Profile
Steven Smith is a genuinely exciting prospect who promises to be a future Australian star. The baby-faced youngster is a frontline spinner and can also play in the top six in the batting order. His bowling has already earned comparisons with Shane Warne and he is also steadily improving in the batting charts.
Smith made his debut for New South Wales against Western Australia in 2008. He steadily rose in reputation and was the second highest wicket-taker in the Twenty20 competition of 2008. After scoring four Sheffield Shield centuries and taking a career-best haul of 7 for 64 he was picked for Australia’s tour to New Zealand with just 13 first-class games. He debuted against Pakistan in a T20 International in 2010 and bagged 2 wickets. His ODI debut was in the same month against the West Indies in which he was clobbered for 78 runs in 9 overs but still kept flighting the ball and bowling with an attacking mentality. His attitude impressed Aussie skipper Ricky Ponting who gave him his maiden break in Tests against Pakistan as a genuine frontline spinner. He didn’t disappoint, bagging 3 wickets in the 2nd innings on debut. Smith has also been an active participant in the IPL, representing the Bangalore, the now-defunct Kochi before being signed up by the Pune in 2012. Later that year, he was grabbed by the Sydney Sixers for the inaugural Big Bash League, followed by the Champions League T20.
Smith is a rare talent who if nurtured can become one of the few valuable all-rounders in world cricket today. His attitude and temperament at this stage of his career is commendable and if channelized suitably, can play an integral role for the ‘Baggy Green Brigade’ in the future.
Statistics
Show:
| |
Matches |
Innings |
Runs |
NO |
Avg. |
SR |
100's |
50's |
HS |
| Test |
7 |
14 |
420 |
1 |
32.30 |
48.95 |
0 |
3 |
92 |
| ODI |
33 |
22 |
380 |
4 |
21.11 |
86.75 |
0 |
0 |
46* |
| T20 |
20 |
15 |
165 |
4 |
15 |
108.55 |
0 |
0 |
34 |
| IPL |
22 |
21 |
521 |
8 |
40.07 |
130.57 |
0 |
0 |
47* |
| CLT20 |
17 |
13 |
251 |
4 |
27.88 |
104.14 |
0 |
0 |
45* |
| |
Matches |
Innings |
Balls |
Runs |
Wickets |
BBI |
BBM |
Avg. |
Econ. |
4w |
5w |
10w |
Extras |
| Test |
7 |
6 |
432 |
283 |
4 |
3/51 |
/ |
70.75 |
3.93 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| ODI |
33 |
27 |
899 |
780 |
22 |
3/33 |
/ |
35.45 |
5.20 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
| T20 |
20 |
16 |
285 |
373 |
17 |
3/20 |
/ |
21.94 |
7.85 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
| IPL |
22 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
0/5 |
/ |
- |
15 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| CLT20 |
17 |
10 |
141 |
185 |
6 |
2/32 |
/ |
30.83 |
7.87 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| |
Catches |
Stumpings |
Runouts |
| Test |
4 |
0 |
1 |
| ODI |
14 |
0 |
2 |
| T20 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
| IPL |
14 |
0 |
4 |
| CLT20 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
| |
Matches |
Won |
Lost |
Tie |
No Result |
Win percentage |
| IPL |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Career
Span:
- Test:
- 2010-2013
- ODI:
- 2010-2013
- T20:
- 2010-2011
- IPL:
- 2012-2013
- CLT20:
- 2009-2012
- Test
-
- Debut:
- Australia Vs Pakistan at Lord's, London - Jul 13, 2010
- Last played:
- Australia Vs India at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi - Mar 22, 2013
- ODI
-
- Debut:
- Australia Vs West Indies at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Melbourne - Feb 19, 2010
- Last played:
- Australia Vs Sri Lanka at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide - Jan 13, 2013
- T20
-
- Debut:
- Australia Vs Pakistan at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Melbourne - Victoria - Feb 05, 2010
- Last played:
- Australia Vs South Africa at The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg - Oct 16, 2011
- IPL
-
- Debut:
- Pune Vs Mumbai at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai - Apr 06, 2012
- Last played:
- Pune Vs Bangalore at Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune - May 02, 2013
- CLT20
-
- Debut:
- New South Wales Vs Diamond Eagles at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi - Oct 09, 2009
- Last played:
- Sydney Sixers Vs Highveld Lions at The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg - Oct 28, 2012
