Steve Smith is an Australian international cricketer and former captain of the Australia national team. He is best known for his high batting average, which has made him one of the best batsmen in the world. With a Test batting average of 947, he is the second-highest of all time, second only to Don Bradman. The cricketer was named the best Test batsman in the world by the ICC Players’ Rankings in 2015, 2016 and 2017.

Born name

Steven Peter Devereux Smith

nickname

Fleck, Forge

Sun sign

Twins

Place of birth

Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales, Australien

Residence

Sydney, New South Wales, Australien

nationality

training

Smith went to Menai High School but later dropped out.

occupation

cricketer

family

• Vater – Peter Smith
• Mutter – Gillian Smith
• Siblings – Kristie Smith (Older Sister)

Manager

unknown

Bowling Style

rotation of the right arm

hitting style

right-handed

Rolle

Top-Order Batsman

Shirt Number

49

To build

Average

Height

5 feet 9 inches or 175 cm

weight

78 kg or 172 lbs

girlfriend/spouse

Steve dated –

1. Dani Willis (2011-Present) – Steve first started dating Dani Willis, who was a Commerce and Law student at Macquarie University. Their engagement was announced while vacationing in New York in June 2017. The couple tied the knot on September 15, 2018 in Berrima, New South Wales.

race/ethnicity

White

He is Australian on his father’s side and English on his mother’s side.

hair colour

Hellbraun

eye color

Blau

sexual orientation

Just

distinguishing features

• chubby face
• dimple smile

brand promotion

Steve recommended brands like –

• Gillette
• Weet-Bix
• Fitbit

Religion

Christianity

Known for

• An Australian international cricketer and former captain of the Australia national team
• High batting average, which makes him considered one of the best batsmen in the world

First cricket match

He made his T20 international debut on February 5, 2010 in a match against Pakistan.

Steve made his ODI debut on February 19, 2010 in a game against the West Indies.

He made his Test match debut on July 13, 2010 in the game against Pakistan. He didn’t play in the first innings, but in the second innings he sacked 3 wickets for 51 runs.

First TV show

As well as broadcasting his cricket matches, he made his TV show debut as ‘Self’ in the documentary series Australian History in 2016.

Personal trainer

According to an interview in 2017, Steve revealed that he liked the long and hard workouts. He used to go jogging early in the morning and also focused on interval strength training, which helped him build strength and slim his body. After hard training sessions or field exercises, he liked to do breathing exercises, which helped him to relax his mind and soul.

He also revealed that he was a little chubby as a kid, so he then focused on a low-carb diet to maintain his fitness. Steve avoided alcohol as much as possible as beer was high in carbohydrates, which wasn’t ideal for his lean frame. He drank plenty of water throughout the day, which kept him fully hydrated.

Steve Smith favorite things

• Sports – baseball, horse racing

Steve Smith Facts

1. He attended school until he was 17 and then dropped out to follow his dream of playing cricket.
2. The first club he played for was Seven Oaks Vine in England in the Premier Division of the Kent Cricket League and did so well that he was offered to play in Surrey’s second XI .
3. Due to his parents’ different nationalities, Steve holds dual Australian and UK citizenship.
4. He was originally selected as a right-arm spinner for the Australia national team but later played primarily as a batsman.
5. In 2008 he was selected as a member of the Australia team for the Under 19 Cricket World Cup tournament was held in Malaysia and he scored 114 runs with 7 wickets in 4 games.
6. He made his top-flight debut on 25 January 2008, playing for Australia’s top-flight men’s professional team. New South Wales vs Western Australia where he hit 33 runs in 1 inning.
7. He was also the part of New South Wales that went on to win the 2009 Twenty20 Champions League .
8. Steve had played 13 first class games by the end of the 2009/2010 season he had a batting average of 50 and although his bowling wasn’t that effective he improved over time and was even beaten by former Australia national team captain Shane Warne. praised.
9. In the final game of the 2009/2010 season, he went on to take 7 wickets for 64 runs.
10. On 1 January 2008 he made his Twenty20 debut playing New South Wales against South Australia in the KFC Big Bash tournament of which he became the leading wicket-taker by 9 wickets and was also classified 2nd Player of the Tournament .
11. The next season he joined the team at Sydney Sixers where he was later made captain when Brad Haddin was forced out. The team went on to win the season.
12. Steve totaled 166 carries in 9 games, including 1 half century, and scored 6 wickets and 9 catches in the 2011-2012 Big Bash League .
13. His impressive performance at the 2011-2012 Big Bash League was noticed by former Indian cricket captain Saurav Ganguly and he was chosen to play Pune Warriors India in 2012 Indian Premier League .
14. He was made captain of Pune Warriors in a game when original captain Sourav Ganguly was unable to play, although the team’s vice-captain was Michael Clarke.
15. In the IPL, he was first picked by Royal challengers Bangalore in 2010 as a replacement for former New Zealand international cricketer Jesse Ryder.
16. Steve was taken from Kochi Tuskers Kerala in 2011 for an estimated $200,000 but was unable to play that season due to an ankle injury. The next season Kochi Tuskers were removed from the IPL and he was selected by the Pune Warriors .
17. His first match for Pune Warriors earned him Man of the Match honors where he hit 39 runs in 32 balls and his team won against the Mumbai Indians.
18. For the 2014 season of Indian Premium League Steve was taken by Rajasthan Royals for an estimated amount of US$600,000 and was also made the captain in 2015.
19. Steve was selected as one of the 10 exceptional players for the first edition of the Global T20 Canada Cricket Tournament .
20. He has also played in the Caribbean Premier League, Pakistan Super League , and Bangladesh Premier League in 2018.
21. After playing in the 2010/11 season, Steve did not play in Test cricket for two consecutive years and returned to the 2013 tour of India where he was originally chosen as a backup batsman but later featured in the line-up, when 4 other players left the team.
22. He ended his first Test century in the third Test match in Perth in the 2013-14 Ashes series in Brisbane and his first ODI century came in January 2015 against England where he completed 102 runs in 95 balls.
23. Steve reached his 1,000. Running milestone in the 2014, he was the eighth fastest Australian to complete 2000 runs in a Test match. Former Australian captains such as Michael Clarke and Ricky Ponting stayed behind.
24. He was one of the impressive performers that Australia won the 2015 World Cup with 402 runs also involving a century and fifty-four. His name was added to the Team of the Tournament for the 2015 World Cup by the ICC, ESPNcricinfo and Cricbuzz .
25. Steve was appointed captain of the Australia national team in 2015 following the retirement of former Australia captain Michael Clarke.
26. In 2018, Steve was indulged in a controversy over ball manipulation when Cameron Bancroft, the second youngest and most inexperienced member of the team, rubbed the cricket ball with the sandpaper. A conference was held after the incident where Steve admitted that a leadership group on the team discussed the idea of ​​manipulating the ball to affect the outcome of the game. He admitted to being part of the leadership group, but did not identify the other members.
27. Following the rigged ball incident, both Steve and vice-captain David Warner left team management the next morning but continued to play for the team.
28. An independent investigation was opened against Steve by Cricket Australia, who accused Steve of bringing shame into the game.
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