Stats: Smith second only to Bradman for most Ashes runs and tons

Smith climbs up Ashes charts

Steven Smith now has 13 Test hundreds in the Ashes, second only to Don Bradman's 19. Jack Hobbs (12), Steve Waugh (10), Wally Hammond (9) and David Gower (9) follow.

This was Smith's 37th Test century overall, moving him past Rahul Dravid (36). He now trails only Sachin Tendulkar (51), Jacques Kallis (45), Ricky Ponting (41), Joe Root (41) and Kumar Sangakkara (38).

Smith also passed Jack Hobbs to become the second-leading run-scorer in Ashes history, with 3,682 runs.

Smith also became the fourth batter with over 5,000 international runs against a single opponent (England), joining Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, and Don Bradman.

Travis Head lights up SCG

Travis Head became the fifth Australian to score Test centuries at seven different home venues, joining Steve Waugh, Matthew Hayden, Justin Langer, and David Warner.

Head now has three hundreds in this Ashes series, all as an opener. He is the seventh Australian to score three centuries as an opener in an Ashes series, joining Joe Darling (1897/98), Bill Woodfull (1928/29), Arthur Morris (1946/47 & 1948), Bill Lawry (1965/66), Michael Slater (1994/95 & 1998/99), and Matthew Hayden (2002/03).

His 150 came off 152 balls, the joint-fourth fastest 150 in Ashes history.

Fastest Ashes 150s (by balls taken)

Head also became the second Australian opener in the 21st century to score 500+ runs in an Ashes series, after David Warner (523 runs in 2013/14). Head now has 600 runs in the series, with 579 coming from his eight innings as opener.

Tough outing for England bowlers

Australia have had seven partnerships of 50 runs or more in this innings, the second-most in a Test innings ever (India had eight against England at The Oval in 2007).

This is the 22nd instance in Test history of a 50+ partnership for each of the first five wickets, and the third in Ashes history (Australia at The Oval in 2001 and The Gabba in 2006/07).

Joe Root extends his Test supremacy

Joe Root scored his 41st Test hundred, drawing level with Ricky Ponting for third all-time, behind only Sachin Tendulkar (51) and Jacques Kallis (45). Root now needs 1,985 more runs to surpass Tendulkar's record tally of 15,921.

Since 2021, Root has 24 Test centuries, far ahead of second-placed Steven Smith (11). His conversion rate from 50+ scores to hundreds since 2021 is 58.53%, a massive increase from 25.75% from his debut until 2020.

Root now has 17 scores of 150 or more in Tests, a figure exceeded only by Sachin Tendulkar (20), Brian Lara (19), Kumar Sangakkara (19), and Don Bradman (18). Alastair Cook is next for England with 11.

He has scored 150+ in seven different countries, joint-second with Steve Waugh, Brian Lara, and Kumar Sangakkara, and one behind Sachin Tendulkar and Younis Khan (eight each).

77 wickets for Ben Stokes as England Test captain, drawing him level with Bob Willis for the most by an England captain. Ray Illingworth is next with 51.