Steve Smith admits the Australia men's Test team brains trust struggled to take him seriously when he first suggested he move to the top of the batting order once David Warner retired.

Australia Test squad: Steve Smith (c), Sean Abbott, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cooper Connolly, ... Cricket Australia Live App. Your No.1 destination for live cricket scores, ...

Smith's statistics mirror that change; from averaging 112 in the first innings of Tests in Australia through that initial window, his average drops 42 per cent to 'only' 65.35 since the 2019-20 ...

New Cricket Australia chief executive Todd Greenberg congratulated Smith on his achievements in the 50 ... Australia squad: Steve Smith (c), Sean Abbott, Alex Carey, Cooper Connolly, Ben ...

Steve Smith remains firmly in Australia's planning for the upcoming T20 World Cup despite being left out of the starting XI in last night's final-ball win over New Zealand, with the former skipper ...

Smith's output of 1136 World Cup runs at 42.07 is dwarfed only by Ponting (1743 at 45.87) and Warner (1527 at 56.56) among Australia batters, while Kohli's 1795 at 59.83 is the benchmark for the ...

White-ball cricket is often about the Powerplay at the start of an innings, and the death overs at the end, but Australian captain Steve Smith believes it is the overs in the middle that will ...

The only heavier defeats Australia has suffered in ODI cricket before yesterday were a 242-run defeat to England at Trent Bridge in 2018, a 206-run loss to New Zealand at Adelaide in 1986 and the ...

Australia XI for second Test: Usman Khawaja, Sam Konstas, Cameron Green, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Beau Webster, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood ...

"I don't think much fazes the young kid," Smith said in the wake of his 140 that underpinned Australia's big first innings of 474 to which India finished day two 5-164 in reply. 02:57 Play video ...

"Steve Smith had his fingers, and you could see he was flicking the ball up, ... Cricket Australia Live App. Your No.1 destination for live cricket scores, match coverage, ...