Australia complete day 3 of the third Ashes take a look at in an exceedingly commanding position as they lead European country by 146 runs (594/4) once the stumps were drawn at the WACA in state capital.
After losing Shaun Marsh early within the day, skipper Steve Smith and Shaun’s younger brother Mitchell Marsh force things back, batted through the day and place their team in an exceedingly tight position for a 3-0 lead.
While Mitch, UN agency is returning to international cricket once 10 months, scored his maiden take a look at ton, Smith scored his twenty second take a look at ton and followed it up together with his second double ton within the formats.
Smith remained undefeated on two9 off 390 balls with 2 fours and one six and Mitch continues to be batting on a 234-ball 181 with twenty nine boundaries and appears set to convert his initial century in Tests to a double ton.
Let us take a glance at a number of the attention-grabbing numbers from day 3 of the third take a look at.
1- Mitchell Marsh scored his maiden take a look at century in his twenty second matched game.
2- Steven Smith is that the second captain once Virat Kohli to get a take a look at double-century in last twenty two months.
2- Marsh family becomes the second set of family (father and sons) to register a minimum of ten take a look at a whole lot. Amarnaths with thirteen (Lala and Surinder one every and Mohinder 11) square measure the sole set of family that’s before Marshs’ ten (Geoff three, Shaun 5, Mitch 1).
4- this can be the fourth consecutive time Steve Smith has scored over a thousand runs in an exceedingly civil year. solely Matthew Hayden has done it a lot of times in his career.
3- this can be the third time the partnership for the fifth wicket crossed two hundred doubly in an exceedingly matched game.
3- Steve Smith (108 innings) becomes the third quickest once Don Bradman and Sunil Gavaskar to get twenty two take a look at centuries. He overtook Sachin Tendulkar’s 114 innings to achieve the landmark.
4- Steve Smith becomes the fourth baseball player once Sir Don Bradman, sap Hammond and Bob Simpson to get a minimum of 2 Ashes double a whole lot.
5- Steve Smith becomes the fifth Australian captain once Bob Simpson, Don Bradman, Billy Murdoch and Allan Border to get a double century in Ashes.
9- Steven Smith has bettered his career-best take a look at score for the ninth time. Virat Kohli holds the record with fourteen times.
181*- this can be Mitchell Marsh’s highest score in Tests.
229*- Steve Smith’s undefeated 229 is that the highest score by a captain at WACA. He went past Bob Simpson’s 176 that he scored against Asian nation in 1977.
229*- this can be Steve Smith’s highest score in Tests.
