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SMITH is the first Australia captain since Don Bradman in 1946-47 to score 600 runs in an Ashes — and the first Aussie to score three hundreds in an Ashes since Matthew Hayden in 2002-03. SMITH has scored 604 runs this series at an average of 151 — the most in an Ashes by an Australian since Michael Slater’s 623 in 1994-95. Smith’s run of scores reads 141*, 40, 6, 239, 76 and 102*. HE HAS joined Ricky Ponting as the only batsman to make six hundreds in a year more than once — and last week’s century means he has scored a ton in the Boxing Day Test four years in a row.