SPD Smith registers 28th century of his test career

SPD Smith registers 28th century of his test career

SPD Smith of Australia registered the 28th century of his test career when he scored 109 not out at the close of the first day of the Galle test against Sri Lanka. All his centuries are listed below

NoRunsIOppositionGroundStart Dateg
1138*1v EnglandThe Oval21 Aug 2013
21111v EnglandPerth13 Dec 2013
31151v EnglandSydney03 Jan 2014
41001v South AfricaCenturion12 Feb 2014
5162*1v IndiaAdelaide09 Dec 2014
61332v IndiaBrisbane17 Dec 2014
71921v IndiaMelbourne26 Dec 2014
81171v IndiaSydney06 Jan 2015
91991v West IndiesKingston11 Jun 2015
102151v EnglandLord’s16 Jul 2015
111431v EnglandThe Oval20 Aug 2015
121383v New ZealandPerth13 Nov 2015
13134*1v West IndiesMelbourne26 Dec 2015
141382v New ZealandChristchurch20 Feb 2016
151192v Sri LankaCol-SSC13 Aug 2016
161301v PakistanBrisbane15 Dec 2016
17165*2v PakistanMelbourne26 Dec 2016
181093v IndiaPune23 Feb 2017
19178*1v IndiaRanchi16 Mar 2017
201111v IndiaDharamsala25 Mar 2017
21141*2v EnglandBrisbane23 Nov 2017
222392v EnglandPerth14 Dec 2017
23102*3v EnglandMelbourne26 Dec 2017
241441v EnglandBirmingham01 Aug 2019
251423v EnglandBirmingham01 Aug 2019
262111v EnglandManchester04 Sep 2019
271311v IndiaSydney07 Jan 2021
28109*1v Sri LankaGalle08 Jul 2022

He is on par with MJ Clarke who has also scored 28 centuries among the Australian batsmen. Other Aussie batsmen to score more centuries than MJ Clarke and SPD Smith are – RT Ponting {41}, SR Waugh {32}, ML Hayden {30} and DG Bradman {29}

SPD Smith’s 109 not out at the close of the first day of the Galle test against Sri Lanka represent his 14th century on away soil – exact half of his 28 centuries of his test career. All his centuries are listed below

NoRunsIOppositionGroundStart Date
1138*1v EnglandThe Oval21 Aug 2013
21001v South AfricaCenturion12 Feb 2014
31991v West IndiesKingston11 Jun 2015
42151v EnglandLord’s16 Jul 2015
51431v EnglandThe Oval20 Aug 2015
61382v New ZealandChristchurch20 Feb 2016
71192v Sri LankaCol-SSC13 Aug 2016
81093v IndiaPune23 Feb 2017
9178*1v IndiaRanchi16 Mar 2017
101111v IndiaDharamsala25 Mar 2017
111441v EnglandBirmingham01 Aug 2019
121423v EnglandBirmingham01 Aug 2019
132111v EnglandManchester04 Sep 2019
14109*1v Sri LankaGalle08 Jul 2022
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