Steve Smith has become the 15th player in Test cricket, and fourth Australian, to score 10,000 runs in a career. Needing just one run, Smith brought up the milestone on his first delivery, skipping down the wicket and punching a single to mid-on, on the opening day of Australia's first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle.

Steve Smith’s batting average of 56.33 is the second-best amongst the 15 batters in the 10K Club. Only Kumar Sangakkara with an average of 57.4 is higher than Smith

Smith is now the 4th Australian batter with 10,000-plus runs in Tests. He joins the likes of Ricky Ponting (13,378), Allan Border (11,174), and Steve Waugh (10,927). Overall, Smith is the 15th batter in Tests to unlock the milestone.

Seasoned batter Steve Smith on Wednesday became the fourth Australian batter and 15th overall in the history of cricket to make 10,000 runs in Test cricket, reaching the milestone during the first Test against Sri Lanka at Galle.

Steve Smith entered the contest in Sydney just 38 runs short of the landmark, but was left stranded on 9,999 at the end of the series after being bowled by Prasidh Krishna in Australia's second inning

Australia batter Steve Smith passes the 10,000-run mark in Test cricket during the first day of his side's opening match in Sri Lanka.

The 35-year-old, captaining the side in the absence of Pat Cummins, needed just one run in Galle to reach the milestone in Galle.

Steven Smith joined the elite club of batters to complete 10,000 runs in Test cricket on Wednesday, the first day of the opening Test in Galle. Watch this report for more details!

Steven Smith's first runs in the series vs Sri Lanka took him to the much-awaited 10,000 run mark in Test cricket.

Australia's Steve Smith joined a select group of batsmen to reach 10,000 Test runs on Wednesday during the first morning of the opening Test against Sri Lanka. Smith joined fellow Australians Ricky Ponting,