Steven Smith

Steven Smith

Personal information
Full name	Steven Peter Devereux Smith
Born	2 June 1989 (age 26) Sydney, Australia
Nickname	Smudge[1]
Height	176 cm (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm leg break
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	Australia
Test debut(cap 415)	13 July 2010 v Pakistan
Last Test	6 January 2015 v India
ODI debut(cap 182)	19 February 2010 v West Indies
Last ODI	29 March 2015 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no.	49
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2007–present	New South Wales Blues(squad no. 19)
2009	Royal Challengers Bangalore
2010	Worcestershire
2011	Kochi Tuskers Kerala
2011–present	Sydney Sixers
2012–2013	Pune Warriors India
2013	Antigua Hawksbills
2014–present	Rajasthan Royals
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 28 58 71 98 Runs scored 2,587 1549 5,819 2,909 Batting average 56.23 40.76 52.90 42.77 100s/50s 9/11 4/7 18/28 4/18 Top score 199 105 199 105 Balls bowled 1,074 1,022 4,639 1,964 Wickets 15 27 59 46 Bowling average 51.73 33.14 54.89 38.00 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 24/– 34/– 83/– 60/–
Source: ESPN Cricinfo, 18 June 2015

Steven Peter Devereux Smith (born 2 June 1989) is an Australian cricketerwho represents Australia, New South Wales Blues, Sydney Sixers andRajasthan Royals. He is the captain of New South Wales. 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. He is currently ranked as the number 1 Test batsman in the world.

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 was ruled out of the remainder of the series due to injury.^[3]He also took over Clarke's fielding spot in the slips.

As of June 2015, Smith is ranked as the number one 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 theAllan 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.^[4]