while David Warner is at fifth place with 8,786 runs.
Steve Smith surpasses Steve Waugh, becomes Australia's third-highest Test run-getter.
Ricky Ponting – 13378 runs
Allan Border – 11174 runs
Steve Smith – 10945 runs ⬆️
Steve Waugh – 10927 runs #SteveSmith#SAvsAUSpic.twitter.com/cbI6hrui8w— CREX (@Crex_live) October 9, 2026
13378 runs – Ricky Ponting
11174 runs – Allan Border
10945 runs – Steve Smith
10927 runs – Steve Waugh
Smith's excellent record in Test
Steve Smith's performance in Test cricket has been excellent. So far, he has scored 37 centuries and 45 half-centuries in 223 innings of 125 Test matches. His batting average is 55.84. On the basis of this performance, he is among the most successful Test batsmen of modern cricket. Smith's record in ODI cricket has also been good. He has scored 5,800 runs in 170 matches. At the same time, in T20 International cricket, he has 1,094 runs in his name in 67 matches.
Smith is at number 12 in the world
Steve Smith is at 12th place in the world list of batsmen who have scored the most runs in Test cricket. India's Sachin Tendulkar is at number one with 15,921 runs. England's Joe Root is in second place with 14,278 runs. Ricky Ponting is at third place with 13,378 runs. Jacques Kallis of South Africa scored 13,289 runs, while Rahul Dravid has 13,288 runs in his name.
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