This was Steve Smith's eighth successive Test 50 against England. FMTNews
Smith has now scored 438 runs in four innings this series, including two hundreds.
This was Smith’s eighth successive Test fifty against England – a run that started during Australia’s 4-0 home series win in 2017/18 – with the 30-year-old extending his own Ashes record. But together with Marnus Labuschagne, whose 67 was also his fourth successive Test fifty since replacing Smith as a concussion substitute, the former Australia captain put on 116 for the third wicket.
“I’ve never played a game with no bails,” said Labuschagne. “It was almost like they were running into the wind from both ends.Smith missed England’s dramatic one-wicket win in the third Test at Headingley that levelled this five-match series at 1-1 after being felled by a bouncer from paceman Jofra Archer during the drawn second Test at Lord’s.
His exit brought Smith to the crease for his first Test innings since Lord’s, where he made 92 despite being struck by Archer.
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