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.

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 legend Adam Gilchrist marvelled at Steve Smith's transition from a leg-spin-bowling all-rounder to one of the nation's greatest batters.

GALLE: Australia's Steve Smith on Wednesday joined a small group of batters to reach 10,000 Test runs during the first day of the opening Test against Sri Lanka at the Galle

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.

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

Skipper Steve Smith crossed a milestone 10,000 runs in Test cricket as Australia reached 145-2 at lunch on day one of the first match against Sri Lanka. He became the 15th batsman to 10,000 Test runs and only the fourth Australian to achieve the feat after Allan Border,

Australian batting great has added yet another feather to his illustrious cap, becoming the fifth-fastest batter in history to reach 10,000 Test runs. He achieved this milestone on the first day of Australia’s first Test against Sri Lanka at the Galle International Stadium,

Australia stand-in captain Steven Smith is looking to put the 10,000 Test runs milestone out of his head in the first Test of the two-match series against Sri Lanka. In the final Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India,

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,