SPD Smith’s 102 not out against England in the just concluded test at Melbourne represent  his 15^th century while captaining Australia. He became the fifth captain in the annals of test cricket to score 15 or more centuries. It is interesting to note that out of the five captains who have accomplished the feat, four are Australian captains.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0
1	GC Smith	SAF	109	193	12	8659	277	47.83	25	36	10
2	RT Ponting	Aus	77	140	13	6542	209	51.51	19	35	7
3	AR Border	Aus	93	154	24	6623	205	50.94	15	36	7
4	SPD Smith	Aus	30	53	8	3434	239	76.31	15	11	1
5	SR Waugh	Aus	57	83	12	3714	199	52.30	15	10	6

The following table lists the fifteen centuries scored by SPD Smith

SPD SMITH OF AUSTRALIA
No	Runs	Pos	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	133	4	2	v India	Brisbane	17 Dec 2014
2	192	4	1	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2014
3	117	4	1	v India	Sydney	06 Jan 2015
4	138	3	3	v New Zealand	Perth	13 Nov 2015
5	134*	4	1	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 2015
6	138	4	2	v New Zealand	Christchurch	20 Feb 2016
7	119	3	2	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	13 Aug 2016
8	130	4	1	v Pakistan	Brisbane	15 Dec 2016
9	165*	4	2	v Pakistan	Melbourne	26 Dec 2016
10	109	3	3	v India	Pune	23 Feb 2017
11	178*	3	1	v India	Ranchi	16 Mar 2017
12	111	3	1	v India	Dharamsala	25 Mar 2017
13	141*	4	2	v England	Brisbane	23 Nov 2017
14	239	4	2	v England	Perth	14 Dec 2017
15	102*	4	3	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2017