Steve Smith (cricketer born 1989)

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Steve Smith

Personal information
Full name	Steven Peter Devereux Smith
Born	2 June 1989 (1989-06-02) Sydney, Australia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Batting style	Right-hand
Bowling style	Right-arm Leg break
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	Australia
Test debut (cap 415)	13 July 2010 v Pakistan
Last Test	3 January 2011 v England
ODI debut (cap 182)	19 February 2010 v West Indies
Last ODI	13 April 2011 v Bangladesh
ODI shirt no.	49
T20I debut (cap 43)	5 February 2010 v Pakistan
Last T20I	14 January 2011 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2007–	New South Wales Blues (squad no. 19)
2009	Royal Challengers Bangalore
2010	Worcestershire
2011	Kochi Tuskers Kerala
2011-	Sydney Sixers
Career statistics
Competition	Test	ODI	FC	List A
Matches	5	24	23	44
Runs scored	259	299	1,516	880
Batting average	28.77	23.00	42.11	32.59
100s/50s	0/2	0/0	4/6	0/4
Top score	77	46*	177	92
Balls bowled	372	797	2,988	1,565
Wickets	3	21	41	37
Bowling average	73.33	33.23	48.17	37.10
5 wickets in innings	0	0	1	0
10 wickets in match	0	0	0	0
Best bowling	3/51	3/33	7/64	3/33
Catches/stumpings	3/–	11/–	28/–	21/–
Source: Cricinfo, 7 June 2011

Steven Peter Devereux "Steve" Smith is an Australian international cricketer who currently plays for the New South Wales Blues. An all-rounder, Smith bats right-handed and bowls right arm leg spin. Smith has played for the Kent Second XI, New South Wales, the Sutherland Cricket Club and Illawong Menai Cricket Club. One of his earliest achievements was being the leading wicket taker at the 2008 KFC 20/20 competition. This was despite only playing 4 out of the 5 games. He took 4/15 against Queensland and finished with 9 wickets overall. Due to his efforts, he was named the second best player of the tournament.

Smith made his First Class debut against Western Australia at the SCG on 24 January 2008. He scored 33 in his only innings as NSW defeated WA outright.

He was part of the New South Wales team that won the 2009 Twenty20 Champions League.

Smith recently achieved his highest score in One Day Domestic (ODD) competitions in Australia against Tasmania. Following a middle order collapse, Smith resurrected the innings with a quickfire 81 off 58 deliveries, taking the Blues total to a respectable 271. The game was lost despite Smith's efforts.

Smith was called up to the Australian Test squad in 2010 to cover for spinner Nathan Hauritz who was in doubt for Boxing Day Test against Pakistan, but Hauritz managed to recover.

By the end of the 2009–2010 domestic season Smith had a first-class batting average of over 50 after just 13 first-class matches. While his first-class bowling average in the high forties was not as impressive, his bowling appeared to be steadily improving following some well-publicised mentoring from Shane Warne. In the final match of the season he took 7 for 64 in the second innings against South Australia.

In the 2010 Twenty-Twenty World Cup he took 11 wickets over seven games at an average of 14.81 to finish as the equal second highest wicket-taker at the tournament.

Smith made his test debut at Lords in 2010, playing both tests against Pakistan in the 2010 test series played in England. His bowling was not required in the first innings but he took 3 wickets for 51 in the second innings of his debut test. In the second test he was called to bowl only ten overs for no wickets but played an impressive role with the bat in the second innings. Batting with the tail and rogering the strike, he scored 77 including nine fours and two sixes off successive balls, helping Australia to set a competitive target after having been bowled out for 88 in the first innings.

Playing in a club match, right-handed Smith took guard left-handed and hit a six.

He made his One Day International debut for Australia in the fifth match of the ODI Series against the West Indies on 19 February 2010 and his Test debut against Pakistan at Lord's on 13 July 2010.

Smith's fielding attracted attention during the 2009–2010 season with some spectacular catches in the outfield.

His mother is English.