SPD Smith completed 9000 runs in his test career when he was on 31 during his knock of 85 not out in Australia’s first innings at the close of play on the first day. He became the fourth Australian batsman to complete 9000 plus runs in tests. At the end of the Australia’s first innings, his run aggregate read 9079 runs

No	Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0
1	RT Ponting	1995-2012	168	287	29	13378	257	51.85	41	62	17
2	AR Border	1978-1994	156	265	44	11174	205	50.56	27	63	11
3	SR Waugh	1985-2004	168	260	46	10927	200	51.06	32	50	22
4	SPD Smith	2010-2023	099	174	22	09079	239	59.96	32	38	09

SPD Smith completed 9000 runs in his test career when he was on 31 during his knock of 85 not out in Australia’s first innings at the close of play on the first day. He became the 17th batsman to complete 9000 plus runs in the annals of test cricket. His run aggregate at the end of Australia’s first innings read 9079.

SPD Smith’s aggregate runs against England at the end of Australia’s first innings read 3176. He is the fourth Australian batsman to compile 3000 plus runs against England. The following table lists all these four batsmen

No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0
1	DG Bradman	Aus	1928-1948	37	63	7	5028	334	89.78	19	12	6
2	AR Border	Aus	1978-1993	47	82	19	3548	200*	56.31	8	21	3
3	SR Waugh	Aus	1986-2003	46	73	18	3200	177*	58.18	10	14	6
4	SPD Smith	Aus	2010-2023	34	59	5	3176	239	58.81	12	12	2

SPD Smith’s aggregate runs against England at the end of Australia’s first innings read 3176. He became the fifth batsman to achieve the feat of scoring 3000 plus runs against England. The following table lists all these five batsmen.

No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0
1	DG Bradman	Aus	1928-1948	37	63	7	5028	334	89.78	19	12	6
2	AR Border	Aus	1978-1993	47	82	19	3548	200*	56.31	8	21	3
3	GS Sobers	Win	1954-1974	36	61	8	3214	226	60.64	10	13	6
4	SR Waugh	Aus	1986-2003	46	73	18	3200	177*	58.18	10	14	6
5	SPD Smith	Aus	2010-2023	34	59	5	3176	239	59.45	12	12	2

SPD Smith scored 110 in Australia’s first innings to provide the 887^th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a century in a test innings.  It also provides the 324th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a century in a test innings against England. It also provides the 34th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a century in a test innings against England at Lord’s.

SPD Smith became the fourth Australian batsman to score centuries on two occasions at Lord’s. The following table lists these four batsmen. Prior to his 110 in this test, he had scored 215 in Jul 2013.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	W Bardsley	164	2	v South Africa	Lord’s	15 Jul 1912
2	W Bardsley	193*	1	v England	Lord’s	26 Jun 1926
1	DG Bradman	254	2	v England	Lord’s	27 Jun 1930
2	DG Bradman	102*	4	v England	Lord’s	24 Jun 1938
1	WA Brown	105	2	v England	Lord’s	22 Jun 1934
2	WA Brown	206*	2	v England	Lord’s	24 Jun 1938
1	SPD Smith	215	1	v England	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015
2	SPD Smith	110	1	v England	Lord’s	28 Jun 2023

SPD Smith became the third Australian batsman to score centuries on two occasions at Lord’s. The following table lists these three batsmen. Prior to his 110 in this test, he had scored 215 in Jul 2013. It is interesting to note that one of the centuries scored by these three batsmen is a double century.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	DG Bradman	254	2	v England	Lord’s	27 Jun 1930
2	DG Bradman	102*	4	v England	Lord’s	24 Jun 1938
1	WA Brown	105	2	v England	Lord’s	22 Jun 1934
2	WA Brown	206*	2	v England	Lord’s	24 Jun 1938
1	SPD Smith	215	1	v England	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015
2	SPD Smith	110	1	v England	Lord’s	28 Jun 2023

SPD Smith’s 110 in this test represent his 12^th century against England. He is one of the three Australian batsmen to score ten or more centuries against England. Others are DG Bradman {19} and SR Waugh {10}

DG Bradman {19} and SPD Smith {12} are the only two batsmen in the annals of test cricket to score 12 or more centuries against England.

DG Bradman {19}, SPD Smith {12}, GS Sobers {10} and SR Waugh {10} are the four batsmen in the annals of test cricket to score ten or more centuries against England.

SPD Smith became the fourth batsman in the annals of test cricket to score twelve or more centuries against an opposition. The following table lists all these four batsmen

No	Player	Team	Span	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	Opp
1	DG Bradman	Aus	1928-1948	37	63	7	5028	334	89.78	19	Eng
2	SM Gavaskar	Ind	1971-1983	27	48	6	2749	236*	65.45	13	Win
3	JB Hobbs	Eng	1908-1930	41	71	4	3636	187	54.26	12	Aus
4	SPD Smith	Aus	2010-2023	34	59	5	3176	239	58.81	12	Eng

The following table lists eight batsmen who have scored ten or more centuries against an opposition

No	Player	Team	Span	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	Opp
1	DG Bradman	Aus	1928-1948	37	63	7	5028	334	89.78	19	Eng
2	SM Gavaskar	Ind	1971-1983	27	48	6	2749	236*	65.45	13	Win
3	JB Hobbs	Eng	1908-1930	41	71	4	3636	187	54.26	12	Aus
4	SPD Smith	Aus	2010-2023	34	59	5	3176	239	58.81	12	Eng
5	SR Tendulkar	Ind	1991-2013	39	74	8	3630	241*	55.00	11	Aus
6	KC Sangakkara	Srl	2002-2015	23	45	6	2911	230	74.64	10	Pak
7	GS Sobers	Win	1954-1974	36	61	8	3214	226	60.64	10	Eng
8	SR Waugh	Aus	1986-2003	46	73	18	3200	177*	58.18	10	Eng

Z Crawly was dismissed stumped by JM Bairstow of NM Lyon for 48 in England’s first innings. His dismissal stumped gave NM Lyon his 20^th wicket through stumping dismissals. He became the seventh bowler in the annals of test cricket to have 20 or more wickets through stumping dismissals. The following table lists these seven bowlers

No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Wkts	St
1	M Muralidaran	Srl	1992-2010	133	800	47
2	SK Warne	Aus	1992-2007	145	708	36
3	HMRKB Herath	Srl	1999-2018	093	433	35
4	CV Grimmett	Aus	1925-1936	037	216	28
5	A Kumble	Ind	1990-2008	132	619	24
6	SP Gupte	Ind	1951-1961	036	149	20
7	NM Lyon	Aus	2011-2023	122	495	20

He also became the third Australian bowler in the annals of test cricket to have 20 or more wickets through stumping dismissals. The following table lists these three bowlers.

No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Wkts	St
1	SK Warne	Aus	1992-2007	145	708	36
2	CV Grimmett	Aus	1925-1936	037	216	28
3	NM Lyon	Aus	2011-2023	122	495	20

SPD Smith’s 110 in the first innings of this test provide his 32^nd test century. He now stands joint second in the list of Australian batsmen who have scored most centuries with SR Waugh who has also scored 32 centuries. RT Ponting with 41 centuries to his credit occupies the first place

The following table lists the Aussie batsmen who have scored 30 plus centuries in their test career.

No	Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C
1	RT Ponting	1995-2012	168	287	29	13378	257	51.85	41
2	SPD Smith	2010-2023	099	174	22	09079	239	59.73	32
3	SR Waugh	1985-2004	168	260	46	10927	200	51.06	32
4	ML Hayden	1994-2009	103	184	14	08625	380	50.73	30

The following table lists the 15 batsmen who have scored 30 plus centuries in their test career.

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	6	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	SPD Smith	Aus	2010-2023	099	174	22	9079	239	59.73	32
12	SR Waugh	Aus	1985-2004	168	260	46	10927	200	51.06	32
13	S Chanderpaul	Win	1994-2015	164	280	49	11867	203*	51.37	30
14	ML Hayden	Aus	1994-2009	103	184	14	8625	380	50.73	30
15	JE Root	Eng	2012-2023	132	241	20	11178	254	50.57	30

JE Root became the fourth cricketer to perform the all round performance of 2000 plus runs and 20 plus wickets in the Ashes series

No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Runs	W
1	SR Waugh	Aus	1986-2003	46	3200	22
2	WR Hammond	Eng	1928-1947	33	2852	36
3	JE Root	Eng	2013-2023	31	2190	20
4	WW Armstrong	Aus	1902-1921	42	2172	74

JE Root became the second England cricketer to perform the all round performance of 2000 plus runs and 20 plus wickets in the Ashes series

No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Runs	W
1	WR Hammond	Eng	1928-1947	33	2852	36
2	JE Root	Eng	2013-2023	31	2190	20

BM Duckett was dismissed for 98 in England’s first innings to provide the 58^th occasion of an England batsman dismissed for a ninety against Australia. It also provides the 30th occasion of an England batsman dismissed for a ninety against Australia at home. It also provides the twelfth occasion of an England batsman dismissed for a ninety against Australia in tests played at Lord’s

BM Duckett was dismissed for 98 in England’s first innings to provide the 21st occasion of an England opening batsman dismissed for a ninety against Australia. It also provides the twelfth occasion of an England opening batsman dismissed for a ninety against Australia at home. It also provides the fourth occasion of an England opening batsman dismissed for a ninety against Australia in tests played at Lord’s