LIVE: Limping Smith's sobering Test admission

Steve Smith has flagged the anticipation that status volition forestall him overhauling Ricky Ponting's Australian grounds of 41 Test centuries.

Smith's unbeaten 200 yesterday was his 29th Test hundred, drafting him level with Don Bradman.

Amongst Australians, lone Ponting (41), Steve Waugh (32) and Matthew Hayden (30) person much Test centuries.

Smith, who has struggled with a hep occupation done this match, was asked aft play astir the imaginable of passing Ponting's mark, and helium seemed to admit the grounds is each but retired of reach.

"That's a agelong mode away. I'm not sure, I'm 33, 34 adjacent year, not definite however agelong I'll play for, but we'll see," helium admitted.

"But 41 is surely a agelong mode away, there's a batch of Test matches successful the adjacent twelvemonth for us, truthful we'll spot however galore I tin get, tin hopefully get a fewer much successful that play of time. We'll spell from there."

While Smith's 29th 100 equalled Bradman's mark, helium besides added his sanction to different database featuring the large man.

Smith and Marnus Labuschagne (204) provided conscionable the 5th lawsuit of 2 Australians making a treble period successful the aforesaid Test innings.

The 4 erstwhile occasions were Ponting and Michael Clarke successful 2012, Bill Lawry and Bob Simpson successful 1965, Bradman and Sid Barnes successful 1946 and Bradman and Bill Ponsford successful 1934.

"I conjecture immoderate clip your sanction is mentioned alongside the Don, it's beauteous peculiar and it's beauteous flattering," Smith said.

"It was bully to get a large 1 contiguous and acceptable america up and enactment america successful a bully position. I person felt truly bully for the past mates of weeks batting and fortunately was capable to walk a bully clip retired determination yesterday and today."