Steve Smith became the eighth batsman to score hundreds in both innings of an Ashes Test as he registered his 25th Test hundred on Day 4 of the opening Test in Birmingham on Sunday.
He became the fifth Australian batsman overall and the first after Matthew Hayden (in 2002) to record hundreds in both innings of an Ashes Test.
This was the first instance of a pair of hundreds for Smith in the same Test in his career. The feat has been achieved on 85 occasions in Test cricket history and on 23 instances by an Australian batsman (by 16 different batsmen).
He joins Steve Waugh with the joint third-highest number of hundreds in Ashes Tests – 10 and is only behind Bradman (19) and Jack Hobbs (12).
Smith has scored 6446 runs in Test cricket in just 65 Tests at an average of 63.19 – it is the second-highest average in Test cricket history after Bradman (min. 2000 runs).
