Steve Smith surpasses Steve Waugh as Australia's third-highest Test run-scorer

Steve Smith moved past Steve Waugh to become Australia's third-highest run-scorer in Test cricket on October 9, during the first day of the first Test against South Africa in Durban. Smith scored 25 runs, achieving the milestone with a six off Keshav Maharaj. His current total stands at 10,945 runs from 224 innings in 126 Tests. Waugh finished his career with 10,927 runs. Smith is now 55 runs short of reaching 11,000 Test runs and requires at least 230 runs across this series to surpass Allan Border for second place. Following Day 1, Australia finished on 187/6.

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