Steve Smith has become the second Australian after Allan Border to score 500 and more runs in the consecutive Ashes series in England. Smith reached this milestone after he added 122 runs in the ongoing fourth Ashes Test. In 2015 Ashes which took place in England, Smith scored 508 runs while this time in his third match he crossed the 500-run mark. Before Smith only Border had amassed the 500 plus runs consecutively in the Ashes in England.
Border scored more than 500 runs in 1981 and 1985. The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia at least once every two years. Smith returned to the international cricket after serving a one year ban due to his involvement in the ball-tampering scandal against South Africa in 2018. He recently became the world number one batsman in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test rankings.