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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Handscomb conceded that he did in fact suggest skipper Steve Smith to seek inputs from the dressing room after he was given leg-before off Umesh Yadav on the fourth day of the second Test
Australia batsman Peter Handscombe today admitted his fault in suggesting skipper Steve Smith to seek inputs from the dressing room after being adjudged leg-before off Umesh Yadav on the fourth day of the second Test, which India won by 75 runs
Indian pacer Ishant Sharma today entertained people not with his bowling skills but with his superb acting skills as he mimicked Australian skipper Steve Smith during the ongoing second test match at the M Chinnaswamy
India vs Australia first Test at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune.
In line with the mood, Australian skipper Steve Smith decided to up the heat a day after the arrival of the team to India for a four-match Test series starting February 23 in Pune.
Australia skipper Steve Smith consolidated his position atop the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test rankings with 937 rating points after his match-winning century against Pakistan in the Boxing Day Test.
Australia skipper Steve Smith wants his counterpart Virat Kohli "a little bit angry" when they play India at home in the four-match cricket Test series in February.
Melbourne: Television network Channel Nine's use of on-field mike chat has come under fire following Australian batsman Steve Smith's dismissal just after a live conversation with commentators in the first cricket Twenty 20 International against
Canberra: India faced its fourth successive defeat in the five-match series against Australia when the hosts beat India by 25 runs in the fourth ODI against being played in Canberra. Chasing a mammoth target of
Perth: Australia skipper Steve Smith believes his "inexperienced" bowlers will relish bowling at the WACA and the Gabba grounds, where they will play the first two One-Day Internationals (ODI) of a five-match series against India.Australia
Sydney: Australia has named a 13-man squad for the upcoming one-day series against India, with pacemen Joel Paris and Scott Boland set for their international debuts.Seamer Kane Richardson, who has eight ODI appearances, has also
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
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