Steven Peter Devereux Smith

Steven Peter Devereux Smith (born 2 June 1989) is an  Australian cricketer who represents  Australia,  New South Wales Blues, Sydney Sixers and Rising Pune Supergiant.He is currently the captain of the Australia national cricket team across all the three formats.
Although he was initially selected for Australia as an all-rounder who could bowl right-arm leg spin, Smith now plays primarily as a batsman.On 20 March 2017 he reached a Test batting rating of 941, the fifth highest of all time.
Personal information:
Full name:Steven Peter Devereux Smith
Born:2 June 1989 (age 28)Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nickname:Smudge,[1] Smithy
Height:176 cm (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Batting style:Right handed
Bowling style:Right-arm leg spin
Role:Top-order batsman, Australian Captain
International information*
National side:Australia
Test debut :(cap 415) 13 July 2010 v Pakistan
Last Test:4 September 2017 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 182) 19 February 2010 v West Indies
Last ODI:10 June 2017 v England
ODI shirt no.:49
T20I debut (cap 43) 5 February 2010 v Pakistan
Last T20:27 March 2016 v India
T20 shirt no.:49
Domestic team information*
Year Team
2007–   present New South Wales (squad no. 19)
2010 Royal Challengers Bangalore
2011 Worcestershire
2011 Kochi Tuskers Kerala
2011–     present Sydney Sixers
2012–    2013 Pune Warriors India
2013 Antigua Hawksbills
2014–2015 Rajasthan Royals
2016–present Rising Pune Supergiants
Career statistics*
Competition Test ODI FC    LA
Matches                     56    98 1 06 144
Runs scored              5,370     3,187  9,279 4,982
Batting average      59.66     44.26   56.92  47.44
100s/50s              20/21 8/17   33/40   10/30
Top score              215       164      215   164
Balls bowled              1,243      1,046     4,926    1,988
Wickets                  17       27     65    46
Bowling average       52.41     34.48     53.50    38.78
5 wickets in innings   0        0      1              0
10 wickets in match    0        0      0       0
Best bowling         3/18 3/16 7/64 3/16
Catches/stumpings 79/– 59/– 147/– 88/–

As of December 2016, Smith is the top-ranked Test batsman in the world, according to the ICC Player Rankings.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.
After taking over full-time captaincy of the national team, Smith generally batted at no. 3 until recently, as that position is currently occupied by Usman Khawaja. Though Smith covered for him again in the inaugural day-night Test match in Adelaide, he moved back to the no. 4 spot in the batting order, following Khawaja's return from injury.

On 23 December 2015, Smith was awarded the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for being named the ICC Cricketer of the Year as well as Test Cricketer of the Year for the 2014–15 season.
In 2014, Martin Crowe described Smith as one of the young Fab Four of Test Cricket along with Joe Root, Kane Williamsonand Virat Kohli.

Playing style:
Playing in a club match in January 2010, right-handed Smith took guard left-handed and hit a six. Due to his unorthodox style, Smith was initially labelled as a limited-overs batsman who might struggle in the longer form of the game, especially early in his career when he was vulnerable outside off stump.

However, Smith compensates for his unique technique with outstanding hand-eye coordination, and his footwork, especially to spin bowlers, is exemplary.
Much of the credit for Smith's success can also be attributed to batting coach Trent Woodhill, who coached Smith as a junior and noted his abundant talent. He has also defended Smith's unique batting style, and has long argued that in Australia, many naturally talented cricketers who may not necessarily have an orthodox technique are let down by over-coaching; in the years between leaving school and his elevation into international cricket, Smith had his technique picked apart by a number of well-intentioned coaches.Since re-establishing his working relationship with Woodhill, Smith appears to have regained calm and confidence in his cricket, which has since produced results over the last few seasons.He tends to play more to the leg side and look to pull the ball more.

As a bowler, with his quick rise up the batting order (until he became a captain, and settled in at 4, but having to cover at 3 and 5 in case of injuries or form struggles, however, his comparisons to Shane Warne never gathered momentum. He was an able option as a leg spinner early in his career, but was under-utilised because he was described as a very defensive bowler. In ODI's it becomes more apparent, as he will put himself on to bowl when others' economy rates are too high.

He has already been tagged as the second "Captain Grumpy" since Allan Border early in his captaincy reign, having to warn Mitchell Starc for unsportsmanlike behaviour, and being highly critical of the team's bowling and fielding despite beating New Zealand by over 200 runs. Yet, he has also scored 4 centuries in 5 Tests as captain, including a maiden second-innings century against New Zealand in Perth, which was also Mitchell Johnson's final cricket match. 

He was also undefeated in the his first 10 Tests as captain, the only one out of the past 4 captains to do so. However, late in 2016, he accumulated consecutive Test series losses, which prompted a reshuffle of the selector's panel. He is also known for being reluctant to use spinners as he no longer bowls on a regular basis, and is very defensive when he does. Since the reshuffle, however, he has used Lyon and Steve O'Keefe in tandem more, which could be due to necessity in India's spin-friendly pitches.