GALLE: On the first morning of the first Test match against Sri Lanka on Wednesday, Steve Smith of Australia became one of a few batters to surpass 10,000 Test runs.
Smith became the 15th player and fourth Australian to reach the milestone after starting the game with 9,999 runs and pushing for a single off Prabath Jayasuriya in Galle on his first ball.
The substitute captain lifted his bat in recognition of the crowd’s cheers.
“Fortunately hit that one in the gap, so nice to get that one away,” the 35-year-old said to 7Cricket in Australia.
“Nice to tick that off,” he added.
Smith joined fellow Australians Ricky Ponting, Allan Border and Steve Waugh in a list led by India’s Sachin Tendulkar, who made 15,921 runs in his red-ball.
