Steve Smith was dismissed for 99 in the second Test against India, falling just short of reaching the exclusive 10,000-run club. Smith, known for his concentration and composure, was visibly frustrated by spectators before edging a ball to the wicketkeeper. This uncharacteristic lapse in concentration saw him join a select group of batting greats who have been dismissed in the 9990s.
Staring up into the MA Noble stand, gesturing with increasing frustration at a couple of spectators apparently in his eyeline, a couple of four-letter thoughts kept to himself.
For the rest of us, Smithwatch hit pause. With Test cricket’s 10,000-run club calling, the 35-year-old had begun the day needing 38 to join the 14 men already in it. Having seen off the early threats of Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj, Smith’s uncharacteristic lapse sees him join one of Test cricket’s most exclusive clubs – a quartet of batting greats to have been dismissed in the nervous 9990s.Lara even managed to do it twice, just months after plundering his world record 400 not out against England in 2004.at Manchester in the return series, hitting his 10,000th Test run after a first-innings duck thanks to Andrew Flintoff.
Smith’s march from 9000 runs – passed at Lords during last year’s Ashes – to 9995 have come at an average of 37.03.
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