Steve Smith bids farewell to the ODI cricket format after an illustrious career.
Smith announced his retirement from the ODI format after the first semi-final of Australia against India in Dubai on 4th March.
Early Life
Steve Peter Devereux Smith, mainly known as Smith, was born on 2nd June 1989 in Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia.
Smith started his career as a leg-spinner all-rounder in the year 2010. He started to play domestic cricket in his early career.
His batting started to get better with every match he was playing after playing five test matches in the years 2010 and 2011 as an all-rounder.
He was called to the Australian test team as a batsman in the year 2013.
ODI Debut
With outstanding performances in the early years, he was called to debut for the national team.
He got his ODI debut cap in the year 2010 on February 19th against West Indies.
Since then, Smith has always been an important part of the Australian batting lineup.
Going ahead in his career, he also captained the Australian national team in all three formats and was the vice-captain of the Australian Test team.
Career
Smith played a vital role in the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup.
He played in different positions in the tournament and was also dismissed early in the match against England.
But as the tournament progressed, he started to improvise and make runs consecutively.
Australia made it to the finals as Smith scored a 58 not out as they also won the World Cup.
He was also the highest scorer in the tournament and was named in the team of the tournament.
Smith was also part of the 2023 ODI World Cup-winning Australia team.
Overall ODI Career
In his ODI career, he played 170 matches and scored 5800 runs with an average of 43.28.
Where he scored 12 centuries and 35 half-centuries.
He announced his retirement after the loss in the semi-finals against India, where he top-scored 73 runs.
From his hundred against India in the CWC semi-final in 2015 to his final dance in Dubai, re-live Steve Smith’s best ODI performances 😍https://t.co/v2uZCK0nuz
— ICC (@ICC) March 7, 2025