Tag: Steve Smith

Steve Waugh prompts South Africa crowd to sledge Steve Smith, David Warner

Waugh's statement comes days after Cricket South Africa’s interim chief executive Jacques Faul requested his countrymen to “respect” Smith and Warner as the Australians return to South Africa for the first time since the poor incident in 2018.

February 17, 2020

Show respect to Steve Smith and David Warner: CSA tells South African fans as Australia arrive

Both Warner and Smith, then Australia's captain and vice-captain, were banned by Cricket Australia for one year for involvement in ball-tampering during the Cape Town Test in March 2018.

February 15, 2020

Steve Smith, Viat Kohli joy to watch, don’t like to compare: Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar also termed Marnus Labuschagne as special on the sidelines of Bushfire Cricket Bash where he will be coaching Ponting XI.

February 7, 2020

Marnus Labuschagne a ‘duplicate’ of Steve Smith, says ICC

In the ICC Test rankings, Smith is currently the number two ranked batsman while Labuschagne is at the third place.

January 25, 2020

Steve Smith maintains good form in BBL

Smith made an unbeaten 66 off 40 deliveries.

January 25, 2020

Josh Philippe can play for Australia in all formats: Steve Smith

Smith and Philippe will play together for the Sydney Sixers on Thursday night in the Big Bash League (BBL).

January 22, 2020

Marnus Labuschagne ready for T20 cricket: Steve Smith

The 25-year-old is a relative novice in T20 cricket, having played just seven matches in the format -- all with the Heat -- however there is expectation he will be able to replicate his remarkable longer-format form in the shortest format as well.

January 21, 2020

Steve Smith batted slowly: Rashid Latif post Australia’s loss in Bengaluru

Latif feels Smith should have taken 100 to 105 balls to reach his individual score of 131.

January 20, 2020

IND vs AUS, 3rd ODI: Rohit becomes third fastest to 9,000 ODI runs

Rohit needed four runs to get to the landmark and the senior India opener got to it in the final ball of the first over of India's innings.

January 19, 2020

IND vs AUS, 3rd ODI: Steve Smith ton propels Australia to 286/9, Shami picks four

Australia could not really get a big finish that they were looking for and ended up well within the 300 run mark.

January 19, 2020

Virat Kohli surprised at winning ICC Spirit of Cricket Award

Notably, Virat Kohli was given the award for his gesture at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 as he indicated to the crowd to applaud and not boo Steve Smith.

January 15, 2020

Indian skipper Virat Kohli wins 2019 ICC Spirit of Cricket award

Virat Kohli had objected to a section of the Indian crowd, who was giving an unsympathetic reception to Steve Smith, during the World Cup match last year.

January 15, 2020

Managing expectations will be ‘real challenge’ for Marnus Labuschagne, feels Steve Smith

Labuschagne was declared Player of the Series in Tests against New Zealand and was the second-highest run-getter in Test series against Pakistan.

January 14, 2020

Virat Kohli far better than Steve Smith in white-ball cricket: Gautam Gambhir

Commenting on India's bowling attack, Gambhir felt that Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah can give a difficult time to the Australian batsmen.

January 13, 2020

Smith, Warner make Australia stronger but Kohli will be up for it: Waugh on series Down Under

On the intense debate over ICC's proposal to trim Test matches to four days, Steve Waugh said the governing body should leave the longest format as it is.

January 11, 2020

Marnus Labuschagne aspires to be like Virat Kohli, Steve Smith

Labuschagne was declared Player of the Series against New Zealand as he was the highest run-getter — 549 runs in 3 matches — in the series that the Aussies won 3-0.

January 10, 2020

Return of David Warner, Steve Smith has strengthened batting: Tim Paine

Aussies drubbed Kiwis by 279 runs in the third and final Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground, thus concluding with a 3-0 whitewash.

January 6, 2020