[131] After his man of the match effort against the West Indies in the second Test, Smith became the second-youngest player ever to reach the number 1 ICC Test batsmen ranking and just the eighth Australian to do so.[132]. It was his second double-hundred and his first as captain. In the second Test at Hobart, Smith made 48 not out in the first innings but the team capitulated, only making a total score of 85 runs and ending up losing the Test. Cricket News IPL IPL 2020: Steve Smith Lauds Ben Stokes For His Incredible Knock After RR Defeat MI. In the fourth Test at the MCG he was dismissed on 19 by Stuart Broad, but made another century with 115 runs from 154 deliveries in the first innings of the fifth and final Test at the SCG. [186] On 16 December 2017, Smith scored 239 on the final Ashes match at WACA Ground. Home/Cricket News/ IPL 2020: Steve Smith Lauds Ben Stokes For His Incredible Knock After RR Defeat MI. [10] In June 2017, the couple announced their engagement while on holiday in New York. In the third Test being 2–0 down to England, Australia moved up north to Old Trafford Cricket Ground in Manchester needing to win or draw to save the series. [180], Following the training at ICC's Cricket Academy Centre in Dubai, Smith began the tour of India with a century in their maiden warm-up match in Mumbai. [212], Smith arrived in Sydney on 29 March. ODI Series - Matches and Results", "Usman Khawaja and Marcus Stoinis in expanded Australia training squad for possible England tour", "Aussies name huge 26-player group with eye on UK tour", "Riley Meredith, Josh Philippe and Daniel Sams included as Australia tour to England confirmed", "Uncapped trio make Australia's UK touring party", "Virat Kohli, Kane Williamson, Steven Smith, Joe Root nominated for ICC men's cricketer of the decade award", "What can India do against Steven Smith? [104] In the second ODI he made 12 runs and in the third and final ODI he made 77 runs off 105 balls to win the ODI match by 1 run. Aaron Finch scored 60. [21] In 2011–12, the Australian T20 competition became the city-based Big Bash League featuring eight teams. 10th ODI hundred in 126 matches, 4th against India. As well as apologising to his "teammates, to fans of cricket all over the world and to all Australians who are disappointed and angry", he specifically referred to the effect that the incident had had on his parents and implored others faced with questionable decisions to consider their parents. Steven Peter Devereux Smith (born 2 June 1989) is an Australian international cricketer and former captain of the Australian national team. Only the second batsman to score more than 1,000 runs in. As an all-rounder, he scored 166 runs with the bat from nine matches with a strike rate of 130.71, including one half century. I've sort of moved things a little bit across to leg stump and now I'm going just outside off stump". When attending the press conference at the conclusion of the third day's play with Bancroft, Smith admitted that the "leadership group" of the team discussed tampering with the ball to influence the result of the match during the lunch break. I hope in time I can earn back respect and forgiveness. Australian batsman Steve Smith celebrates his second consecutive century against India at the SCG on Sunday. He moves around frequently in the crease, especially during bowlers' run-up, and ends up with the toes of his feet outside off stump against right-handers,[268] controls the bat with his bottom hand (that is, the hand closest to the blade of the bat), and is capable of playing unconventional cricket shots like the reverse sweep. Rajasthan Royals still keep their hopes alive in IPL 2020 after a terrific win against Mumbai Indians. Despite skipper Virat Kohli's 89, the visitors could only manage 338-9 with Kohli falling to a magnificent Moises Henriques catch when the captain was closing in on a century. In the warm-up match against Pakistan A in Sharjah, Australia lost by 153 runs where Smith made 58 but retired out. 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. Smith went on to score only 2 against India, as Australia were knocked out of the tournament. The incident occurred when in the 18th over of Pakistan's chase of 231 where Xavier Doherty delivered the ball and before Fawad made contact with his paddle sweep, Smith had moved from first slip towards leg slip to intercept the shot. [91] Smith remarked "Everything sort of just clicked into place and it felt really good so I've continued doing it". [210] Smith and vice-captain David Warner stood down from the team leadership the morning after the incident, but still played on, and wicketkeeper Tim Paine took over as interim captain for the rest of the Test match. Here’s what the winning skipper Steve Smith said in the post-match presentation. After a few matches in 2010 and 2011, he was a regular player in the Australian team after 2013, and took over captaincy from Michael Clarke in late 2015, after which he predominantly batted at number 3 or 4. This is the third-highest score by an Australian cricketer in Test matches played in India and the highest by an Australian Captain. After making half centuries against Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, he later steered Australia into the final after making a century against India in the semi-finals at the Sydney Cricket Ground. 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