Steve Smith is an Australian cricketer and a former captain of the Australian national team.[1][2] As of January 2024[update], Smith has played 106 Test and 155 One Day International (ODI) matches for Australia, and has scored 32 and 12 centuries in the respective formats.[note 1][1] His batting average of 58.61 is the seventh-highest in Test cricket history.[note 2]
![Steve Smith in 2014](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Steve_Smith.jpg/220px-Steve_Smith.jpg)
Smith made his Test debut against Pakistan in July 2010 at Lord's.[5][6] His first Test century came during the fifth match of the 2013 Ashes series when he scored 138 not out.[7][8] His highest score of 239 came against the same team during the 2017–18 series at the WACA Ground, Perth.[9][10] Smith has scored Test centuries at eighteen different cricket grounds, including thirteen at venues outside Australia. In terms of centuries, he has been most successful against England (12) and India(9).[11][12] As of July 2023[update], he ranks equal-second in the list of most centuries by an Australian in Tests.[note 3] He topped the ICC Test Rankings for the best batsman in the years 2015, 2016 and 2017; on 30 December 2017 he achieved a rating of 947, the second highest of all time after Don Bradman.[14][15] As a result of his involvement in the 2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Smith was subsequently banned from all forms of cricket, except club level, for a year in March 2018.[16]
Smith made his ODI debut against West Indies in February 2010.[17] He did not bat in the match but took two wickets for 78 runs.[18] His first century in the format came against Pakistan at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in October 2014; he was named the man of the match for his match-winning innings of 101.[19][20] His highest ODI score of 164 came against New Zealand at the Sydney Cricket Ground in December 2016; he captained Australia in the match which they won by 68 runs.[21][22] Smith has scored his ODI centuries at eight different cricket grounds, including two at venues outside Australia, one each against Pakistan, India and South Africa.[23][24] He has scored twelve centuries in ODIs and is in fifth position in the ODI centuries list for Australia.[25]
He has played 65 Twenty20 International (T20I) matches without scoring a century; his highest score in the format is 90.[1] As of January 2024[update], he is fourteenth in the list of players who have scored the most centuries in international cricket.[26]
Key
edit- * – Remained not out
- † – Man of the match
- ‡ – Captain of Australia in that match
Test centuries
editNo. | Score | Against | Pos. | Inn. | Test | Venue | H/A/N | Date | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 138* | England | 5 | 1 | 5/5 | The Oval, London | Away | 21 August 2013 | Drawn | [7] |
2 | 111 † | England | 5 | 1 | 3/5 | WACA Ground, Perth | Home | 13 December 2013 | Won | [27] |
3 | 115 | England | 5 | 1 | 5/5 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Home | 3 January 2014 | Won | [28] |
4 | 100 | South Africa | 6 | 1 | 1/3 | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Away | 12 February 2014 | Won | [29] |
5 | 162* | India | 5 | 1 | 1/4 | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | Home | 9 December 2014 | Won | [30] |
6 | 133 ‡ † | India | 4 | 2 | 2/4 | The Gabba, Brisbane | Home | 17 December 2014 | Won | [31] |
7 | 192 ‡ | India | 4 | 1 | 3/4 | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | Home | 26 December 2014 | Drawn | [32] |
8 | 117 ‡ † | India | 4 | 1 | 4/4 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Home | 6 January 2015 | Drawn | [33] |
9 | 199 † | West Indies | 3 | 1 | 2/2 | Sabina Park, Kingston | Away | 11 June 2015 | Won | [34] |
10 | 215 † | England | 3 | 1 | 2/5 | Lord's, London | Away | 16 July 2015 | Won | [35] |
11 | 143 † | England | 3 | 1 | 5/5 | The Oval, London | Away | 20 August 2015 | Won | [36] |
12 | 138 ‡ | New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 2/3 | WACA Ground, Perth | Home | 13 November 2015 | Drawn | [37] |
13 | 134* ‡ | West Indies | 4 | 1 | 2/3 | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | Home | 26 December 2015 | Won | [38] |
14 | 138 ‡ | New Zealand | 4 | 2 | 2/2 | Hagley Oval, Christchurch | Away | 20 February 2016 | Won | [39] |
15 | 119 ‡ | Sri Lanka | 3 | 2 | 3/3 | Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, Colombo | Away | 15 August 2016 | Lost | [40] |
16 | 130 ‡ | Pakistan | 4 | 1 | 1/3 | The Gabba, Brisbane | Home | 15 December 2016 | Won | [41] |
17 | 165* ‡ † | Pakistan | 4 | 2 | 2/3 | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | Home | 26 December 2016 | Won | [42] |
18 | 109 ‡ | India | 3 | 3 | 1/4 | Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune | Away | 23 February 2017 | Won | [43] |
19 | 178* ‡ | India | 3 | 1 | 3/4 | JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi | Away | 16 March 2017 | Drawn | [44] |
20 | 111 ‡ | India | 3 | 1 | 4/4 | HPCA Stadium, Dharamshala | Away | 25 March 2017 | Lost | [45] |
21 | 141* ‡ † | England | 4 | 2 | 1/5 | The Gabba, Brisbane | Home | 23 November 2017 | Won | [46] |
22 | 239 ‡ † | England | 4 | 2 | 3/5 | WACA Ground, Perth | Home | 14 December 2017 | Won | [9] |
23 | 102* ‡ | England | 4 | 3 | 4/5 | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | Home | 26 December 2017 | Drawn | [47] |
24 | 144 † | England | 4 | 1 | 1/5 | Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham | Away | 1 August 2019 | Won | [48] |
25 | 142 † | England | 4 | 3 | 1/5 | Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham | Away | 1 August 2019 | Won | [48] |
26 | 211 † | England | 4 | 1 | 4/5 | Old Trafford, Manchester | Away | 4 September 2019 | Won | [49] |
27 | 131 † | India | 4 | 1 | 3/4 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Home | 7 January 2021 | Drawn | [50] |
28 | 145* | Sri Lanka | 4 | 1 | 2/2 | Galle International Stadium, Galle | Away | 8 July 2022 | Lost | [51] |
29 | 200* | West Indies | 4 | 1 | 1/2 | Perth Stadium, Perth | Home | 30 November 2022 | Won | [52] |
30 | 104 | South Africa | 4 | 1 | 3/3 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Home | 4 January 2023 | Drawn | [53] |
31 | 121 | India | 4 | 1 | 1/1 | The Oval, London | Neutral | 7 June 2023 | Won | [54] |
32 | 110 † | England | 4 | 1 | 2/5 | Lord's, London | Away | 28 June 2023 | Won | [55] |
One Day International centuries
editNo. | Score | Against | Pos. | Inn. | S/R | Venue | H/A/N | Date | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 101 † | Pakistan | 3 | 1 | 85.59 | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | Neutral | 7 October 2014 | Won | [19] |
2 | 104 † | South Africa | 4 | 2 | 92.85 | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | Home | 21 November 2014 | Won | [56] |
3 | 102* ‡ † | England | 3 | 2 | 107.36 | Bellerive Oval, Hobart | Home | 23 January 2015 | Won | [57] |
4 | 105 † | India | 3 | 1 | 112.90 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Home | 26 March 2015 | Won | [58] |
5 | 149 ‡ † | India | 3 | 2 | 110.37 | WACA Ground, Perth | Home | 12 January 2016 | Won | [59] |
6 | 108 ‡ | South Africa | 3 | 1 | 100.93 | Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban | Away | 5 October 2016 | Lost | [60] |
7 | 164 ‡ † | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 104.46 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Home | 4 December 2016 | Won | [21] |
8 | 108* ‡ † | Pakistan | 3 | 2 | 103.84 | WACA Ground, Perth | Home | 19 January 2017 | Won | [61] |
9 | 131 | India | 3 | 1 | 99.24 | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru | Away | 19 January 2020 | Lost | [62] |
10 | 105 † | India | 3 | 1 | 159.09 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Home | 27 November 2020 | Won | [63] |
11 | 104 † | India | 3 | 1 | 162.50 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Home | 29 November 2020 | Won | [64] |
12 | 105 † | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 80.15 | Cazalys Stadium, Cairns | Home | 11 September 2022 | Won | [65] |
Notes
edit- ^ He has the third highest number of centuries in all formats for Australia.[3]
- ^ Calculated from batsmen who have batted a minimum of twenty innings.[4]
- ^ He is behind Ricky Ponting (41) and equal with Steve Waugh (32).[13]
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