Australia batters showed dominance on the first day of the Lord's Test. At the end of the day, they scored 339 runs by losing 5 wickets. Steve Smith is unbeaten on 85 runs.

Smith set a record on the way to playing this innings. This batter has reached the milestone of 9000 runs in Test cricket. Smith was 31 runs away from 9000 runs before batting in this match. Although he played conservatively in the beginning, he gradually started to flourish. Smith completed the quota of 9000 runs by hitting Ben Stokes for four in the first ball of the 42nd over.

Smith is the second-fastest batter in the 9000-run club. He has touched this milestone in the 174th innings in 99 matches. Only Sri Lankan legend Kumar Sangakkara made this record faster than him in the history of Test cricket. Sangakkara entered the 9000-run club in the 172nd innings.

Smith's bat laughed tremendously on the first day of the match. He hit a great fifty and stayed at the crease scoring 85 runs off 149 balls. Besides increasing the team's run on the second day, Smith's 32nd century in Test career is within reach.

This is the second Test of the ongoing Ashes. Earlier, Australia won the first Test by 2 wickets and lead the series by 1-0.

Fastest to 9000 Test runs

1. Kumar Sangakkara - 172 innings

2. Steve Smith 174 innings

3. Rahul Dravid - 176 innings

4. Brian Lara - 177 innings

5. Ricky Ponting - 177 innings