Steve Smith Creates History At Lord's, Breaks Record Of Most Runs In...
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In six Test matches played so far at Lord's for Australia, Steve Smith has 576 runs to his name, which is the most by a non-English batter.
Steve Smith is playing for Australia in the World Test Championship (WTC) 2025 final against South Africa. During the second session of the first day's play currently underway at Lord's, the 36-year-old batter from Sydney entered his name in the history books by breaking the record of scoring the most runs by a non-English batter in Test matches played at the Home of Cricket.
Smith needed 51 runs on Wednesday (June 11) to break former Australian batter Warren Bardsley's record of 575 runs, and he achieved the objective by taking a single on the second ball of the 33rd over of Australia's first innings bowled by Kagiso Rabada.
Warren Bardsley, who featured in 41 Tests for Australia from 1909 to 1926, played five Test matches at the Home of Cricket and in seven innings amassed a total of 575 runs.
Most runs by overseas batters in Tests played at Lord's
The overall record of scoring the most Test runs at Lord's is in the name of legendary English batter Joe Root. Root has played 22 Tests so far at Lord's and, with the help of seven centuries and seven half-centuries, has amassed a total of 2022 runs. He is followed by countryman Graham Gooch (2015 runs in 21 Tests) and Alastair Cook (1937 runs in 26 Tests).
Most Test runs at Lord's
Smith, who is playing his sixth Test for Australia at Lord's these days, came out to bat at No. 4 in the WTC 2025 final and has so far hammered seven fours.
Thanks to his good show with the bat so far, Aussies have managed to cross the 100-run mark in the first innings despite losing four batters—Usman Khawaja (0), Cameron Green (4), Marnus Labuschagne (17), and Travis Head (11)—in the morning session.
For South Africa, fast bowlers Kagiso Rabada and Marco Jansen have picked up two wickets each so far for the Temba Bavuma-led side after he opted to field first.
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