Steve Smith in 2014
Steve Smith has scored 44 international centuries for Australia.

Steve Smith is an Australian cricketer and a former captain of the Australian national team.[1][2] As of January 2024, Smith has played 106 Test and 155 One Day International (ODI) matches for Australia, and has scored 32 and 12 centuries in the respective formats.[note 1][1] His batting average of 58.61 is the seventh-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(9).[11][12] As of July 2023, he ranks equal-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 January 2024, he is fourteenth in the list of players who have scored the most centuries in international cricket.[26]

Key

Test centuries

Test centuries scored by Steve Smith[11]
No. Score Against Pos. Inn. Test Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref
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]

One Day International centuries

ODI centuries scored by Steve Smith[23]
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 [56]
3 102* ‡ †  England 3 2 107.36 Bellerive Oval, Hobart Home 23 January 2015 Won [57]
4 105 †  India 3 1 112.90 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Home 26 March 2015 Won [58]
5 149 ‡ †  India 3 2 110.37 WACA Ground, Perth Home 12 January 2016 Won [59]
6 108 ‡  South Africa 3 1 100.93 Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban Away 5 October 2016 Lost [60]
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 [61]
9 131  India 3 1 99.24 M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Away 19 January 2020 Lost [62]
10 105 †  India 3 1 159.09 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Home 27 November 2020 Won [63]
11 104 †  India 3 1 162.50 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Home 29 November 2020 Won [64]
12 105 †  New Zealand 3 1 80.15 Cazalys Stadium, Cairns Home 11 September 2022 Won [65]

Notes

  1. ^ He has the third highest number of centuries in all formats for Australia.[3]
  2. ^ Calculated from batsmen who have batted a minimum of twenty innings.[4]
  3. ^ He is behind Ricky Ponting (41) and equal with Steve Waugh (32).[13]

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