Steve Smith joins 10,000 club in Sri Lanka as Australia dominate first day

Steven Smith has joined an exclusive club, becoming just the 15th player to pass 10,000 men's Test runs.

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Missing the chance to reach the mark in his home city of Sydney during the recent Border-Gavaskar Trophy series, Smith brought up the five-figure milestone in Australia's first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle, playing his signature flick toward mid-on, setting off for one before raising his bat to acknowledge the applause.

The moment was marked by an ovation from the Australia group.

Smith moved the score to 137/2 with the run, continuing Australia's strong start after the tourists won the toss and elected to bat.

The 35-year-old has compiled his runs at an average of over 55, with Kumar Sangakkara the only batter beyond the 10,000 figure with a better return (57.40).He became the fifth fastest batter by innings to reach to 10,000 Test runs.

The batter joins Allan Border, Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting as the fourth Australian to reach the mark.

Smith finished the opening day in Galle unbeaten on 104*, with the right-hander bringing up his 35th Test century later in the day to help the Aussies amass a big score of 330/2 in the first Test.

Australia opener Usman Khawaja (147*) also scored a century and was unbeaten at stumps, with rain in Galle causing an early finish to an opening day that was dominated by the tourists.