Steve Smith (cricketer, born 1989)

Steve Smith

Smith in November 2016
Personal information
Full name	Steven Peter Devereux Smith
Born	(1989-06-02) 2 June 1989 (age 27) Sydney, Australia
Nickname	Schmidt, Smudge, Smithy, God
Height	176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Batting style	Right handed
Bowling style	Right-arm leg-break googly
Role	Top-order batsman
International information
National side	Australia
Test debut (cap 415)	13 July 2010 v Pakistan
Last Test	23 February 2017 v India
ODI debut (cap 182)	19 February 2010 v West Indies
Last ODI	26 January 2017 v Pakistan
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–present	Rising Pune Supergiants
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 51 95 101 141 Runs scored 4,888 3,101 8,797 4,896 Batting average 60.34 43.67 57.12 47.07 100s/50s 18/20 8/16 31/39 10/29 Top score 215 164 215 164 Balls bowled 1,243 1,046 4,926 1,988 Wickets 17 27 65 46 Bowling average 52.41 34.48 53.50 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 69/– 57/– 137/– 86/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 25 February 2017

Steven Peter Devereux Smith (born 2 June 1989) is an Australian cricketer who represents Australia, and is also the captain across all the three formats, New South Wales Blues, and Sydney Sixers. He is currently the captain of the Australia national cricket team across all the three formats. 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, and is also known for his 'fly swat' celebration after scoring a century. On July 16, 2015 he reached a Test batting rating of 936, the 10th highest of all time.

As of December 2016, 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 no. 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 generally batted at no. 3 until recently, as that position is currently occupied by Usman Khawaja. Though Smith covered for him again in the inaugural day-night Test match in Adelaide, he moved back to the no. 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.