Steve Smith's father rates Ashes hundred right up there with the best
5 years, 7 months ago

Steve Smith's father rates Ashes hundred right up there with the best

India TV News  

He stood firm when his son broke down and Peter Smith says he is finally letting emotions get the better of him now that Steve Smith's remarkable resurrection from a one-year ball-tampering ban seems complete with an Ashes hundred. Smith's grinding knock of 144 off 219 balls pulled Australia out of trouble to a respectable 284 after being eight down for 122 on the opening day of the first Ashes Test against England in Edgbaston on Thursday. ".this one, given the context of all that has gone to get to that point now, and he played under a lot of pressure as people fell around him … that probably made it. Peter Smith's hand was only one around Steve's shoulder when he sobbed and apologised in a press conference on arrival back in Sydney last year.

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Ashes 2023: Steve Smith eyes all-time great status as 100th Test cap looms
1 year, 8 months ago

Ashes 2023: Steve Smith eyes all-time great status as 100th Test cap looms

The Hindu  

When Australia’s Steve Smith last played a Test match at Headingley, he was just one red-ball cap into his celebrated career and thought of mainly as a leg-spinner. But when Smith takes the field at Yorkshire’s headquarters on Thursday for the third match of the Ashes series, he will be winning his 100th cap as arguably the outstanding batter of …

Steve Smith aims to tick Ashes win in England off bucket list in 100th Test
1 year, 8 months ago

Steve Smith aims to tick Ashes win in England off bucket list in 100th Test

India Today  

Steve Smith is aiming to secure an Ashes series win in England on the occasion of his 100th Test in Headingley as Australia hold a 2-0 lead in the ongoing series. Since his debut for Australia, the star batter has achieved a lot of accolades in the longest format of the game but an Ashes win in England has slipped …

Steve Smith scores 32nd Test hundred, 12th in Ashes
1 year, 9 months ago

Steve Smith scores 32nd Test hundred, 12th in Ashes

The Hindu  

Australia’s Steve Smith scored a hundred against England during the second Ashes Test on Thursday at the Lord’s Cricket Ground in London. AS IT HAPPENED | ENGLAND VS AUSTRALIA, LORD’S ASHES TEST, DAY 2 Smith also goes level with Jack Hobbs for the second-most hundreds in Ashes, Don Bradman leads the list with 19 tons. Earlier on day 1, Smith …

Ashes 2023: Australia's Steve Smith happy to be back at Edgbaston for series opener
1 year, 9 months ago

Ashes 2023: Australia's Steve Smith happy to be back at Edgbaston for series opener

Firstpost  

Four years after giving the performance that Smith considers to be the most enjoyable of his 97 Test matches for Australia, Steve Smith is excited to begin a new Ashes series at Edgbaston. Add more: Phasing Rohit Sharma out and grooming a new leader in next WTC cycle is the way forward for Team India “I think that Test match …

Australia’s Steve Smith expects England to unsettle him with ‘funky’ approach in Ashes
1 year, 9 months ago

Australia’s Steve Smith expects England to unsettle him with ‘funky’ approach in Ashes

The Hindu  

Steve Smith is expecting to encounter some “funky things” during the Ashes as England looks to unsettle the batter who delivered one of the all-time great performances when Australia last came over for a test series. Indeed, these are Smith’s scores in his last 10 test innings in England, including the recent win over India in the World Test Championship …

Getting back Ashes was special but disappointed we didn't win: Steve Smith on 2019 series
4 years, 7 months ago

Getting back Ashes was special but disappointed we didn't win: Steve Smith on 2019 series

India TV News  

Getting back Ashes was special but disappointed we didn't win: Steve Smith on 2019 series Playing his first Test series since the 2018 ball-tampering scandal led to him getting a one-year ban and losing the captaincy, Smith scored a mind-numbing 774 runs at an average of 110.57 from four Tests played. Australia batsman Steve Smith feels that his team have …

Ashes 2019: Steve Smith 'cooked' after heroics
5 years, 6 months ago

Ashes 2019: Steve Smith 'cooked' after heroics

The Hindu  

Steve Smith admitted he was "cooked" after helping Australia retain the Ashes with a 2-2 series draw against England. It gave England a 2-2 series draw, but that result was enough for Australia to retain the urn, with Smith awarded the Compton-Miller Medal as player of the series. READ | Ashes 2019: Will try to get better as long as …

Ashes 2019: Australia's Steve Smith unperturbed by run-scoring burden, refuses to blame teammates for batting failure
5 years, 6 months ago

Ashes 2019: Australia's Steve Smith unperturbed by run-scoring burden, refuses to blame teammates for batting failure

Firstpost  

Smith has now amassed 751 runs, a sizeable chunk of the team’s overall tally of 2,508 runs over the entire series even though he has missed three of the nine innings after being hit by a Jofra Archer bouncer. When he was asked for reasons for Australia’s batting failures he said conditions had not been kind throughout the series but …

Steve Smith on Australia retaining Ashes Urn on English soil: Wanted to tick this off my bucket list
5 years, 6 months ago

Steve Smith on Australia retaining Ashes Urn on English soil: Wanted to tick this off my bucket list

India Today  

Steve Smith has had to wait 9 years after making Test debut to be part of an Australian team that retained the Ashes urn on English soil. However, Steve Smith made sure he ticked off Ashes glory on English soil from his bucket list after the Manchester Test between Australia and England on Sunday. Ashes 2019, Manchester Test: Report | …

Steve Smith heroics help Australia win Manchester Test and retain Ashes urn
5 years, 6 months ago

Steve Smith heroics help Australia win Manchester Test and retain Ashes urn

India Today  

World Cup-winners England have been brought down to earth by Australia who managed to successfully retain the Ashes Urn in England for the first time in 18 years. Led by Steve Smith's double hundred, Australia defeated England by 185 runs in the 4th Test of Ashes 2019 and took an unbeatable 2-1 lead in the 5-Test series. Even if England …

Steve Smith out for his lowest Ashes 2019 score in Manchester
5 years, 6 months ago

Steve Smith out for his lowest Ashes 2019 score in Manchester

India Today  

At a time when Steve Smith scoring hundreds has become a norm, there was a surprise in store for the cricket fraternity when the Australia star did not get to the 3-figure mark in the second innings of the ongoing 4th Ashes Test in Manchester. In fact, Steve Smith was dismissed for his lowest Ashes 2019 score by none other …

Ashes 2019: Ricky Ponting hails Steve Smith as 'genius' after double ton at Old Trafford in fourth Test
5 years, 6 months ago

Ashes 2019: Ricky Ponting hails Steve Smith as 'genius' after double ton at Old Trafford in fourth Test

Firstpost  

Steve Smith has taken his game to a new level since returning from a 12-month ball-tampering ban this year, with his 211 in the fourth Test at Old Trafford giving him an incredible batting average during the series of 147.25. Sydney: Ricky Ponting, Australia’s greatest run-scorer, hailed Steve Smith as “a genius” Friday after his Ashes double hundred — an …

Ashes 2019: Steve Smith double century puts Australia in command
5 years, 6 months ago

Ashes 2019: Steve Smith double century puts Australia in command

The Hindu  

Australia's Steve Smith took his run-spree this Ashes to a new level as he returned to international cricket with a superb double century on the second day of the fourth Test against England at Old Trafford on Thursday. Smith, the world's top-ranked Test batsman, missed England's series-levelling one-wicket win at Headingley with a concussion suffered when struck by a Jofra …

Ashes 2019: Australia's Steve Smith makes Old Trafford century after Jofra Archer drop
5 years, 6 months ago

Ashes 2019: Australia's Steve Smith makes Old Trafford century after Jofra Archer drop

The Hindu  

Steve Smith completed his third century of the 2019 Ashes series after being dropped by Jofra Archer as England took just two Australia wickets in the morning session on day two of the fourth Test at Old Trafford. Smith was untroubled on a dismal, weather-affected first day in Manchester after missing England's dramatic series-levelling win at Headingley due to concussion. …

Steve Smith hits 3rd Ashes double century
5 years, 6 months ago

Steve Smith hits 3rd Ashes double century

India Today  

Steve Smith scored his third double century on Thursday as he continued to dominate the English bowling attack in the current Ashes series. Smith though, whose lowest score in this series is 92 at Lord's, brought up his double century off 310 balls when he whipped a full delivery from Craig Overton past mid-on. Steve Smith also became the first …

Ashes 2019 4th Test: Magnificent Steve Smith puts Australia in command on day 2
5 years, 6 months ago

Ashes 2019 4th Test: Magnificent Steve Smith puts Australia in command on day 2

India Today  

Steve Smith's domination of England's bowling attack in the Ashes series reached new heights on Thursday as his magnificent 211 led Australia to 497-8 declared on the second day of the fourth Test at Old Trafford. As the top-ranked Test batsman in the world was making his way towards the pavilion, the video reviewers spotted that Leach's front foot was …

Ashes 4th Test: Steve Smith in control as Australia end wet first day on 170-3
5 years, 6 months ago

Ashes 4th Test: Steve Smith in control as Australia end wet first day on 170-3

India Today  

Steve Smith continued his outstanding Ashes form, striking an unbeaten 60 as Australia recovered from another failure by their openers to reach 170-3 at the close of the rain-affected first day of the fourth Test against England at Old Trafford on Wednesday. The afternoon delay did little to disrupt Smith, though, who returning from missing the last Test due to …

Steve Smith: Rising from the Ashes
5 years, 7 months ago

Steve Smith: Rising from the Ashes

The Hindu  

Shortly after Steve Smith had gatecrashed England's World Cup honeymoon with centuries in both innings of the first Ashes Test in Birmingham, a video of the premier batsman walking back to the dressing room attracted thousands of views, showing him almost embarrassed with the praise directed by the Aussie fans. During his time away from the game, Smith featured in …

Ashes | England Sports Minister calls fans 'distasteful', asks them to applaud Steve Smith
5 years, 7 months ago

Ashes | England Sports Minister calls fans 'distasteful', asks them to applaud Steve Smith

India TV News  

England Sports Minister Nigel Adams has described the booing of Steve Smith by England fans as "distasteful" and has urged them to cheer and not jeer at the Australian batsman. Smith, Cameron Bancroft and David Warner -- all involved in the Sandpaper Gate fiasco -- have been booed during their appearances in the first and second Ashes Test matches at …

Ashes 2019: Steve Smith responds to taunts in style at Birmingham as Australia rediscover lost pride
5 years, 7 months ago

Ashes 2019: Steve Smith responds to taunts in style at Birmingham as Australia rediscover lost pride

Hindustan Times  

Australians basked in rediscovered pride in their cricketers Tuesday after Steve Smith inspired a thumping Ashes Test win over England, redeeming himself following a ball-tampering scandal that left the team in disgrace. Instead, attention turned to the “redemption” of Smith from a tearful press conference last year to his Test-defining innings which humbled England, just weeks after they were crowned …

INSANE! Steve Smith's second innings ton his SIXTH in last 10 Ashes innings
5 years, 7 months ago

INSANE! Steve Smith's second innings ton his SIXTH in last 10 Ashes innings

India TV News  

Prolific batsman Steve Smith scored his 25th Test century to become only the fifth Australian — and the first since Matthew Hayden in Brisbane in 2002 — to register twin tons in the same Ashes match. Smith is playing his first game in the longest format of the sport since the one-year international ban imposed by Australia's cricket board. Smith …

Steve Smith's stunning Ashes century at Edgbaston cements his status among cricket's greatest names
5 years, 7 months ago

Steve Smith's stunning Ashes century at Edgbaston cements his status among cricket's greatest names

ABC  

The first time was all about emotion. When Steve Smith made his century on the first day at Edgbaston, it was something that could scarcely be believed. Smith's company was Travis Head, the kind of batsman who always makes you nervous, and who was lucky not to be out when Stuart Broad's first ball of the day angled in and …

Ashes 2019: Steve Smith destroyed England with a mix of bludgeon and surgical precision
5 years, 7 months ago

Ashes 2019: Steve Smith destroyed England with a mix of bludgeon and surgical precision

Daily Mail  

The good news is that if England continue nibbling away at Steve Smith’s numbers like this, eventually he will fall for a duck. That England’s chances of winning this game had slipped to just two per cent when the fourth innings began is due to Smith. If anything, Australia’s captain Tim Paine let England off the hook in a way …

Steve Smith equals Michael Hussey's Ashes record for most consecutive fifties
5 years, 7 months ago

Steve Smith equals Michael Hussey's Ashes record for most consecutive fifties

India Today  

Former Australia captain Steve Smith equalled Michael Hussey's record for the most successive fifties in The Ashes on Sunday with his 25th Test half-century in the ongoing match against England at Edgbaston. Smith equalled legends Allan Border and Kumar Sangakkara's tally of 9 instances of scoring a century and a fifty in the same Test match. Smith had scored a …

Ashes 2019: 'It was one of the hardest innings he's had to play' says Steve Smith's father Peter
5 years, 7 months ago

Ashes 2019: 'It was one of the hardest innings he's had to play' says Steve Smith's father Peter

Firstpost  

Smith’s grinding knock of 144 off 219 balls pulled Australia out of trouble to a respectable 284 after being eight down for 122 on the opening day of the first Ashes Test Melbourne: He stood firm when his son broke down and Peter Smith says he is finally letting emotions get the better of him now that Steve Smith’s remarkable …

Steve Smith wasn't sure of playing cricket again after ball-tampering ban
5 years, 7 months ago

Steve Smith wasn't sure of playing cricket again after ball-tampering ban

India TV News  

After single-handedly dragging Australia out of a hole by scoring a magnificent hundred on the opening day of the first Ashes Test, Steve Smith revealed that there were times during his one-year ban when he considered walking away from the game completely. After Australia were reduced to 122/8 before Tea with Smith at the crease waging a lone battle on …

In the face of adversity, Steve Smith rises from the 'Ashes' like a Phoenix
5 years, 7 months ago

In the face of adversity, Steve Smith rises from the 'Ashes' like a Phoenix

India TV News  

Steve Smith's return to Test cricket has been nothing short of box-office. Image Source : GETTY IMAGES Steve Smith hit 16 fours and 2 sixes in his 144 run-knock The 30-year-old walked in the 8th over of the innings and at a time, Stuart Broad was breathing fire. Image Source : GETTY IMAGES Steve Smith scored 144 off 219 balls …

Ashes 2019, England vs Australia - 1st Test: Steve Smith moving on from ball-tampering ban with 'one of my best hundreds'
5 years, 7 months ago

Ashes 2019, England vs Australia - 1st Test: Steve Smith moving on from ball-tampering ban with 'one of my best hundreds'

The Hindu  

Steve Smith relished the opportunity to quickly put his Test lay-off behind him with one of his best Australia centuries in the longest format. Australia was rocking on the first day of the Ashes opener at Edgbaston either side of Smith's arrival at number four, reduced to 122-8 as Stuart Broad dominated for England. A magnificent knock of 144 off …

Ashes 2019 - England vs Australia, 1st Test: Stunning Steve Smith century rescues Australia as England face James Anderson wait
5 years, 7 months ago

Ashes 2019 - England vs Australia, 1st Test: Stunning Steve Smith century rescues Australia as England face James Anderson wait

The Hindu  

Steve Smith scored arguably the finest century of his Test career to rescue Australia from the brink of collapse in the first Ashes Test against England side facing an anxious wait to learn the extent of an injury to pace spearhead James Anderson. He thrived amid the predictable boos that greeted him, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft following their suspensions …

Ashes 2019: Steve Smith leads Australia's fight back with heroic 144 on Day 1 of Edgbaston Test
5 years, 7 months ago

Ashes 2019: Steve Smith leads Australia's fight back with heroic 144 on Day 1 of Edgbaston Test

Firstpost  

Smith and Peter Siddle came to the rescue of Australia’s first innings with an 88-run partnership for the ninth wicket at Edgbaston, and Smith then shared 74 runs with Nathan Lyon for the last wicket in an extraordinary turnaround. Birmingham: Steve Smith scored 144 on his return to Test cricket after a ban for ball-tampering as Australia recovered from 122-8 …

Ashes 1st Test: Back with a bang! Steve Smith slams ton on return to Test cricket
5 years, 7 months ago

Ashes 1st Test: Back with a bang! Steve Smith slams ton on return to Test cricket

India TV News  

On playing his first Test since the 12-month suspension for his involvement in the infamous ball-tampering saga last year in South Africa, Steve Smith has announced his return in style as he slammed his 24th Test century on Day 1 of the opening Ashes Test in Birmingham. Australia lost openers David Warner and Cameron Bancroft before Lunch and lost wickets …

The Ashes Round-up: Australia in control at the 'G
7 years, 3 months ago

The Ashes Round-up: Australia in control at the 'G

The Hindu  

David Warner struck 103 and Steve Smith once again made England toil with an unbeaten 65 as Australia ended day one of the fourth Ashes Test in command on 244-3. READ: Warner century helps Australia to solid start at MCG - Following an encouraging afternoon for England, which brought just 43 runs and the wickets of Cameron Bancroft and Warner, …

Ashes 2017-18: Steve Smith puts mind over manner to grind out resolute ton, spoils every English plan
7 years, 4 months ago

Ashes 2017-18: Steve Smith puts mind over manner to grind out resolute ton, spoils every English plan

Firstpost  

Smith had taken his batting to a new level with three exceptional centuries in adverse conditions in India this year. On Saturday, the minute he drove Stuart Broad through the covers to bring up his 21st Test century, his batting average as a Test captain hovered close to 75. One by one Smith had repelled each of England’s plans and …

Delight to score century in tough circumstances: Steve Smith
11 years, 2 months ago

Delight to score century in tough circumstances: Steve Smith

Firstpost  

Smith’s 115 came off 142 balls and included 16 boundaries and a six over mid-wicket off debutant spinner Scott Borthwick to move to 99, followed by a four in the same over to reach the milestone. Steve Smith entered Sydney Cricket Ground folklore on Friday with a career defining test century to wrestle back control on the first day of …

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