Steven Smith 215 against England in Investec Ashes 2nd test

This has been the day as Steven Smith recorded his maiden Test double against England in The Ashes series. Steven Smith is the Australia's Achilles heel.Steven Smith started his career as a promising leg spinner. But with the passage of time,his bowling skills degraded whereas his batting skills bloomed. He scored 9 Consecutive 50+ in the 1st innings of Tests.He averages 154 in the 1st innings during this period.He played 29 test matches scoring 2653 runs in total.He scored 11 fifties and 9 hundreds with an average of 55.27.Before,his highest score was 199 against the West Indies in 2015.During that moment,he was in his nervous 190's and got out missing his double ton.He'd been around in Tests for his first 11 Tests without a century and an average of 29.5. Then came the first century in his 12th, along came a flurry of centuries and an average of 86.3 in next 19 matches. That is phenomenal.Smith by scoring 215 enters into the group of Australian batsmen making double tons in away tests.

Steven Smith reaches 150 -

       Steven Smith was in 147 during 105.2 overs and right at the third ball of that over Smith moves with a pre-emptive step across the stumps and goes for a casual waft down the ground. Just sufficiently timed to reach the rope and this brings up his 150.

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Steven Smith makes his maiden Test double -

       This was the second time for Steven Smith for being on his 190s and it was the 134th over when Smith was at 199 and on the fifth ball of that over Smith with effortless whip off the pads and the ball racing away to the rope. Behold,off comes the helmet, a pump of the bat and I think this would be the happiest moment in his life.What a formidable record this man has. 

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Joe Root gets the wicket of Steven Smith -

  As Smith continued piling up runs for the Australia,in that process he falls on a trap set by Joe Root.Anyways,Australian fans might be pretty happy with the way the Australians have scored quick runs in a quickgun fashion.

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