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Steve Smith is an Australian cricketer and a former captain of the Australian national team.[1][2] As of January 2024[update], Smith has played 106 Test and 155 One Day International (ODI) matches for Australia, and has scored 34 and 12 centuries in the respective formats.[note 1][1] His batting average is one of the highest in Test cricket history.[note 2]
Smith made his Test debut against Pakistan in July 2010 at Lord's.[5][6] His first Test century came during the fifth match of the 2013 Ashes series when he scored 138 not out.[7][8] His highest score of 239 came against the same team during the 2017–18 series at the WACA Ground, Perth.[9][10] Smith has scored Test centuries at eighteen different cricket grounds, including thirteen at venues outside Australia. In terms of centuries, he has been most successful against England (12) and India (11).[11][12] As of December 2024[update], he ranks second in the list of most centuries by an Australian in Tests.[note 3] He topped the ICC Test Rankings for the best batsman in the years 2015, 2016 and 2017; on 30 December 2017 he achieved a rating of 947, the second highest of all time after Don Bradman.[14][15] As a result of his involvement in the 2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Smith was subsequently banned from all forms of cricket, except club level, for a year in March 2018.[16]
Smith made his ODI debut against West Indies in February 2010.[17] He did not bat in the match but took two wickets for 78 runs.[18] His first century in the format came against Pakistan at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in October 2014; he was named the man of the match for his match-winning innings of 101.[19][20] His highest ODI score of 164 came against New Zealand at the Sydney Cricket Ground in December 2016; he captained Australia in the match which they won by 68 runs.[21][22] Smith has scored his ODI centuries at eight different cricket grounds, including two at venues outside Australia, one each against Pakistan, India and South Africa.[23][24] He has scored twelve centuries in ODIs and is in fifth position in the ODI centuries list for Australia.[25]
He has played 65 Twenty20 International (T20I) matches without scoring a century; his highest score in the format is 90.[1] As of December 2024[update], he is fourteenth in the list of players who have scored the most centuries in international cricket.[26]
No. | Score | Against | Pos. | Inn. | Test | Venue | H/A/N | Date | Result | Ref |
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1 | 138* | England | 5 | 1 | 5/5 | The Oval, London | Away | 21 August 2013 | Drawn | [7] |
2 | 111 † | England | 5 | 1 | 3/5 | WACA Ground, Perth | Home | 13 December 2013 | Won | [27] |
3 | 115 | England | 5 | 1 | 5/5 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Home | 3 January 2014 | Won | [28] |
4 | 100 | South Africa | 6 | 1 | 1/3 | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Away | 12 February 2014 | Won | [29] |
5 | 162* | India | 5 | 1 | 1/4 | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | Home | 9 December 2014 | Won | [30] |
6 | 133 ‡ † | India | 4 | 2 | 2/4 | The Gabba, Brisbane | Home | 17 December 2014 | Won | [31] |
7 | 192 ‡ | India | 4 | 1 | 3/4 | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | Home | 26 December 2014 | Drawn | [32] |
8 | 117 ‡ † | India | 4 | 1 | 4/4 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Home | 6 January 2015 | Drawn | [33] |
9 | 199 † | West Indies | 3 | 1 | 2/2 | Sabina Park, Kingston | Away | 11 June 2015 | Won | [34] |
10 | 215 † | England | 3 | 1 | 2/5 | Lord's, London | Away | 16 July 2015 | Won | [35] |
11 | 143 † | England | 3 | 1 | 5/5 | The Oval, London | Away | 20 August 2015 | Won | [36] |
12 | 138 ‡ | New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 2/3 | WACA Ground, Perth | Home | 13 November 2015 | Drawn | [37] |
13 | 134* ‡ | West Indies | 4 | 1 | 2/3 | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | Home | 26 December 2015 | Won | [38] |
14 | 138 ‡ | New Zealand | 4 | 2 | 2/2 | Hagley Oval, Christchurch | Away | 20 February 2016 | Won | [39] |
15 | 119 ‡ | Sri Lanka | 3 | 2 | 3/3 | Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, Colombo | Away | 15 August 2016 | Lost | [40] |
16 | 130 ‡ | Pakistan | 4 | 1 | 1/3 | The Gabba, Brisbane | Home | 15 December 2016 | Won | [41] |
17 | 165* ‡ † | Pakistan | 4 | 2 | 2/3 | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | Home | 26 December 2016 | Won | [42] |
18 | 109 ‡ | India | 3 | 3 | 1/4 | Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune | Away | 23 February 2017 | Won | [43] |
19 | 178* ‡ | India | 3 | 1 | 3/4 | JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi | Away | 16 March 2017 | Drawn | [44] |
20 | 111 ‡ | India | 3 | 1 | 4/4 | HPCA Stadium, Dharamshala | Away | 25 March 2017 | Lost | [45] |
21 | 141* ‡ † | England | 4 | 2 | 1/5 | The Gabba, Brisbane | Home | 23 November 2017 | Won | [46] |
22 | 239 ‡ † | England | 4 | 2 | 3/5 | WACA Ground, Perth | Home | 14 December 2017 | Won | [9] |
23 | 102* ‡ | England | 4 | 3 | 4/5 | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | Home | 26 December 2017 | Drawn | [47] |
24 | 144 † | England | 4 | 1 | 1/5 | Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham | Away | 1 August 2019 | Won | [48] |
25 | 142 † | England | 4 | 3 | 1/5 | Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham | Away | 1 August 2019 | Won | [48] |
26 | 211 † | England | 4 | 1 | 4/5 | Old Trafford, Manchester | Away | 4 September 2019 | Won | [49] |
27 | 131 † | India | 4 | 1 | 3/4 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Home | 7 January 2021 | Drawn | [50] |
28 | 145* | Sri Lanka | 4 | 1 | 2/2 | Galle International Stadium, Galle | Away | 8 July 2022 | Lost | [51] |
29 | 200* | West Indies | 4 | 1 | 1/2 | Perth Stadium, Perth | Home | 30 November 2022 | Won | [52] |
30 | 104 | South Africa | 4 | 1 | 3/3 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Home | 4 January 2023 | Drawn | [53] |
31 | 121 | India | 4 | 1 | 1/1 | The Oval, London | Neutral | 7 June 2023 | Won | [54] |
32 | 110 † | England | 4 | 1 | 2/5 | Lord's, London | Away | 28 June 2023 | Won | [55] |
33 | 101 | India | 4 | 1 | 3/5 | The Gabba, Brisbane | Home | 14 December 2024 | Drawn | [56] |
34 | 140 | India | 4 | 1 | 4/5 | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | Home | 26 December 2024 | Won | [57] |
No. | Score | Against | Pos. | Inn. | S/R | Venue | H/A/N | Date | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 101 † | Pakistan | 3 | 1 | 85.59 | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | Neutral | 7 October 2014 | Won | [19] |
2 | 104 † | South Africa | 4 | 2 | 92.85 | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | Home | 21 November 2014 | Won | [58] |
3 | 102* ‡ † | England | 3 | 2 | 107.36 | Bellerive Oval, Hobart | Home | 23 January 2015 | Won | [59] |
4 | 105 † | India | 3 | 1 | 112.90 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Home | 26 March 2015 | Won | [60] |
5 | 149 ‡ † | India | 3 | 2 | 110.37 | WACA Ground, Perth | Home | 12 January 2016 | Won | [61] |
6 | 108 ‡ | South Africa | 3 | 1 | 100.93 | Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban | Away | 5 October 2016 | Lost | [62] |
7 | 164 ‡ † | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 104.46 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Home | 4 December 2016 | Won | [21] |
8 | 108* ‡ † | Pakistan | 3 | 2 | 103.84 | WACA Ground, Perth | Home | 19 January 2017 | Won | [63] |
9 | 131 | India | 3 | 1 | 99.24 | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru | Away | 19 January 2020 | Lost | [64] |
10 | 105 † | India | 3 | 1 | 159.09 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Home | 27 November 2020 | Won | [65] |
11 | 104 † | India | 3 | 1 | 162.50 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Home | 29 November 2020 | Won | [66] |
12 | 105 † | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 80.15 | Cazalys Stadium, Cairns | Home | 11 September 2022 | Won | [67] |
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