Smith joins 100 in 100th Test club

Monday, 23 July 2012 00:00 - - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}}

South Africa captain Graeme Smith became only the seventh player in cricket history to score a hundred in his 100th Test match when he reached three figures against England on the third day of the first Test at The Oval.

The left-handed opener was eventually out for 131.

Australia great Ricky Ponting made two hundreds in his 100th Test, against South Africa at Sydney in 2006. Colin Cowdrey (England) 104 vs Australia at Birmingham, 1968; Javed Miandad (Pakistan) 145 vs India at Lahore, 1989; Gordon Greenidge (West Indies) 149 vs England at St John’s, 1990; Alec Stewart (England) 105 vs West Indies at Manchester, 2000; Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pakistan) 184 vs India at Bangalore, 2005; Ricky Ponting (Australia) 120 & 143 n.o. vs South Africa at Sydney, 2006 and Graeme Smith (South Africa) vs England at The Oval, 2012