Steve Smith created new history at Lord’s  (Steve Smith

Steve Smith: In the final of the World Test Championship 2023-25, South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl first. Marnsh Labuschagne and Usman Khawaja, who came to open Australia’s innings, could not do anything special with the bat. Khawaja could not even open his account while Labuschagne was dismissed after scoring 17 runs. Cameron Green, who returned after 15 months, also went after scoring 4 runs. After this, Travis Head could also contribute only 11 runs.

While Australia’s wickets were falling from one end, star batsman Steve Smith    (Steve Smith  held the other end and also completed his half-century in the second session. Smith hit a four off Rabada in the 33rd over to score his 42nd half-century in Tests. After this, by stealing a single, Smith broke the 99-year-old record at Lord’s, known as the Mecca of cricket, and created a new history.

Smith came out on top

In fact, Steve Smith has become the foreign batsman to score the most Test runs at Lord’s as soon as he scored 51 runs. He broke a huge record of Warren Bardsley of Australia. Warren Bardsley scored 575 runs with the help of 2 centuries and 2 half-centuries in 7 innings of 5 Test matches at Lord’s between 1909 and 1926. Now Smith has 591 runs at Lord’s. He has scored 2 centuries and 3 half-centuries here.

During his half-century in the first innings of the WTC Final, Smith has also surpassed the great Don Bradman and West Indies legend Gary Sobers. Bradman had scored 551 runs in 8 innings of 4 test matches at Lord’s. Whereas, Gary Sobers had achieved the feat of scoring 571 runs in 9 innings of 5 test matches. Now Smith can also become the first batsman in the world to score 600 runs in a test match at Lord’s.

Allan Border and Vivian Richards also left behind

Steve Smith has also become the batsman to score the most 50+ scores in test matches on England’s soil. He broke the record of Australia’s Allan Border and Vivian Richards. Allan Border had scored more than fifty 17 times in 25 test matches in England. Whereas, Vivian Richards had achieved this feat in 24 test matches. But now Smith has 18 fifty plus scores in England. He has achieved this feat in just 23 test matches.