Steve Smith fails in Gabba Test
WWOS staff
AUSTRALIAN CRICKET CAPTAIN STEVE SMITH'S RARE FAIL IN THE FIRST TEST AGAINST NEW ZEALAND IN BRISBANE
- Smith notched scores of 48 and one in Australia's 208-run first Test win victory over the Black Caps in Brisbane
- Australia still amassed 4(dec)-556 and 4(dec)-264 at the Gabba
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- Australia had not passed 350 as a Test total since the start of 2014 without Smith scoring at least a half-century until their Gabba victory over New Zealand
- The win marked Australia's 10th Test victory since the start of 2014 but only twice in those wins had Smith failed to pass 50
- In seven of those 10 Test wins, Smith had scored first innings tons (115, 100, 162 not out, 133, 199, 215, 143)
