Steve Smith
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Steven Peter Devereux Smith (born 2 June 1989) is an Australian international cricketer and former captain of the Australian national team.
He had a Test batting rating of 947, his second highest of all time, only behind Don Bradman's 961.
According to the ICC Player Rankings, Smith has consistently ranked as one of the top-ranked Test batsmen in the world.
Due to his consistently high Test batting average, he has been dubbed the "best since Bradman."
In domestic cricket, he plays for New South Wales and Sydney Sixers.
In the Indian Premier League, he is the captain of Rajasthan Royals. Though Smith was initially selected for Australia as a right-arm leg spinner, he later played mainly as a batsman.
He played in a few games in 2010 and 2011, and took over captaincy from Michael Clarke in late 2015, where he mainly batted at number 3 or 4. In 2015, he received the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy (ICC Cricketer of the Year); In 2015, 2017; and the Allan Border Medal for the best player in Australian Cricket; and the Australian Test Player of the Year: 2015.
He was named by Wisden as one of their Cricketers of the Year for 2015.
Martin Crowe, joined by Joe Root, Kane Williamson, and Virat Kohli, among the Young Fab Four of Test cricket, Smith was widely criticized for tampering in the third Test against South Africa, when he stepped down from the team captaincy and was replaced by Tim Paine.
Smith was barred from all international and domestic cricket in Australia for one year starting on March 29, 2018, and from consideration for a leadership role for a year.
Early and personal life
Steve Smith was born in Kogarah, Sydney, to an Australian father, Peter, who has a degree in chemistry, and an English mother, Gillian. Smith played cricket in England at Menai High School and then left at age 17 to play cricket in England, where he played club cricket for Sevenoaks Vine in the Kent Cricket League. He did so well for Sevenoaks that he was selected to play for Surrey's second XI.
Smith's mother was born in London and has dual British and Australian citizenship. Smith began dating Dani Willis, a Macquarie University commerce and law student. The couple announced their engagement in June 2017 while on vacation in New York. On September 15, 2018, the couple married in Berrima, New South Wales.
Youth and domestic career
Smith was a member of the Australian Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Malaysia in 2008. In four matches, he scored 114 runs and took seven wickets.
Smith made his first-class debut against Western Australia at the SCG on January 25, 2008. As New South Wales defeated Western Australia outright, he scored 33 runs in his only innings. He was a member of the New South Wales team that defeated the 2009 Twenty20 Champions League. Smith made 33 runs with the bat against Trinidad and Tobago in Hyderabad's final, and took two wickets.
Smith had a first-class batting average of over 50 after 13 first-class matches by the end of the 2009–2010 domestic season. Although Shane Warne's first-class bowling average in the high forties was not as impressive, his bowling seemed to be steadily improving after receiving regular coaching and praise. In the second innings against South Australia, he went 7 for 64.
Smith played Twenty20 cricket for New South Wales against South Australia at Adelaide on January 1, 2008 in a match against South Australia in the six team KFC Big Bash competition. Smith was the leading wicket taker at the 2008 Big Bash tournament. He took 4/15 against Queensland and ended with 9 wickets on his own. He was also voted the second-best player of the tournament. The Australian T20 competition, which featured eight teams, became the city-based Big Bash League in 2011-2012. After Brad Haddin was unable to play due to Test commitments, Smith stepped in as captain and led the team to victory in the inaugural season. He took 166 runs with the bat from nine matches, with a strike rate of 130.71, one half century. He took 6 wickets at an economy rate of 8.06 per over with the ball. He also had nine catches in the tournament. The Sixers defeated Perth Scorchers by 7 wickets while chasing down the target of 157 within 18.5 overs after the Scorchers made 5/156 in 20 overs. Smith's solid form in the Big Bash League piqued the attention of former India Captain Sourav Ganguly, and he was recruited to play for the Pune Warriors India team captained by Sourav Ganguly in the 2012 Indian Premier League. Despite Australian captain Michael Clarke's being the vice-captain, Smith had been appointed captain of the team in one match. In 2013, he resumed to play for the same team under the captaincy of Angelo Mathews.
Smith was first purchased by Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2010 Indian Premier League as a back-up for Jesse Ryder. He was purchased by Kochi Tuskers Kerala for $200,000, but he didn't have to have an ankle injury and was unable to play for them that season.
Kochi Tuskers were dropped from the IPL and Smith was put up for auction next season. He went unsold at the 2012 IPL Players Auction, but Mitchell Marsh was later purchased as a substitute for Mitchell Marsh by the Pune Warriors India. He scored 39 runs off 32 balls in his first match for his new team, leading his team to victory over the Mumbai Indians. For this effort, he received the Man of the Match award.
Smith was bought by Rajasthan Royals for $600,000. Smith was given the captaincy of the Royals in the second half of the 2015 season and led the team to impressive victories, assuring his spot in the tournament's play-offs.
Smith was purchased by a new brand, the Rising Pune Supergiants, at the same price as in the previous auction ($600,000), but he had trouble early in the year. Smith finally scored against Sunrisers Hyderabad, scoring 46 points. His form continued as he entered his maiden T20 century against the Gujarat Lions, scoring 101 off 54 balls. He continued to score a further 45 against the Mumbai Indians before being barred from the remainder of the tournament due to a wrist injury.
MS Dhoni was fired as captain and Smith was appointed captain by the Supergiant's leadership for the 2017 season. Smith led his team to victory in RPS's first match against Mumbai Indians, scoring 84* and being awarded with the Man of the Match award. However, his team was left in last place on the points table after three consecutive losses. Supergiant finished in second place in ten matches and thus qualify for the playoffs, with Smith receiving praise for his captaincy from renowned cricketers and experts like Sunil Gavaskar and Kevin Pietersen. In Qualifier 1, he led his team to the final with a 20-run victory over Mumbai Indians. Smith's men met Mumbai once more in the final round of the Smiths. He had 51 out of 50 balls, but RPS could not win by a single point. Pune lost by a single run in the match. Smith was RPS' highest run scorer in the tournament, racking 472 runs at an average of 39.33, with three fifties.
He was named captain of Rajasthan Royals for the IPL 2018 season in February 2018. However, following Smith's admission to being involved in the Australian test team's ball tampering controversy in the Third Test in South Africa in March 2018, the team announced that he had stepped down from his position as the new captain for the Rajasthan Royals team.
Smith's playing contract with the Royals in India was suspended by the Board of Control for Cricket in India on March 28, 2018, after being barred from playing for their respective clubs for the forthcoming 2018 IPL season.
Smith was signed by Rajasthan Royals for the 2019 Indian Premier League in November 2018. Smith was appointed as the Rajasthan Royals captain after losing six out of the first eight matches of the season. Ajinkya Rahane was named as the captain of the Rajasthan Royals after losing six out of the first eight matches of the season. He batted 319 runs at an average of 39.87, with three fifties.
In the 2022 IPL auctions, he went unsold.
Smith was named one of the top ten marquee players for the first edition of the Global T20 Canada cricket tournament in May 2018. He was selected to participate in the player's draft for the inaugural edition of the tournament on June 3rd. Smith scored 61 runs from 41 balls alongside Anton Devinci as the Toronto Nationals defeated the Vancouver Knights by six wickets in his first representative match since his arrest for ball-tampering. He ran 167 runs in six matches, with two fifties in the tournament for an average of 33.40.
In the sixth edition of the Caribbean Premier League, Smith was selected in Barbados Tridents' squad in July 2018.
Smith returned to Australian club cricket in September 2018 by scoring 85 off 91 balls for Sutherland in a one-day match against Mosman. In October 2018, he was named one of the Pakistan Super League's fourth Platinum category players.
Smith was called into the Comilla Victorians' squad in the sixth edition of Bangladesh Premier League in December 2018. Before returning to Australia for elbow surgery, he played only two games of the tournament.
Debut and early international career from 2010-2011.
Steve Smith made his international cricket debut when playing as a leg spinner against Pakistan in February 2010. He made his One Day International debut against the West Indies, also in Melbourne, in the fifth match of the series.
Australia finished runners up to England in the 2010 ICC World Twenty202020 tournament in the West Indies. Smith took 11 wickets in seven matches at an average of 14.81 to finish as the equal-second-highest wicket taker of the tournament.
Smith appeared in both Tests against Pakistan in the 2010 Test series played in England on July 2010. He was mostly selected for his bowling and batted down the order, but his bowling was not necessary in the first innings. Australia won by 150 runs in the second innings, with Daniel taking 3 wickets for 51. Although he was ordered to bowl only ten overs and took no wickets in the second Test, he was still playing a vital role with the bat in the second Test. Batting with the tail, he scored 77 out of nine fours and two sixes off consecutive balls, assisting Australia in setting a competitive target after being bowled out for 88 in the first innings.
Smith's fielding caught the eye of the public during the 2009–2010 season, with some spectacular catches in the outfield.
Smith appeared in three Tests in the 2010-11 Ashes series, this time playing more as a batsman. He finished sixth in the order. His results were solid during the series, beginning with a few starts and scoring two half centuries. Smith did not play another Test for two years after the 2010-11 Ashes, until he next Test series against India in March 2013.
Career best performances
Smith has performed a total of 44 first-class centuries, 13 List A centuries, and one T20 century as of July 2022. 28 of his first-class centuries were scored in Test matches, and 11 of his List A centuries were scored in One Day Internationals. In the Sheffield Shield, his best bowling figures of seven wickets (7/64) were taken for New South Wales against South Australia.
Awards
- Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy (ICC Cricketer of the Year): 2015
- ICC Test Player of the Year: 2015, 2017
- ICC Men's Test Player of the Decade: 2011–2020
- ICC Men's Test Team of the Decade: 2011–2020
- ICC Test Team of the Year: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
- ICC ODI Team of the Year: 2015
- Allan Border Medal: 2015, 2018, 2021
- Australian Test Player of the Year: 2015, 2018
- Australian One Day International Player of the Year: 2015, 2021
- Compton–Miller Medal: 2017–18, 2019
- McGilvray Medal: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
- Steve Waugh Award: 2009–10, 2011–12
- Wisden Cricketers of the Year: 2015