Australian batter Steven Smith. (AP)Australian stand-in skipper Steven Smith scored back-to-back tons during the ongoing series against Sri Lanka in Galle. The 35-year-old now has piled on 36 tons in his Test career. He is fifth on the all-time list and is only behind the likes of Kumar Sangakkara, Ricky Ponting, Jacques Kallis and Sachin Tendulkar.
In addition to that Smith’s ton in Galle is 17th away from excluding his tons at neutral venues. He has got the most centuries away for an Australian batter.
In addition to that he is now placed fourth on the list of most tons as a captain in the red-ball format. Graeme Smith tops the list with 25 tons and India’s Virat Kohli is second with 20 tons.
| Player | Teams | Hundreds |
| Graeme Smith | South Africa | 25 |
| Virat Kohli | India | 20 |
| Ricky Ponting | Australia | 19 |
| Steve Smith | Australia | 17 |
| Allan Border | Australia | 15 |
| Steve Waugh | Australia | 15 |
| Don Bradman | Australia | 14 |
| Michael Clarke | Australia | 14 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | Sri Lanka | 14 |
| Brian Lara | West Indies | 14 |
| Clive Lloyd | West Indies | 14 |
| Joe Root | England | 14 |
Australian Head Coach Andrew McDonald revealed that it is “heavily unlikely” that Pat Cummins would be participating in the upcoming Champions Trophy. And there are discussions to make either Travis Head or Steven Smith captain of the side for the tournament.
“Pat Cummins hasn’t been able to resume any type of bowling so he’s heavily unlikely, so that would mean that we do need a captain,” McDonald told SEN. “Steve Smith and Travis Head are the two that we’ve been having conversations with while we’ve been building out that Champions Trophy team along with Pat back home. They’ll be the two that we look at for that leadership post.”
“They’re the two obvious ones. Steve has done a great job here in the [first] Test match. He’s done some good work in one-day international cricket across the journey as well. So it’s between those two,” McDonald Said.
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