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The final match of the ICC World Test Championship between Australia and South Africa is being played at Lord’s Stadium in London. Batting first in this match, Australia team has scored 212 runs after losing all wickets in their first innings.
New Delhi: The final match of the ICC World Test Championship between Australia and South Africa is being played at Lord’s Stadium in London. Batting first in this match, Australia team has scored 212 runs after losing all wickets in their first innings. South African bowlers troubled the Australian batsmen a lot by bowling explosively. Apart from Steve Smith and View Webster, no other player from Australia was able to bat freely in this match. Smith played an innings of 66 runs. During this innings, this experienced batsman has made a great record in Lord’s Stadium. He has surpassed West Indies’ legendary player Gary Sobers.
Steve Smith achieved a great feat:
Steve Smith has made the record of scoring the most runs by an outside batsman at Lord’s. As soon as Steve Smith completed his 51st run, he surpassed many legends. This player has scored 593 runs at Lord’s so far. Warren Bardsley was at the top of this list, who scored 575 runs at Lord’s. While he was followed by West Indies’ Gary Sobers, who scored 571 runs. Steve Smith has surpassed both these players and has secured the first position.
Sir Donald Bradman scored 551 runs at Lord’s. Shivnarine Chanderpaul has 512 runs at Lord’s. Talking about Steve Smith, he hit 10 fours during his innings. Australia’s best batsman was dismissed by Aiden Markram. Steve Smith shared a valuable partnership of 129 runs with Steve Webster for the fifth wicket.
Beau Webster scored 72 runs:
Apart from Smith, Australia’s young player Beau Webster also batted brilliantly and scored 72 runs. Beau Webster hit 11 fours during his innings. Wicketkeeper batsman Alex Carey contributed 23 runs. For South Africa, deadly fast bowler Kagiso Rabada took 5 wickets while Marco Jansen took 3 wickets. Fans have praised the bowling of both these players.
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