Ravindra Jadeja was the star for the Indian cricket team with two wickets in the first session while Steve Smith showed his class with a composed knock on his home turf as Australia reached 249/5 on day 2 of the Sydney Test against India on Friday. [6][7][8], Because his mother was born in London, Smith has dual British and Australian citizenship. Australia were cruising at 2016 for two with Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith going strong when Jadeja got one to bounce off the length and get an outside edge from Labuschagne’s bat when he was 91. It was his second double-hundred and his first as captain. [184] Smith was the highest run scorer in the series, scoring 499 runs at an average of 71.29, including three centuries.[185]. After the Test series against South Africa, New Zealand played 3 ODIs in between the two Test series against South Africa and Pakistan. He did so well for Sevenoaks that he was picked to play for Surrey's second XI. [13][14], Smith made his first-class debut for New South Wales against Western Australia at the SCG on 25 January 2008. [20] He was selected mainly for his bowling, and batted down the order, although his bowling was not required in the first innings. [26], The next season, Kochi Tuskers were dropped from the IPL and Smith was put up for auction. On 19 January 2017, Steve Smith produced his 8th ODI century against Pakistan at the WACA Ground—becoming the quickest Australian to reach 3000 ODI runs within 79 innings. [285], In November 2020, Smith was nominated for the Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Male Cricketer of the Decade, and the award for Test cricketer of the decade. In the warm-up match against Pakistan A in Sharjah, Australia lost by 153 runs where Smith made 58 but retired out. [135] He was rested for the second first-class match and in the first Test match in Cardiff, Smith made 33 in both innings as England took a 1–0 lead in the series. 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Smith concluded the 2017 calendar year with six centuries and three fifties, along with an average of 76.76 and a total of 1,305 runs, the highest of any player that year. Transitioning into the Test series saw Australia's continued failure against reverse swing and spin in the subcontinent. Australia won the first Test by 118 runs[200] with Smith making scores of 56 and 38 runs. In the first Test at Centurion, Johannesburg, Smith made his fourth century and first in South Africa, where he and Shaun Marsh made a 233 run partnership from 4–98. Smith was awarded man of the match as Australia defeated India by 4 wickets. [152] Due to poor weather conditions, the third Test was a wash out, with very little play able to be held. The five-month break from cricket activity saw a surprise pick of Smith called up for the 2014 Zimbabwe Tri-Series on the August 2014. Jasprit Bumrah was the pick of the bowlers for the visitors as he bagged the all-important wicket of Steve Smith at the MCG. In the first Test in Brisbane, Smith made 130 and 63 runs. [112] In the first Test match in Adelaide, the Australian players wore Hughes' Test cap number 408 on their playing shirts for the match as well as black armbands in honour of their former teammate. Jadeja, who bowled only 3 overs on the first day, orchestrated India’s return by picking up 4 wickets for 62 runs – his third best figures in Test cricket away from home - with the ball on Friday. [260][261], Australia traveled to South Africa to play a 3 ODI matches and 3 T20I matches between 21 February and 7 March 2020. In a press conference at Sydney Airport, a tearful Smith started by saying that he had nothing to add to Cricket Australia's report. Pune lost the match by one run. Subsequently, match referee Andy Pycroft for the ICC banned Smith for one Test match and fined him 100% of his match fee. ", "Why Steven Smith is the best of the Fab Four", "Joe Root? We'll see how we go. They lost the first 3 matches, largely attesting to their young bowling attack's inability to contain a strong South African batting line-up. Smith is top ranking test batsmen at present, who reached second highest test batting rating of all time. First batsman to register ten successive scores of 50 or more against a single opponent in Test history. [174][175] Despite intermittent rain, Australia managed an unlikely victory into the last session of day five, resulting in a 2–0 win for Australia. Rajasthan Royals say they won’t retain Australian star Steve Smith for this year’s Indian Premier League, while the league’s leading wicket-taker Lasith Malinga has retired. [283] Smith was awarded Player of the Series for his efforts. Bumrah cleaned up Smith in the final session of Day 3 to pile more misery on Australia. [97] Smith was not required in the second innings and Australia won the Test by 281 runs. 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