SPD Smith joins the list of Australian captains who have scored ten or more test centuries

SPD Smith joins the list of Australian captains who have scored ten or more test centuries

 

SPD Smith of Australia  scored his  tenth test  century as captain when he scored 109 against India at Pune. All his ten centuries are listed below

No Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 133 2 v India Brisbane 17 Dec 2014
2 192 1 v India Melbourne 26 Dec 2014
3 117 1 v India Sydney 06 Jan 2015
4 138 3 v New Zealand Perth 13 Nov 2015
5 134* 1 v West Indies Melbourne 26 Dec 2015
6 138 2 v New Zealand Christchurch 20 Feb 2016
7 119 2 v Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 13 Aug 2016
8 130 1 v Pakistan Brisbane 15 Dec 2016
9 165* 2 v Pakistan Melbourne 26 Dec 2016
10 109 3 v India Pune 23 Feb 2017


With ten centuries to his credit, SPD Smith joined the elite band of Australian captains who have scored ten or more centuries. He became the eighth Australian captain to accomplish the feat. The following table lists all the eight captains with their performances

No Player Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0
1 RT Ponting 77 140 13 6542 209 51.51 19 35 7
2 AR Border 93 154 24 6623 205 50.94 15 36 7
3 SR Waugh 57 83 12 3714 199 52.30 15 10 6
4 DG Bradman 24 38 7 3147 270 101.51 14 7 5
5 MJ Clarke 47 86 10 3946 329* 51.92 14 7 4
6 GS Chappell 48 86 10 4209 235 55.38 13 19 7
7 RB Simpson 39 71 4 3623 311 54.07 10 16 3
8 SPD Smith 21 37 5 2348 192 73.37 10 9 1

 

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