Stats - Smith's record 36th hundred, Carey's new subcontinent high

36 Test hundreds by Steven Smith. He joins the top five list of players with most Test hundreds, equaling the record of Rahul Dravid and Joe Root.

17 Test hundreds as captain by Smith, only behind Graeme Smith (25), Virat Kohli (20) and Ricky Ponting (19).

7 Test hundreds by Smith in Asia. He now has the most Test hundreds for an Australia batter in the sub-continent. It is also his fourth hundred in Sri Lanka, and he now has second most Test hundreds in Sri Lanka by a visiting batter just behind Sachin Tendulkar who has five hundreds.

2 - Smith took 206 innings to score thirty-six Test hundreds, becoming the second fastest player to do so, only behind Ponting, who achieved the feat in 200 innings.

1994 Test runs by Smith in Asia. He became the Australian with most Test runs in Asia, going past Ponting's tally of 1889 runs.

11 - Smith has shared 200 runs partnership with a total of eleven players, the most by any batter, going past Ponting (10).

156 - Alex Carey's score of 156 is the highest score by an Australian wicketkeeper in the subcontinent, bettering the record of Adam Gilchrist's knocks of 144 vs Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in Kandy 2004 and Fatullah 2006 respectively.

259 Partnership runs between Smith and Carey is the highest fourth wicket partnership by a visiting pair in Sri Lanka, going past the 258 partnership by Michael Hussey and Shaun Marsh in Pallekele in 2011.

4 - Carey became the fourth Australian wicketkeeper to score 150 runs in a Test innings, the others in the list being Ian Healy, Adam Gilchrist and Brad Haddin.