Australia vs South Africa: Did not really feel good for first 70 balls, says Steve Smith after thirtieth Test century

Australia vs South Africa: Steve Smith got here to the press convention and spoke about his partnership with Usman Khawaja within the last Test match towards the Proteas.

Sydney,UPDATED: Jan 5, 2023 16:35 IST

Steve Smith celebrates his thirtieth Test century. (Courtesy: AP)

By India Today Web Desk: Former Australia captain Steve Smith scored his thirtieth Test century whereas enjoying towards South Africa at Sydney. With his 104-run innings, Smith went previous Matthew Hayden and Michael Clarke in Test runs and surpassed the legendary Don Bradman in variety of Test match tons of. Smith who performed his first ball early in Day 2, struggled for the primary 70 off balls after which hit again on the South Africa bowing assault, scoring 11 boundaries and a couple of sixes.

Speaking on the press convention after the day’s play the previous captain stated that he didn’t really feel good in the beginning however felt so much higher after getting his eye within the recreation.

“I didn’t feel great my first 60-70 balls but after that things started to click and I started felt a lot better,” Smith said about his cautious start Thursday.

”Pleased I used to be in a position to get by that preliminary interval and provides myself an opportunity,” Smith additional added.

The batter put up a 209-run stand alongside opener Usman Khawaja who remained not out for 195 runs. Khawaja, scored his third century in three consecutive innings on the SCG, that took his tally to 4 centuries within the venue. Smith praised the batter and stated that the left-hander was flawless from the beginning and hoped that he might attain his double or triple hundred on Day 3.

“It was a great innings, I thought he played exceptionally well from ball one,” Smith said on Khawaja’s landmark innings. “He was nice and patient when he needed to be and played the spin well. Hopefully he can get two or even three hundred tomorrow potentially.”

At the top of day’s play, Australia have been 475/4 in 131 overs.

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Kingshuk Kusari

Published On:

Jan 5, 2023