Mohammad Hafeez. Mohammad Rizwan. Shadab Khan. Shaheen Shah Afridi. Usman Qadir. Age 32y d. Also Known As Steve Smith. Batting Style Right hand bat. Bowling Style Legbreak googly. Playing Role Middle order batter. Antigua Hawksbills. Australia A. Australian Institute of Sports.
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Sydney Sixers. Sydney South East. Toronto Nationals. The phase saw him upping his limited-overs game as well. What works in his favor is his impeccable temperament and ability to correct mistakes quickly. He is also blessed with fantastic hand-eye coordination and reflexes which help him to amass runs with an unorthodox technique.
Like most top players, Smith has also been involved in franchise T20 leagues. He led his home side Sydney to a title in while also impressing in the Indian T20 League. He even carried out the duties of stand-in captain for a few franchises before being appointed full-time skipper in for the Pune franchise that eventually finished as runners up. His career went downhill after the ball tampering controversy for which he was banned for one year by the board. Steve stayed motivated during that lean period and eventually returned to playing cricket by participating in the Indian T20 League.
Batting form was never an issue for him as he continued to score runs and was later included in the World Cup squad. It was a decent tournament for Smudge where Australia got knocked out in the semis. First Name: Last Name: Are you 13 years old or older? YES, I am 13 years old or older. Steve Smith There are , people in the U.
Statistically the rd most popular first name. More than A phenomenal home series against India was the starting point and he hasn't looked back ever since, racking up runs in all conditions against all kinds of attacks. His exploits saw him ranked number one in Tests during the year and he has remained there since then, by a fairly good margin as well. The Ashes tour of England did see him notch up a couple of tons, including a double century at Lord's while the tour of India displayed him at his impeccable best.
Both the series were proof enough that Smith virtually had everything covered in his batting. After England tour in , he was expectedly appointed as Australia's captain for Tests and ODIs while the T20I leadership came over the next six months. White-ball cricket has also been a success for Smith although not as much as his Test heroics. In ODIs especially, he has worked himself up the ladder as a premier batsman. The World Cup was memorable for him as he became the first player to achieve five successive fifty-plus scores in the tournament's history.
Those included the quarterfinal, semifinal and final. In T20Is, Smith hasn't quite had the impact that he would have liked to. Missing most of the series hasn't helped either. Nevertheless, his prowess has been on show during the T20 leagues, notably in the IPL where he even led the Pune franchise to the final in It seemed like things were perfect for Smith, runs kept coming especially in Tests but his bargains in ODIs were moderate where Australia were also on a bit of a lean patch.
Nevertheless, the reputation that Smith had built up was sensational. However, tragedy struck fiercely on Australia's tour of South Africa in March The series was strongly contested like most series between the two sides but the on-field controversy ruled the roost with things getting ugly in the third Test at Cape Town. Australia were found guilty of ball tampering that was apparently preplanned as well. The ICC slammed a one-Test ban on Smith who was enduring a poor series with the bat as well but the punishment back home from Cricket Australia was more severe - a one year exile from all forms of cricket.
The incident saw him being stripped of IPL captaincy for the Royals and consequently, ruled out of the tournament. Having endured a tough one-year ban, Smith returned to competitive cricket in March through the IPL. Despite seeming a bit rusty, his class was evident and it wasn't surprising when he walked straight back into Australia's World Cup squad.
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