Steve Smith (cricketer)

Steven Peter Devereux Smith (born 2 June 1989) is an Australian cricketer. He is a former captain of the Australian national team.
, Smith is the top-ranked Test batsman in the world, according to the ICC Player Rankings. On 30 December 2017 he reached a Test batting rating of 947, the second-highest of all time only behind Don Bradman's 961. He is regarded as one of the best batsmen in the world.Narayanan, Deepu (updated 20 September 2017) 100 reasons to celebrate Steve Smith. Cricbuzz He plays for New South Wales and Sydney Sixers in domestic cricket.

Although he was initially selected for Australia as a right-arm leg spinner,Brettig, Daniel (20 September 2017) Smith's growth underlined by 100th game. ESPNcricinfo Retrieved on 2018-05-26. Smith now plays primarily as a batsman.Kimber, Jarrod (30 June 2017) My summer watching the big four. Espncricinfo.com. After a few tests in 2010 and 2011, he has been a regular player in the Australian team since 2013, and took over captaincy from Michael Clarke in late 2015. Since then he has primarily batted at number 4.

Awards he has won include the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy (ICC Cricketer of the Year) in 2015; ICC Test Player of the Year in 2015, 2017; the Allan Border Medal for the best player in Australian Cricket in 2015, 2018; Australian Test Player of the Year: 2015, 2018 and Australian One Day International Player of the Year: 2015. He was named by Wisden as one of their Cricketers of the Year for 2015. In 2014, Martin Crowe described Smith as one of the young Fab Four of Test Cricket along with Joe Root, Kane Williamson and Virat Kohli.

In March 2018, Smith was widely criticised for overseeing ball tampering in the third Test against South Africa. Following an investigation by Cricket Australia, Smith was banned from all international and domestic cricket for one year, and will not be considered for a leadership role for another year after that.

Early life
Smith was born in Sydney to an Australian father, Peter, who has a degree in chemistry and works with pigments and waxes, and an English mother, Gillian.
Records
 He holds the record for the most consecutive 50+ scores in World Cup history with 5 such scores in the 2015 Cricket World Cup
 The second highest Test batting rating of 947, only behind Don Bradman's 961.

Suspension
In March 2018, Smith was widely criticised for overseeing ball tampering in the third Test against South Africa.

Following an investigation by Cricket Australia, Smith was banned from international cricket for 12 months, and will not be considered for a leadership role for 12 months after that.

References

Other websites

Steve Smith at Howstat
Steve Smith at Cricket Australia
Steve Smith at ESPNcricinfo

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