Australia seize upper hand against England after Steve Smith’s hundred Read moreBack then, the pitch was a disaster with runs gold dust in a country where Australia had been routinely embarrassed. Here, Smith’s first Ashes Test as captain, it is a match where only a victory is acceptable. Joe Root braves Gabbatoir hostility but Alastair Cook’s woes cause concern Read more“I had to really dig deep,” Smith said. Overall, he has reached 21 Test centuries quicker than all but two others, his average now again in excess of 61. Most would be too mentally taxed to do it again in the second dig, but Smith isn’t most people.

Source: The Guardian November 25, 2017 10:18 UTC