{"id":209020,"date":"2025-01-06T17:22:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T17:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/06\/steve-smith-breaks-silence-on-missing-10000-test-runs-milestone-in-sydney\/"},"modified":"2025-01-06T17:22:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T17:22:04","slug":"steve-smith-breaks-silence-on-missing-10000-test-runs-milestone-in-sydney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/06\/steve-smith-breaks-silence-on-missing-10000-test-runs-milestone-in-sydney\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Smith Breaks Silence On Missing 10,000 Test Runs Milestone In Sydney"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Veteran Australian batter Steve Smith has said he had never encountered a wicket like the one at the SCG, after falling one run short of reaching 10,000 career runs in the five-match Test series against India for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.<\/p>\n

In Australia’s first innings of the fifth Test here, Smith edged a delivery to slip just five runs shy of the landmark.<\/p>\n

In the second innings, Prasidh Krishna’s delivery rose sharply from short of a length and Smith advanced down the pitch, only to fend it into the gully to be dismissed on 9999 Test runs.<\/p>\n

“I got chainsawed didn’t I! Pretty nasty delivery actually; back of a length, I thought ‘oh, there’s one to punch through point’ and it just took off,” the former Australian captain told ‘Triple M’ after their six-wicket win on Sunday that gave them the trophy after a decade.<\/p>\n

“It wasn’t to be (reaching 10k Test runs), but that’s alright we got the result we were after.<\/p>\n

“Absolutely (toughest SCG pitch I’ve played on). By a mile. It was two-paced, up and down, seaming all over the place, swinging. I’ve never played on a wicket like that at the SCG before. It was incredibly difficult to bat.<\/p>\n

Smith made 33 in the first innings and 4 in the second essay, failing to sign off on a high after notching two hundreds in the series.<\/p>\n

“I love the game, it’s been a fun series, India are an unbelievable team. There’s been some great challenges, Bumrah in particular. It’s been great fun and fortunate to get the result in the end,” the 35-year-old added.<\/p>\n

Left-arm quick Mitchell Starc highlighted that everyone had “worked our backsides off” to get to the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series, emphasising the collective effort of the squad, support staff, and families for the successful result.<\/p>\n

“Five Test matches against India, they’re always gruelling, particularly four and five always close together,” Starc told Fox Cricket.<\/p>\n

“We’ve all worked our backsides off to get to this series, we knew it was a big one on the calendar and I think that’s just reward for all the hard work from the support staff, the families to the extended squad and everyone that’s taken part. It’s a fantastic result, today caps it off.<\/p>\n

“I like staying out of the scanner but sometimes I’m made to get in there. It’s always ‘if I can make it worse, what’s worse look like?’ and if not, then kick on. I always want to be a part of it, if I can contribute \u2013 I don’t want to leave the guys a man short so that’s always a question \u2013 but as soon as I knew I wouldn’t leave them short I was ready to go.” India lost the series 1-3, after suffering defeats in Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney while winning the opener in Perth.<\/p>\n

Terming it special, veteran spinner Nathan Lyon said: “It has been a long time, there’s only a few of us that have held this trophy before. Special moment, something we’ve all wanted to achieve as a team, especially when you come up against a great side.<\/p>\n

“The boys have been pretty amazing. There were nerves, there’s always nerves when you care, but the boys were fantastic,” Lyon told Fox Cricket.<\/p>\n

Having endured a difficult start, Australia’s number three batter Marnus Labuschagne said: “I love the Baggy Green, I love Test cricket, and I love playing with these boys.<\/p>\n

was a real challenging series. For us to just keep finding a way … all the batters had certain games where they just missed out and then stepped up in certain games and as a collective over a five Test match series, the batters just found a way.”<\/p>\n

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