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Steven Peter Devereux "Steve" Smith is an Australian international cricketer who is the current captain of the Australian Test team, permanent vice-captain of the Australian test team, captain of the New South Wales Blues and plays for the Rajasthan Royals. Starting as an all-rounder he now is primarily a batsman for state and country. He bats right-handed and bowls right arm leg spin. Smith has played for the Kent Second XI, New South Wales, the Sutherland Cricket Club and Illawong Menai Cricket Club.

In December 2014, Smith was made permanent vice-captain and was chosen to captain the Australian Test side in the 2014–15 series against India after Michael Clarke had a severe injury to his hamstring and was ruled out of the remainder of the series. He also took over Clarke's fielding spot in the slips.

His mother is British.

Domestic cricket career

Smith made his First Class debut against Western Australia at the SCG on 24 January 2008. He scored 33 in his only innings as NSW defeated WA outright.

He was part of the New South Wales team that won the 2009 Twenty20 Champions League.

Smith recently achieved his highest score in One Day Domestic (ODD) competitions in Australia against Tasmania. Following a middle order collapse, Smith resurrected the innings with a quickfire 81 off 58 deliveries, taking the Blues total to a respectable 271. The game was lost despite Smith's efforts.

By the end of the 2009–10 domestic season Smith had a first-class batting average of over 50 after just 13 first-class matches. While his first-class bowling average in the high forties was not as impressive, his bowling appeared to be steadily improving following some well-publicised mentoring from Shane Warne. In the final match of the season he took 7 for 64 in the second innings against South Australia.

Playing in a club match, right-handed Smith took guard left-handed and hit a six.

One of his earliest achievements was being the leading wicket taker at the 2008 KFC 20/20 competition. This was despite only playing four out of the five games. He took 4/15 against Queensland and finished with 9 wickets overall. Due to his efforts, he was named the second best player of the tournament.

International career

In the 2010 Twenty-Twenty World Cup he took 11 wickets over seven games at an average of 14.81 to finish as the equal second highest wicket-taker at the tournament.

Smith made his Test debut at Lords in 2010, playing both Tests against Pakistan in the 2010 test series played in England. His bowling was not required in the first innings but he took 3 wickets for 51 in the second innings of his debut test. In the second Test he was called to bowl only ten overs for no wickets but played an impressive role with the bat in the second innings. Batting with the tail and rogering the strike, he scored 77 including nine fours and two sixes off successive balls, helping Australia to set a competitive target after having been bowled out for 88 in the first innings.

He made his One Day International debut for Australia in the fifth match of the ODI Series against the West Indies on 19 February 2010 and his Test debut against Pakistan at Lord's on 13 July 2010.

Smith's fielding attracted attention during the 2009–10 season with some spectacular catches in the outfield.

Smith was called up to the Australian Test squad in 2010 to cover for spinner Nathan Hauritz who was in doubt for Boxing Day Test against Pakistan, but Hauritz managed to recover.

In the first innings of the last Test of the 2013 Ashes series at The Oval, Smith scored his maiden hundred, reaching the total in style by hitting a six off the bowling of Jonathan Trott. He became only the sixth Australian to reach his maiden Test 100 with a six.

On 15 December 2014, Smith was named Australia's new vice-captain and was set to skipper against India with Brad Haddin as his deputy. He captained Australia in the Second Test match against India at the Gabba. On 26 December Smith scored his 1000th run in the 2014 calendar year.

During the 4th Test against India in Sydney, Smith joined Don Bradman (6), Neil Harvey, Jack Fingleton and Matthew Hayden (4 each) as Australian centurions in 4 or more consecutive Tests, a streak Smith started since the 1st Test at Adelaide. Smith also became the first Australian skipper to open their captaincy with three consecutive centuries. He also became the second batsman since Jacques Kallis against West Indies to score a century in every match of a Test series.

International Centuries

Test Centuries

#	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year	Result
1	138*	12	England	London, England, United Kingdom	Kennington Oval	2013	Drawn
2	111	15	England	Perth, Australia	WACA Ground	2013	Won
3	115	17	England	Sydney, Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	2014	Won
4	100	18	South Africa	Centurion, South Africa	SuperSport Park	2014	Won
5	162*	23	India	Adelaide, Australia	Adelaide Oval	2014	Won
6	133	24	India	Brisbane, Australia	The Gabba	2014	Won
7	192	25	India	Melbourne, Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	2014	Drawn
8	117	26	India	Sydney, Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	2015	In Progress Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).

One Day International Centuries

#	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year	Result
1	101		Pakistan	Sharjah, United Arab Emirates	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	2014	Won
2	104		South Africa	Melbourne, Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	2014	Won

Big Bash League

Previous seasons (before 2011–12)

Prior to the 2010–11 season, the Australian domestic Twenty20 competition was a six team competition known as the KFC Big Bash, with each team representing one of Australia's six states. Smith played for New South Wales in this competition before it was revamped in 2010–11.

Big Bash League 2011–12

From 2011–12 season, the league became city-based league (name was changed to Big Bash League) and featured eight teams including Sydney Sixers of which Brad Haddin was selected as captain but he could not play due to Test duties so Smith filled in. Smith led the team to victory on the inaugural season of the new league. As an all-rounder, he scored 166 runs with the bat from nine matches with a strike rate of 130.71, including a half century with the bat. With the ball, he took 6 wickets with an economy rate of 8.06 per over. Also with his athletic high class fielding abilities, he took nine catches throughout the tournament. In the final match, the Sixers beat Perth Scorchers by 7 wickets while chasing down the target of 157 within 18.5 overs after the Scorchers made 156/5 in 20 overs. Due to his blistering form during the Big Bash League, he attracted the eyes of legendary Indian cricketer Sourav Ganguly and thus was picked up by the IPL team Pune Warriors India captained by Angelo Mathews to play for the Pune team in IPL 2012.

Indian Premier League

Smith was first bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore for the 2010 Indian Premier League as a replacement for Jesse Ryder. During the 2011 IPL player auction, he was bought by Kochi Tuskers Kerala for $200,000, but he had to undergo an ankle operation was not available to play for them that season.

The next season, Kochi Tuskers were dropped from the IPL and Smith was put up for auction. He went unsold at the 2012 IPL Players Auction, but was later bought as a replacement for Mitchell Marsh by the Pune Warriors India team. In his first match for the Pune Warriors India, he scored 39 runs off 32 balls to lead his team to victory against the Mumbai Indians. He received the Man of the Match award for this effort.

In the auction for IPL 2014, Smith was bought by Rajasthan Royals for Rs.4.1 crore, which was the most expensive buy for the franchise in the auction.

Career Best Performances

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External links

• Steve Smith at ESPNcricinfo
• Steve Smith at CricketArchive (subscription required)

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v t e Australia squad – 2011 Cricket World Cup
7 White 11 Nannes 12 Ferguson 14 Ponting (c) 18 Krejza 23 Clarke 25 Johnson 29 D. Hussey 32 Tait 33 Watson 36 Paine (wk) 41 Hastings 48 M. Hussey 49 Smith 57 Haddin (wk) 58 Lee Coach: Nielsen

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v t e Test cricket batsmen with a batting average above 50
Australia	Don Bradman (99.94) Adam Voges (61.87) Steve Smith (56.97) Greg Chappell (53.86) Ricky Ponting (51.85) Jack Ryder (51.62) Michael Hussey (51.52) Steve Waugh (51.06) Matthew Hayden (50.73) Allan Border (50.56)
England	Herbert Sutcliffe (60.73) Eddie Paynter (59.23) Ken Barrington (58.67) Wally Hammond (58.45) Jack Hobbs (56.94) Harry Brook (56.79) Len Hutton (56.67) Ernest Tyldesley (55.00) Joe Root (51.01) Denis Compton (50.06)
India	Yashasvi Jaiswal (59.65) Vinod Kambli (54.20) Sachin Tendulkar (53.78) Rahul Dravid (52.31) Sunil Gavaskar (51.12)
New Zealand	Kane Williamson (54.98)
Pakistan	Saud Shakeel (56.24) Javed Miandad (52.57) Mohammad Yousuf (52.29) Younis Khan (52.05)
South Africa	Graeme Pollock (60.97) Jacques Kallis (55.37) Dudley Nourse (53.81) AB de Villiers (50.66)
Sri Lanka	Kumar Sangakkara (57.40)
West Indies	George Headley (60.83) Everton Weekes (58.61) Garfield Sobers (57.78) Clyde Walcott (56.68) Charlie Davis (54.20) Brian Lara (52.88) Shivnarine Chanderpaul (51.37) Viv Richards (50.23)
Zimbabwe	Andy Flower (51.54)
Minimum 20 innings. Currently active players are listed in italics.

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