Galle, Jan. 29 -- Former Australian spinner Kerry O'Keeffe hailed star batter Steve Smith on completing his 10,000 Test runs, saying that he was "born a cricketer" and further recalled the days when the veteran started out as a leg-spin bowling all-rounder.

January 29, 2025, will go as one of the most significant dates in Australian cricket and world cricket history in general as Smith once hailed as a prodigious successor to the late, great Shane Warne, completed his 10,000 runs in Test cricket, becoming only fourth Australian batter and overall 15th player to do so, during the first Test against Sri Lanka at Galle.

Speaking on Fox Cricket, Kerry reminisced on watching Smith's "flawed" leg spin action which resulted in some "filth" del...