Ashes 2019 : List of records created by Steve Smith in the Oval Test in London

Steve Smith has scored 751 runs in just 6 innings with 3 hundreds and 3 fifties in this Ashes series.

Steve Smith has scored 751 runs in this Ashes series so far. (photo - getty)

The fifth and final Ashes Test is being played at Kennington Oval in London and on the second day, Australia managed only 225 runs in the reply to England's 294. Steve Smith, the run machine once again rescued Australia from an embarrassment and played an important knock of 80 runs. During this knock he created a few records and here is the list of all those records.

List of records created by Steve Smith in Oval Test -

1 - Steve Smith became the first-ever batsman to score 10 consecutive fifty-plus scores against a single opponent in Test cricket.

Steve Smith last 10 innings against England in Tests -

80, 82, 211, 92, 142, 144, 83, 102*, 76 and 239

6 - Steve Smith became the fifth batsman to score 700 plus runs in two or more Test series. Smith scored 769 runs in 4 Tests series against India in 2014 and has now scored 751 runs in this Ashes series. 

700 plus runs in a Test series most times -

5 - Don Bradman

3 - Gary Sobbers

2 - Everton Weeks 

2 - Brian Lara

2 - Sunil Gavaskar 

2 - Steve Smith 

7 - Steve Smith is the seventh visiting batsmen to score more than 700 runs in a Test series on English soil.

700 plus runs in a Test series in England by visiting batsmen -

974 - Don Bradman, 1930

839 - Mark Taylor, 1989

829 - Sir Viv Richards, 1976

765 - Brian Lara, 1995

758 - Don Bradman, 1934

751 - Steve Smith, 2019

722 - Gary Sobbers, 1966

714 - Graeme Smith, 2003 

 
 

By Jasveer Singh Kharra - 14 Sep, 2019

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