A modern-day great and part of the Fab Four, Australian cricketer Steve Smith is arguably the best Test batter of his generation.
Named the ICC Men’s Test Player of the Decade, Steve Smith averages close to 60 in red-ball cricket and has been a linchpin in Australia’s Test team ever since his debut in the format against Pakistan in July 2010.
The former Australian Test skipper has made 32 tons in the red-ball format. His first hundred in the format came against England in the fifth Test of the 2013 Ashes series.
Overall, he has scored 32 Test hundreds with his highest score being 239 against England in the 2017-18 Ashes series.
The number 1 Test batter in the ICC rankings for the years 2015, 2016, and 2017, Smith also holds the record for the second-highest rating of all-time in the Test ranking with a rating of 947, behind only Sir Don Bradman.
He has scored over 9,000 Test runs so far and is averaging close to 60 in the format. The right-handed batter now has 32 Test hundreds, which is the joint second-highest among Australians with Steve Waugh.
Only Ricky Ponting with 41 Test tons has scored more hundreds than Steve Smith among Australians.
A reliable performer both at home and in away conditions, Steve Smith has registered Test tons in 18 different venues with 13 of them coming outside Australia and five at home.
Most of his Test hundreds have come against England as he’s recorded 12 tons versus the Three Lions.
As many as 21 of Steve Smith’s Test tons have come in winning causes, while three have come in defeats and eight have come in draws.
The years 2015 and 2017 were his most prolific in terms of Test hundreds made with the right-hander scoring six centuries each in both years.
On a side note, he has also recorded 12 centuries in the ODI format. However, we have a look at the list of Steve Smith’s centuries in Test cricket.
Steve Smith centuries in Tests
Century no. |
Score |
Against |
Venue |
Year |
Result |
1 |
138 |
England |
The Oval, London |
2013 |
Draw |
2 |
111 |
England |
WACA Ground, Perth |
2013 |
Won |
3 |
115 |
England |
SCG, Sydney |
2014 |
Won |
4 |
100 |
South Africa |
SuperSport Park, Centurion |
2014 |
Won |
5 |
162* |
India |
Adelaide Oval |
2014 |
Won |
6 |
133 |
India |
The Gabba, Brisbane |
2014 |
Won |
7 |
192 |
India |
MCG, Melbourne |
2014 |
Draw |
8 |
117 |
India |
SCG, Sydney |
2015 |
Draw |
9 |
199 |
West Indies |
Sabina Park, Kingston |
2015 |
Won |
10 |
215 |
England |
Lord’s, London |
2015 |
Won |
11 |
143 |
England |
The Oval, London |
2015 |
Won |
12 |
138 |
New Zealand |
WACA Ground, Perth |
2015 |
Draw |
13 |
134* |
West Indies |
MCG, Melbourne |
2015 |
Won |
14 |
138 |
New Zealand |
Hagley Oval, Christchurch |
2016 |
Won |
15 |
119 |
Sri Lanka |
Singhalese Sports Club, Colombo |
2016 |
Lost |
16 |
130 |
Pakistan |
The Gabba, Brisbane |
2016 |
Won |
17 |
165* |
Pakistan |
MCG, Melbourne |
2016 |
Won |
18 |
109 |
India |
Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune |
2017 |
Won |
19 |
178* |
India |
JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi |
2017 |
Draw |
20 |
111 |
India |
HPCA Stadium, Dharamshala |
2017 |
Lost |
21 |
141* |
England |
The Gabba, Brisbane |
2017 |
Won |
22 |
239 |
England |
WACA Ground, Perth |
2017 |
Won |
23 |
102* |
England |
MCG, Melbourne |
2017 |
Draw |
24 |
144 |
England |
Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham |
2019 |
Won |
25 |
142 |
England |
Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham |
2019 |
Won |
26 |
211 |
England |
Old Trafford, Manchester |
2019 |
Won |
27 |
131 |
India |
SCG, Sydney |
2021 |
Draw |
28 |
145* |
Sri Lanka |
Galle Internation Stadium |
2022 |
Lost |
29 |
200* |
West Indies |
Perth Stadium |
2022 |
Won |
30 |
104 |
South Africa |
SCG, Sydney |
2023 |
Draw |
31 |
121 |
India |
The Oval, London |
2023 |
Won |
32 |
110 |
England |
Lord’s, London |
2023 |
Won |
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