Ashes 2025-26 Series: The historic Ashes series between Australia and England is going to start from November 21. A total of 5 tests will be played between the two teams. Australia is being captained by Steve Smith. He will also have a great opportunity to create history.
Australia vs England, Ashes 2025-26: If there is any biggest rivalry in cricket after India and Pakistan, it is the Ashes series. There is a historic series between the teams of Australia and England, in which there are tough matches. This time also 5 test matches will be played between the two teams. The Kangaroo team is being captained by Steve Smith, while Ben Stokes will be the captain of the English team. Smith’s record in the Ashes has been excellent. Once again he has a chance to create a new record. By scoring just one century, he will leave behind former England cricketer Jacob Hobbs.
Steve Smith’s tremendous record in Ashes
Steve Smith’s record in the Ashes series has been amazing. He has played a total of 37 Test matches from 2010 to 2023, in which he has scored 3417 runs in 66 innings at an average of 56.01. His highest individual score has been 239 runs. A total of 12 centuries and three half-centuries have come from his bat. Apart from this, he also hit 388 fours and 21 sixes. Ashmit is at third place in terms of scoring the most runs in the series between the two teams. At present there are two batsmen ahead of him. Australian legend Donald Bradman is at number one and Jacob Hobbs is at second.
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Jacob Hobbs’ big record will be broken by just 1 century
Steve Smith needs to score only one century to break the record of former England batsman Jacob Hobbs. He has also scored 12 centuries in the Ashes series during his entire career. In such a situation, Smith is currently standing on par with him, but once he scores a century, he will go ahead with 13 centuries. With this, he will become the second batsman to score the most centuries. At present, the batsman who has scored the most centuries in the Ashes series is Donald Bradman. A total of 19 centuries have come from his bat.
Smith will get a total of 10 innings
Steve Smith is going to get not one or two, but 10 innings to break Jacob Hobbs’ record of centuries. This means that his record is almost certain to be broken. There are a total of five matches between the two teams. In such a situation, if his bat works in even one match, Smith’s name will be recorded in the pages of history. Apart from this, he is the only active batsman in the top 5 in terms of scoring most runs in the Ashes series. None of the batsmen from both the teams playing in this series are included in the first five list.
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