Steve Smith
Smith, who has captained Australia in the past, is now 55 runs away from becoming the third Australian to reach 11,000 Test runs. He needs to score at least 230 runs across the ongoing three-match series to overtake Border and move into second place on the list.
4, Smith scored 25 off 53 balls, hitting two sixes before his innings came to an end. He needed eight runs to move past Waugh’s tally of 10,927 and reached the milestone with a six off Keshav Maharaj in the 19th over, having scored five runs from his first 27 balls. Smith now has 10,945 runs from 224 innings in 126 Tests. Waugh scored 10,927 runs in 260 innings across 168 Tests during his 19-year career for Australia. Ponting finished his career with 13,378 runs in 168 Tests, while Border scored 11,174 runs in 156 matches.
Batting at No. Only Ricky Ponting and Allan Border are ahead of Smith on Australia’s list of leading Test run-scorers.