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Steve Smith
Australian international cricketer Steve Smith (cricketer) was born in Kogarah, Sydney on 2 June 1989 and He is considered to be across the greatest Test batsmen of all time and within the best of his generation and His dedication and determination in moving from a leg-spinning all-rounder to a top batsman are notable.
Smith was always considered a batting prospect after early batting campaigns in domestic cricket even though he was first chosen for Australia in 2010 as a leg-spinning all-rounder and These days Smith mostly bats and bowls occasionally and He was picked up to the Australian Test team in 2013 as a batsman after playing five Test matches as a bowling all-rounder from 2010 to 2011 and He succeeded Michael Clarke as captain in late 2015 and mostly batted at number three or four in all formats.
Smith resigned as captain of Australia in March 2018 after getting a lot of criticism for the ball tampering that Cameron Bancroft and David Warner planned during the third Test match against South Afric, then Tim Paine took his place as captain and Smith was banned from all Australian domestic and international cricket for a year after Cricket Australia’s investigation and he was also banned from consideration for any leadership positions for another year.
Smith started his official Australian leadership position in November 2021, starting the 2021–22 Ashes series as Test vice-captain and Smith took over as Test captain in December 2021 after Pat Cummins was unable to play for the 2nd Test because of COVID-19 and Since then he has captained Australia in six Test matches winning five and drawing one including their only Test triumph in India since he was captain in 2017 .
Smith returned to ODI captaincy responsibilities in March 2023 and went on to captain 13 more ODIs and He led Australia in the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy and won the 2022–2023 ODI series against India, the 2023–2024 ODI series against the West Indies and the 2024 ODI series against England and On 5 March 2025 he announced his retirement from ODI cricket after captaining Australia in his final ODI and He has served as Australia’s vice-captain in Test matches since 2021.
Steve Smith Awards
His awards include the Allan Border Medal for the best player in Australian cricket in 2015, 2018, 2021 and 2023 and Australian Test Player of the Year in 2015 , 2018 and Australian One Day International Player of the Year in 2015 ,2021 and the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy (ICC Cricketer of the Year) in 2015 and ICC Test Player of the Year in 2015 , 2017 and also In the 2016 Wisden Almanack, Wisden named him one of their Cricketers of the Year and He achieved the second-highest Test batting rating ever in December 2017 (947) just beaten by Don Bradman’s 961.
Smith was a member of the Australian teams that won the 2021 ICC T20 World Cup the 2015 and 2023 Cricket World Cup and the 2023 ICC World Test Championship where he served as vice-captain.
| Matches | Won | Lost | Drawn | No result | |
| Test | 39 | 22 | 10 | 7 | – |
| ODI | 58 | 30 | 25 | 0 | 3 |
| T20I | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | – |
The youngest winner of the ICC Cricketer of the Year award, the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy and The fastest batsman to reach 25 test hundreds (119 innings) after Donald Bradman (68 innings) and The fifth player with multiple Allan Border Medals.
four-time McGilvray Medal winner in cricket, For the 2010s he was named the first ICC Test cricketer of the decade and Together with former captains Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke the player is the third to win the Allan Border Medal four times.
ICC Cricketer of the Year Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy: 2015 and ICC Men’s Test Player of the Decade: 2011–2020, ICC Test Player of the Year: 2015 and The 2011–2020 ICC Men’s Test Team of the Decade
Team of the Year for ICC Tests: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2015 ICC ODI Team of the Year and Medal for Allan Border: 2015, 2018, 2021, 2023 and 2015, 2018 Australian Test Player of the Year and 2015, 2021 Australian One-Day International Player of the Year and also Medal for Compton-Miller 2017–18, 2019 and Medals for McGilvray: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and Award for Steve Waugh: 2009–10, 2011–12 and 2015’s Wisden Cricketers of the Year.
Steven Smith Career Stats
Batting
| Format | Match | Innings | Runs | Highest | Ave | SR | 100s | 50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 116 | 206 | 10271 | 239 | 56.74 | 53.56 | 36 | 41 |
| ODIs | 170 | 154 | 5800 | 164 | 43.28 | 86.96 | 12 | 35 |
| T20Is | 67 | 55 | 1094 | 90 | 24.86 | 125.45 | 0 | 5 |
| FC | 179 | 310 | 14896 | 239 | 54.16 | 54.84 | 52 | 62 |
| List A | 220 | 202 | 7873 | 164 | 46.31 | 87.90 | 15 | 50 |
| T20s | 258 | 228 | 5806 | 125* | 32.43 | 129.97 | 4 | 28 |
Steven Smith T20 Stats
Batting
| Tournament | Matches | Innings | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | 100s | 50s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Bash League | 34 | 33 | 1199 | 125* | 46.11 | 147.11 | 3 | 8 | 51 |
| Major League Cricket | 9 | 9 | 336 | 88 | 56.00 | 148.67 | 0 | 3 | 21 |
| IPL | 103 | 93 | 2485 | 101 | 34.51 | 128.09 | 1 | 11 | 60 |
| BPL | 2 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 8.00 | 72.72 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CPL | 7 | 7 | 185 | 63 | 26.42 | 127.58 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Champions League | 17 | 13 | 251 | 45* | 27.88 | 104.14 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Vitality Blast | 5 | 4 | 67 | 34 | 16.75 | 117.54 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Steven Smith in The Big Bash League
On 1 January 2008 Smith played his first Twenty20 match for New South Wales against South Australia in Adelaide as part of the six-team KFC Big Bash tournament and During the 2008 Big Bash tournament, Smith was the top wicket-taker and He finished with 9 wickets overall after taking 4/15 against Queensland, Australia and Also, he was named the tournament’s second-best player, Throughout the competition’s two seasons, Smith batted in the order of three to seven.
The Australian T20 league changed its name to the city-based Big Bash League in 2011–12 and it now has eight teams and When Brad Haddin was unable to play because of Test commitments Smith joined the Sydney Sixers and took over as captain leading the team to victory in the first season and In nine games he amassed 166 runs with the bat at a strike rate of 130.71 including a half-century as an all-rounder and He claimed six wickets with the ball at an economy rate of 8.06 per over.
Steven Smith in Indian Premier League
Smith initially picked up by Royal Challengers Bangalore to replace Jesse Ryder in the 2010 Indian Premier League and He was later purchased by Kochi Tuskers Kerala for $200,000 at the 2011 IPL player auction but he was unable to play for them that season due to an ankle operation.