By Admin 
WTC Final 2025: Lords Cricket Ground, called ‘Mecca of Cricket’, when a record breaks on that ground, that moment itself becomes a history in itself. Australian batsman Steve Smith has made a similar historical achievement on the first day of the World Test Championship (WTC) final. Batting in difficult circumstances against South Africa, he broke a 99 -year -old record, which was created by Warren Bardsley in Australia in 1926.
The start of the Australian team was very bad. At the beginning of the first day, the team suffered a major setback. In just seven overs, two big batsmen of the team had returned to the pavilion after getting out, but Steve Smith, while holding one end, batted patiently at the crease. He scored 66 runs in 112 balls with the help of 10 fours and made several records during his innings.
History created on Lord’s ground
Smith’s innings was not only to bring Australia to a strong score, but he also won the title of foreign batsman who scored the most runs in Test cricket in Lord’s. Earlier, this record was named after former Australian batsman Warren Bardsley, who scored 575 runs in 7 innings of 5 Tests in Lords from 1909 to 1926. Smith has now crossed this figure and he has scored 591 runs. He named his name this ground There are 2 centuries and 3 half -centuries.
Bradman and Sobers also left behind
During this match, Smith also left behind two great players of cricket history, Sir Don Bradman and Gary Sobers.
Bradman scored 551 runs in 8 innings of 4 Test matches at Lord’s.
At the same time, Gary Sobers had 571 runs in 9 innings of 5 Tests.
Now Smith has overtaken these two great players and if he scored only 9 runs in his next innings, then he will become the first batsman in the world to complete 600 runs in Test cricket in Lord’s ground, which is a big achievement in itself.
Another recorded your name
Smith has put a record on the Lord’s ground. He has made another important record. He has also reached the top in terms of making the most Fifty Plus score in England. Now he holds a record of scoring 50 or more runs in 23 Test matches 18 times. This record before
Alan Border (17 times in 25 Tests) and
Viv Richards (17 times in 24 Tests)
Like the names of veterans,But now Smith has left both behind, Smith’s name is now recorded in golden letters on a prestigious ground like Lords,