Delhi: Even though in most news of the third day coming from the World Test Championship at Lord’s, Steve Smith is mentioned in the slip to break the fielding and Temba Bavuma as well as the fingers to break the fingers, but the final did not reduce Smith’s reputation as a batsman.
Smith scored 66 and 13
In Tests, at the time of both innings of Australia, when it was difficult to score one by one in difficult situations, Smith scored 66 and 13. With this, Smith became the most non-English batsman to score the most runs in Lord’s. Of these, no one had scored 600 runs here before him.
Batsman who scored the most runs in Lord’s
In Tests, Non-Insmagged Batsman who scored the most runs in Lord’s: Steve Smith (Australia) 604, W Birdsley (Australia) 575, Gary Sobers (West Indies) 571, Don Bradman (Australia) 551, Shivnaren Chandrapal (West Indies) 512, Dilip Vengsarkar (India) 508 and Alan Border (Australia) 503.
Batsman better than Bradman and Sobers
Being a better batsman than Don Bradman and Sobers or scoring more runs than Vengsarkar, who scored 100 in his first 3 Tests in Lord’s, is not a simple thing. Smith has now put four 100 and one 50 in his last 6 Tests and this record not only strengthens the situation in his Fab 4, it also further strengthens his position as the greatest Test batsman of this century.
Interest in playing test is steadily decreasing
Prior to this final, he had scores like 110, 34, 92, 215 and 58 in Lord’s. Now a 50 more added to it. Breaking of the highest run record of the highest run of a visiting batsman (non-English) in Lord’s, now it will not be easy for anyone, when today’s batsmen are constantly decreasing in playing Tests. Note, batsmen like Brian Lara, Zaheer Abbas, Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar are not named in this list.
Made 100 against India
With 66 in the first innings of this final, Smith became the first and only batsman to make more than 50 in the final of Test Championships, in the final of the World Test Championship. In the final in 2023, 100 was made against India and scored 50 against South Africa in the final of 2025. Also, there are only other visitors to make 5 or more 50 in Lord’s. Before that, this record was only the name of Shivnaren Chandrapaul.
Richards and Alan borders lagged behind
- If we look at this record according to the highest 50+ score of any non-English batsman in England, then Steve Smith is now on top with 18 such scores and both Viv Richards and Alan Border (17) are left behind.
- He has now crossed Sachin Tendulkar (6) in the highest number of 50+ scores in ICC knockout and only Virat Kohli (10) is above him. Dhakad batsmen like Jacques Kallis, Kumar Sangakkara and Kane Williamson (5) are left behind.
‘Love Affair’ with Lords
All these records have taken ‘Love Affair’ to a new height with Steven Smith’s Lords. Incidentally, 15 years ago, Steven Smith made his debut on this ground. Amazing that in that Test, he shone as a leg -spinner and helped to win his team by taking 3 wickets in the last innings. Today, Smith’s big record is being discussed in Lord’s, but the truth was that it was not from the beginning. He scored just 14 runs in his first two Tests here. Now not for these scores, they are discussed for scores like 215, 58, 92, 110, 34 and 66.
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