ASHES: SMITH SMASHES PONTING'S RECORD WITH 9000 RUNS! - Sportzcraazy

Steve Smith became the fastest Australian batter to score 9000 runs in Test cricket

Smith achieved the feat when he got to his 38th Test fifty on Day 1 of the 2nd Ashes Test

Smith got to 9000 runs in 174 innings, 2 more than Kumar Sangakkara

Steve Smith broke Ricky Ponting's Australian record -- 177 innings to 9,000 runs

Smith, in fact, is the fastest to 9,000 runs when considered the number of matches

FASTEST TO 9000 (INNINGS) Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) - 172 Steve Smith (Australia) - 174 in Rahul Dravid (India) -176 Brian Lara (West Indies) - 177 Ricky Ponting (Australia) - 177

Smith missed out on the first Ashes Test of the 2023 tour in Birmingham

However, the former World No. 1 batter is making England pay at his favorite hunting ground - the Lord's

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