Having started his career as a leg spinner and a tail-ender in international cricket, Steve Smith rode on his consistency to become the number one Test batsman in ICC Rankings. He made his debut against Pakistan in 2010 at the 'Mecca of Cricket' Lord's. It was a disastrous debut for the former Australian skipper as he scored 1 and 12 runs in successive innings, though he was decent with the bowl as he picked up three wickets in second innings while he did not get chance to ball in the first innings. He marked his name in international cricket in 2013 Ashes, where he scored his first Test century at Oval. Despite having an unorthodox batting stance, Smith suddenly started dominating Test cricket as he has the ability to play both fast and spin bowlers. The 2014-2015 series against India was the path-breaking series for the Aussie as he scored four centuries. It was in the same summer when he was appointed as Australia's 45th Test captain in place of injured Michael Clarke. Everything was going right for the right-handed batsman but suddenly life took a U-turn and he got involved in the ball-tampering scandal with his two Australia teammates David Warner and Cameron Bancroft. The scandal, which rocked the cricket world, happened during a Test match against South Africa. Smith and Warner are suspended for One year while the young fast bowler Bancroft is suspended for nine months.
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Australia captain Steve Smith and India offspinner Ravichandran Ashwin have finished the year as the No. 1-ranked batsman and bowler, respectively, in the International Cricket Council test player rankings.Smith, who last
Dubai: Australia captain Steve Smith has been named the International Cricket Council Test player and cricketer of the year while South Africa's AB de Villiers has been awarded the best one-day international player for 2015.The
Perth: Ross Taylor made the highest test score by a visiting batsman in Australia before he was out for 290 on Monday, helping lift New Zealand to a first-innings total of 624 on day four
Brisbane: Australian cricket captain Steve Smith has hit back at his New Zealand counterpart Brendon McCullum for labelling him as "immature" in his newspaper column earlier this year.Smith's decision against withdrawing a controversial obstructing the
London: Australia dealt England a humiliating Ashes defeat at Lord's on Sunday, winning by 405 runs to level the five-match series and deliver a wounding defeat from which England may struggle to recover.The match ended
London: Australia posted an impressive first innings total of 566-8 declared in the second Ashes test at Lord's on Friday and then ripped through the top order, reducing England to 30-4 at one stage.Alastair Cook
London: Australia roared back into Ashes contention with a powerful batting performance on the first day of the second test on Thursday.Opener Chris Rogers and Steve Smith scored fluent centuries as Australia closed on 337-1.It's
Ahmedabad: Skipper Steve Smith struck his maiden IPL half-century as the young Australian led Rajasthan Royals to a comfortable seven-wicket win over Mumbai Indians in their IPL cricket match, here today.It was Royals' third consecutive
Australia captain Michael Clarke was momentarily stumped by a bungled question which appeared to be about his sex life as he celebrated World Cup semi-final win over India.Clarke, who had just led the co-hosts to
Sydney: Steve Smith strode the crease with Australia in a spot of bother in the World Cup semifinal, and went to work again against an Indian bowling attack that hasn't been able to contain him
Sydney: Steve Smith feels peppering the Australian batsman with the too many short balls could backfire on India when the two teams meet in the cricket World Cup semifinal here Thursday.Pakistan pacer Wahab Riaz had
Melbourne: Former captain Steve Waugh has cautioned Australia against expecting Steve Smith's endless summer of run-scoring to continue during the upcoming ICC World Cup.Smith has enjoyed a record-breaking season with the bat, scoring four centuries
Melbourne: Former Australia captain Steve Waugh is annoyed in the manner a section of people are being critical of Michael Clarke's captaincy terming them as "loose lips" who are trying to destroy his relationship with
Australia captain Steven Smith was distracted by the spidercam hovering above the field that resulted in him dropping a catch of opener Lokesh Rahul who went on to score 110 on third day of the
Sydney: Mitchell Starc's send-off celebration after dismissing Indian opener Murali Vijay did not find approval from Steve Smith with the Australian skipper demanding calmness from his bowlers.Starc, who replaced Mitchell Johnson in the ongoing Sydney
Melbourne: Disappointed at the outcome of the 3rd Test which resulted in a draw, Australian skipper Steven Smith said they missed few opportunities and dropped some catches which costs them the game.The 3rd Test ended
Brisbane: Australian pacer Ryan Harris feels stand-in Test skipper Steve Smith should be handed captaincy in all three formats if Michael Clarke fails to recover in time for next year's ODI cricket World Cup.Harris, who
Brisbane: Australian skipper Steve Smith said he is delighted that his side could push their first innings' total past 500-runs and take a sizeable lead in the second cricket Test against India.The hosts replied to
Brisbane: Australia's new Test captain Steve Smith is excited about the prospect of playing India on a lively Gabba pitch in the second cricket Test starting on Wednesday and said he wants his team to
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