SPD Smith of Australia registered his 30^th century when he scored 104 against South Africa in the ongoing test at Sydney. He became the fourth Australian batsman to post 30 plus centuries in a test innings. Others are – RT Ponting {41}, SR Waugh {32} and ML Hayden {30}. He now shares the third place amongst the Australian batsmen who have scored most centuries in a test innings. All his centuries are tabulated below

No	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	138*	1	v England	The Oval	21 Aug 2013
2	111	1	v England	Perth	13 Dec 2013
3	115	1	v England	Sydney	03 Jan 2014
4	100	1	v South Africa	Centurion	12 Feb 2014
5	162*	1	v India	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
6	133	2	v India	Brisbane	17 Dec 2014
7	192	1	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2014
8	117	1	v India	Sydney	06 Jan 2015
9	199	1	v West Indies	Kingston	11 Jun 2015
10	215	1	v England	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015
11	143	1	v England	The Oval	20 Aug 2015
12	138	3	v New Zealand	Perth	13 Nov 2015
13	134*	1	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 2015
14	138	2	v New Zealand	Christchurch	20 Feb 2016
15	119	2	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	13 Aug 2016
16	130	1	v Pakistan	Brisbane	15 Dec 2016
17	165*	2	v Pakistan	Melbourne	26 Dec 2016
18	109	3	v India	Pune	23 Feb 2017
19	178*	1	v India	Ranchi	16 Mar 2017
20	111	1	v India	Dharamsala	25 Mar 2017
21	141*	2	v England	Brisbane	23 Nov 2017
22	239	2	v England	Perth	14 Dec 2017
23	102*	3	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2017
24	144	1	v England	Birmingham	01 Aug 2019
25	142	3	v England	Birmingham	01 Aug 2019
26	211	1	v England	Manchester	04 Sep 2019
27	131	1	v India	Sydney	07 Jan 2021
28	145*	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	08 Jul 2022
29	200*	1	v West Indies	Perth	30 Nov 2022
30	104	1	v South Africa	Sydney	04 Jan 2023

He became the 14^th batsman to score 30 plus centuries in the annals of test cricket and the fourth Australian batsman to accomplish the fest.

No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C
1	SR Tendulkar	Ind	1989-2013	200	329	33	15921	248*	53.78	51
2	JH Kallis	SAF	1995-2013	166	280	40	13289	224	55.37	45
3	RT Ponting	Aus	1995-2012	168	287	29	13378	257	51.85	41
4	KC Sangakkara	Srl	2000-2015	134	233	17	12400	319	57.40	38
5	R Dravid	Ind	1996-2012	164	286	32	13288	270	52.31	36
6	SM Gavaskar	Ind	1971-1987	125	214	16	10122	236*	51.12	34
7	M Jayawardene	Srl	1997-2014	149	252	15	11814	374	49.84	34
8	BC Lara	Win	1990-2006	131	232	06	11953	400*	52.88	34
9	Younis Khan	Pak	2000-2017	118	213	19	10099	313	52.05	34
10	AN Cook	Eng	2006-2018	161	291	16	12472	294	45.35	33
11	SR Waugh	Aus	1985-2004	168	260	46	10927	200	51.06	32
12	S Chanderpaul	Win	1994-2015	164	280	49	11867	203*	51.37	30
13	ML Hayden	Aus	1994-2009	103	184	14	08625	380	50.73	30
14	SPD Smith	Aus	2010-2023	92	162	20	08647	239	60.89	30
No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C
1	RT Ponting	Aus	1995-2012	168	287	29	13378	257	51.85	41
2	SR Waugh	Aus	1985-2004	168	260	46	10927	200	51.06	32
3	ML Hayden	Aus	1994-2009	103	184	14	8625	380	50.73	30
4	SPD Smith	Aus	2010-2023	92	162	20	8647	239	60.89	30