Steve Smith tells who could possibly be subsequent Aussie batter to succeed in 10,000 Take a look at runs | Cricket Information – The Instances of India

NEW DELHI: In keeping with Australian batting maestro Steve Smith, who made historical past because the fourth Australian to succeed in 10,000 Take a look at runs, one of many gamers from Marnus Labuschagne, Travis Head, and younger sensation Sam Konstas could turn into the fifth Australian to perform the feat.
Together with Allan Border, Steve Waugh, and Ricky Ponting, the 35-year-old turned the fourth Australian to succeed in 10,000 Take a look at runs on Wednesday. He was solely the fifteenth participant to succeed in 10,000 males’s Take a look at runs general.
“It is a good query. I believe there’s just a few folks that may definitely tick it off. Marnus (Labuschagne) is about midway there. Travis (Head) doubtlessly. (Sam) Konstas is nineteen and he might play for a protracted, very long time doubtlessly,” Smith informed The Sydney Morning Herald.
Smith turned the quickest of his Australian predecessors when it comes to the variety of matches performed as he reached the milestone in his one hundred and fifteenth Take a look at match.
Smith (205 innings) simply outpaces Waugh (244 innings) and Border (235 innings) when it comes to pace to the milestone, though Ponting (196) reached it in fewer innings.
Smith mentioned that shifting pitch situations had made it harder to realize 10,000 Take a look at runs. He identified that it’s now more durable for hitters to rack up enormous runs in Australia as a result of the situations are extra bowler-friendly.
“The stats counsel that each one batting averages in Australia are coming down, and bowling averages are additionally declining. These wickets we have performed on during the last three years have been powerful, notably for top-order gamers. You want a whole lot of luck to attain large runs and get lots of,” mentioned Smith.