Steve Smith

Steven Peter Devereux Smith (born 2 June 1989) is an Australian first-class cricketer who represents Australia, New South Wales Blues, Sydney Sixers and Rising Pune Supergiant.^[3] He is currently the captain of the Australia national cricket teamacross all three formats.^[4] Although he was initially selected for Australia as an all-rounder who could bowl right-arm leg spin,^[5]Smith now plays primarily as a batsman.^[6] On 20 March 2017 he reached a Test batting rating of 941, the fifth highest of all time. Smith is regarded as one of the best batsmen in the world along with Virat Kohli, Joe Root and Kane Williamson.^[7]

As of December 2017, Smith is the top-ranked Test batsman in the world, according to the ICC Player Rankings.^[8] Smith was the leading run scorer in 2014–15 Border-Gavaskar Trophy series against India. In 2015, he won the Allan Border Medal for the best player in Australian Cricket. In June 2015, he was moved up to the coveted no. 3 spot in the Test batting order for the series against the West Indies and the 2015 Ashes series, a position previously held by Ricky Ponting.

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