Smith boasts a Test batting average of over 56. Only Sangakkara has more among batters with 100 or more Tests.

Pictures of Smith, 35 ... missed out on joining Allan Border, Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting as one of a handful of Australians to score 10,000 Test runs. At the SCG, the 35-year-old had missed ...

It was him trying to attain a level of perfection with his batting that only Steve Smith ... This was Smith slowly beginning to establish his head and body into the rhythm of Test cricket.