Smith doubles down on WACA woe for England

5,764 – the previous record of the most Test runs scored after 108 innings, held by West Indies legend Sir Garfield Sobers since 1968. When Smith reached 208 in the final session he passed that mark.

22 – number of Test centuries. Smith now sits ninth on the list of most Test hundreds for Australia, one behind Justin Langer. Ricky Ponting is in top spot with 41.

138 – number of balls it took Smith to reach his century, the fastest in his Test career. His previous best was the 142-ball hundred against India at the Sydney Cricket Ground in 2014. In complete contrast, Smith scored his slowest century from 261 balls in the first Magellan Ashes Test at the Gabba.

108 – number of innings it took Smith to reach Test match ton No.22, the third fastest of all time. Only Sir Donald Bradman (58 innings) and Sunil Gavaskar (101) reached the milestone in fewer innings.

Skipper Smith's sublime Gabba century

4 – number of consecutive years Smith has scored at least 1,000 runs. He’s only the second person in history along with Australia’s Matthew Hayden to do it in four straight calendar years. Hayden holds the overall record of most consecutive 1,000-plus years with five.

3 – number of Test match centuries Smith has scored at the WACA Ground, the equal most at the ground. Smith’s deputy David Warner is the co-owner of the record.

Smith's red-hot 2013 ton burns England

14 – Test match centuries as captain, the equal fourth-most by an Australian. Ponting leads the way with 19 from 77 matches in charge, ahead of Allan Border (15 in 93), Steve Waugh (15 in 57), Michael Clarke (14 in 47), Bradman (14 in 24) and Smith (14 in 28).

171 – the previous highest Ashes score at the WACA Ground, held by Australia’s Ian Redpath in the first Ashes Test at the venue in 1971. Smith will likely forever hold the record given this is the final Ashes Test at the iconic venue before all future contests head across the Swan River to the new Optus Stadium.

79 - Smith's 200 came up off 301 balls, and was the quickest Ashes double-century for Australia in almost 80 years, since the 257-ball 200 scored by Stan McCabe in Nottingham in 1938.

62.89 – Smith’s Test match batting average, the second-highest of all time (minimum 20 Tests). Smith leapfrogged former teammate Adam Voges’ mark of 61.87. Smith is still a fair way behind the world record of 99.94 held by The Don. Voges said he would have no hard feelings if Smith passed his record when asked about it during play. "For him to be at that level after the amount of Tests and the amount of runs that he's scored just shows how good a player he is. If he manages to go past me I'll be okay with that, if he can stay there then that would be even better."

1000 RUNS IN A CALENDAR YEAR (four times or more)

Steve Smith (Australia) - 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 Alastair Cook (England) - 2006, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016 Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) - 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2014 Michael Clarke (Australia) - 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013 Kevin Pietersen (England) - 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012 Jacques Kallis (South Africa) - 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010 Sachin Tendulkar (India) - 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2010 Ricky Ponting (Australia) - 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008 Matthew Hayden (Australia) - 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Brian Lara (West Indies) - 1995, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005 Sunil Gavaskar (India) - 1976, 1978, 1979, 1983

FASTEST TO 22 TEST CENTURIES

Sir Donald Bradman (Australia) - 58 innings Sunil Gavaskar (India) - 101 innings Steve Smith (Australia) - 108 innings Sachin Tendulkar (India) - 114 innings Matthew Hayden (Australia) - 128 innings

2017-18 International Fixtures

Magellan Ashes Series

Australia Test squad: Steve Smith (c), David Warner (vc), Cameron Bancroft, Usman Khawaja, Peter Handscomb, Shaun Marsh, Mitchell Marsh, Tim Paine (wk), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood, Jackson Bird.

England Test squad: Joe Root (c), James Anderson (vc), Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, Jake Ball, Gary Ballance, Stuart Broad, Alastair Cook, Mason Crane, Tom Curran, Ben Foakes, Dawid Malan, Craig Overton, Ben Stokes, Mark Stoneman, James Vince, Chris Woakes.

First Test Australia won by 10 wickets. Scorecard

Second Test Australia won by 120 runs (Day-Night). Scorecard

Third Test WACA Ground, December 14-18. Tickets

Fourth Test MCG, December 26-30. Tickets

Fifth Test SCG, January 4-8 (Pink Test). Tickets

Gillette ODI Series v England

First ODI MCG, January 14. Tickets

Second ODI Gabba, January 19. Tickets

Third ODI SCG, January 21. Tickets

Fourth ODI Adelaide Oval, January 26. Tickets

Fifth ODI Perth Stadium, January 28. Tickets

Prime Minister's XI

PM's XI v England Manuka Oval, February 2. Tickets

Gillette T20 trans-Tasman Tri-Series

First T20I Australia v NZ, SCG, February 3. Tickets

Second T20I – Australia v England, Blundstone Arena, February 7. Tickets

Third T20I – Australia v England, MCG, February 10. Tickets

Fourth T20I – NZ v England, Wellington, February 14

Fifth T20I – NZ v Australia, Eden Park, February 16

Sixth T20I – NZ v England, Seddon Park, February 18

Final – TBC, Eden Park, February 21