Tests 2022-23: Ranking Top 10 Test Batters
Test cricket saw some dazzling batting displays from batters across countries as records stumbled for fun.
6. Steve Smith
For Australia’s middle-order batter Steve Smith, 2022 was an incredible year as the veteran played a lot of match-winning knocks for his team. Chalking up 876 runs in 18 innings of 11 Tests, he ended up as the sixth leading run-scorer in the calendar year. In the fourth Test of the Ashes 2021-22 at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), Smith played a 67-run knock in the first innings and started his year with confidence.
In March 2022, Australia clinched a 1-0 victory over Pakistan in their backyard in a three-match Test series. During the series, Smith produced some impactful knocks from his bat. His 59 run-innings in the first innings of the final Test at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, strengthened Australia to bag a fabulous 115-run victory.
The right-handed Aussie delivered a notable performance in July 2022. In the second Test against Sri Lanka at the Galle International Stadium, he played a 145-run knock in the first innings. However, his amazing knock went in vain as the island nation emerged victorious in the end. This year, the 34-year-old played a key role in Australia’s one-sided 209-run win over India in the World Test Championship (WTC) final 2023, with his extraordinary knock of 121 in the first innings.
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