Steve Smith (cricketer)

Steve Smith

Smith in January 2014
Personal information
Full name	Steven Peter Devereux Smith
Born	(1989-06-02) 2 June 1989 (age 28) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nickname	Smudge, Smithy
Height	176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Batting	Right handed
Bowling	Right-arm leg spin
Role	Batsman, All-Rounder
International information
National side	Australia
Test debut (cap 415)	13 July 2010 v Pakistan
Last Test	26 December 2017 v England
ODI debut (cap 182)	19 February 2010 v West Indies
Last ODI	28 September 2017 v India
ODI shirt no.	49
T20I debut (cap 43)	5 February 2010 v Pakistan
Last T20I	27 March 2016 v India
T20I shirt no.	49
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2007–present	New South Wales (squad no. 19)
2010	Royal Challengers Bangalore
2011	Worcestershire
2011	Kochi Tuskers Kerala
2011–present	Sydney Sixers
2012–2013	Pune Warriors India
2013	Antigua Hawksbills
2014–2015	Rajasthan Royals
2016–2017	Rising Pune Supergiants
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 60 103 110 149 Runs scored 5973 3,329 9,688 5,124 Batting average 63.55 43.23 57.32 46.58 100s/50s 23/22 8/19 35/41 10/32 Top score 239 164 239 164 Balls bowled 1,279 1,046 4,944 1,988 Wickets 17 27 65 46 Bowling average 53.35 34.48 53.63 38.78 5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 3/18 3/16 7/64 3/16 Catches/stumpings 85/– 60/– 158/– 89/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 18 December 2017

Steven Peter Devereux Smith (born 2 June 1989) is an Australian international cricketer, and currently the captain of the Australia national cricket team across all three formats. He also represents New South Wales Blues, and Sydney Sixers in domestic cricket. Although he was initially selected for Australia as an all-rounder who could bowl right-arm leg spin, Smith now plays primarily as a batsman. On 30 December 2017 he reached a Test batting rating of 947, the second highest of all time.

As of December 2017, Smith is the top-ranked Test batsman in the world, according to the ICC Player Rankings. Smith was the leading run scorer in 2014–15 Border-Gavaskar Trophy series against India. In 2015, he won the Allan Border Medal for the best player in Australian Cricket. In June 2015, he was moved up to the coveted number 3 spot in the Test batting order for the series against the West Indies and the 2015 Ashes series, a position previously held by Ricky Ponting. After taking over full-time captaincy of the national team, Smith has batted predominantly at number 4, with the number 3 position generally occupied by Usman Khawaja. Though Smith covered for him again in the inaugural day-night Test match in Adelaide, he moved back to the number 4 spot in the batting order, following Khawaja's return from injury.

On 23 December 2015, Smith was awarded the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for being named the ICC Cricketer of the Year as well as Test Cricketer of the Year for the 2014–15 season.