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Steve Smith

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Steve Smith

37Australia

  • Right-handed strike-rotating opener
  • Right-arm leg-spin bowler
  • Occasional bowler

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T20 record

Batting

MatInnsRunsBallsAvgSRHS50s4s6sDot %
T202742516,8505,10333.40134.21254260022331.9
BBL39381,48597947.90151.7125141116527.9
PSL111138023534.50161.71063391830.2
MLC222273552743.20139.51105533934.3
ETPL9916613718.40121.245019442.3
Last 10101017415017.40116.045020444.0

Bowling

InnsBallsRunsWktsEconAvgSRDot %
T2032476666278.3924.7017.636.3
BBL610814568.0624.2018.033.3
PSL1614114.0014.006.033.3

Batting style

Strike-rotating opener

  • Strong against pace

  • PowerplayOvers 1–6

    Strike rate141Par 134
    Balls per dismissal30Par 22

  • Middle oversOvers 7–15

    Strike rate153Par 132
    Balls per dismissal29Par 21

  • DeathOvers 16–20

    Strike rate–
    Balls per dismissal–
FigurePlayerParAgainst par
Average39.827.2
Strike rate150135
Boundary %20.118.6
Dot %32.839.9
Sixes, % of boundaries3633
Strike rate v pace159138
Strike rate v spin129128
Strike rate, first 10 balls141125

1,251 balls in T20s · Nov 2023 – Jul 2026

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Strengths and weaknesses

Strengths

  • Runs per dismissal33.4 (field 25.2 across IPL, BBL and 8 more)
  • Dot balls32% (field 37% across IPL, BBL and 8 more)
  • Death (overs 16–20), battingSR 166 (field 152 across IPL, T20Is and 6 more)

Weaknesses

  • Six-hittingone every 22.9 balls (field 18.8 across IPL, BBL and 8 more)

By phase

Balls facedSROutBalls bowledEconWkts
Powerplay1,490131.3500–0
Middle overs2,728124.3963967.9819
Death (overs 16–20)844166.4578010.438
BBL Power Surge41241.520–0

Men's T20

Overall rank
43rd
all T20 batters
Runs a match
+3.2
above an average player

Men's T20 batting, runs a match

AveragePeak 5.0 above
April 2026Now 3.2 above
201120142017202020232026
Last 2 yearsMatRunsAvgSRWktsBowl avgEcon
T20501,55435.3147.7114.014.00

Teams

Leagues

YearsMatRunsAvgSRWktsEcon
IPL2012–20211032,48534.50128.1015.00
BBL2011–2026391,48547.90151.768.06
MLC2024–20262273543.20139.5––
PSL20261138034.50161.7114.00
ETPL2026916618.40121.2––
The Hundred*2025813719.60129.2––
CPL2018718526.40127.6310.91
Global T20 Canada2018616733.40119.3012.20
BPL20192168.0072.704.00

T20 streaks

Last 10CareerNowBest
30+ score2/1037%15820038942520545
  • Steve Smith has made 30 or more in 2 of the last 10 T20 innings.

Last 10 T20s

DateTeamOpponentGroundBatBowlResult
19 Sept 2026Amsterdam FlamesBelfast WolvesThe Village, Malahide45 (42)–Lost by 7 wicketsL 7 wkts
16 Sept 2026Amsterdam FlamesGlasgow CosmicThe Village, Malahide5 (7)–Won by 5 wicketsW 5 wkts
15 Sept 2026Amsterdam FlamesDublin GuardiansThe Village, Malahide20 (12)–Won by 59 runsW 59 runs
13 Sept 2026Amsterdam FlamesEdinburgh Castle RockersThe Village, Malahide25 (27)–Won by 8 wicketsW 8 wkts
10 Sept 2026Amsterdam FlamesBelfast WolvesThe Village, Malahide4 (7)–Lost by 5 wicketsL 5 wkts
6 Sept 2026Amsterdam FlamesRotterdam DockersSportpark Westvliet9 (4)–Won by 8 wicketsW 8 wkts
5 Sept 2026Amsterdam FlamesDublin GuardiansSportpark Westvliet38 (27)–Won by 9 runsW 9 runs
3 Sept 2026Amsterdam FlamesGlasgow CosmicSportpark Westvliet0 (1)–Won by 7 wicketsW 7 wkts
30 Aug 2026Amsterdam FlamesBelfast WolvesSportpark Westvliet20 (10)–Lost by 9 wicketsL 9 wkts
18 Jul 2026Washington FreedomLos Angeles Knight RidersOakland Coliseum,Oakland8 (13)–Lost by 1 runL 1 run

Records

  1. 1stMost hundreds in BBL history4
  2. 1stHighest partnerships in MLC history241
  3. =2ndFastest hundreds in the BBL since 2016/1741
  4. =2ndHighest partnerships in T20 cricket241
  5. =3rdFastest hundreds in MLC history40
  6. =5thMost hundreds in MLC history1
  7. 6thMost hundreds in Tests37
  8. 7thHighest scores in BBL history125*
  9. 7thHighest strike rates in BBL history150.85
  10. =8thHighest scores in MLC history110*
  11. =8thFastest fifties in MLC history19
  12. =8thMost sixes in an innings in BBL history9

Read more

  1. Blog · Cricket’s player of the year since 2006, picked again by the numbersThe ICC's voters and our ratings have named the same man in fewer than half the years. Where they split tells you what an award chooses to remember.
  2. Blog · Top 10 Test batters of this centuryA podcast put Sachin Tendulkar first and Kumar Sangakkara sixth. Weigh every run against the pitch and the attack, and neither makes the ten.
  3. Blog · Greatest Test batsman of all time: why the lists never agreeAsk who the greatest Test batsman of all time is and the answers scatter. Patchy old scorecards, a very different calendar and the choice of measure reshuffle Smith, Root and Sangakkara, so where does that leave Bradman?
  4. Blog · Looking for an IPL 2027 bargain among ten familiar facesAneurin Donald has won England caps and still never been bought at an IPL auction. He joins Mitchell Owen, Steve Smith and seven others whose cricket makes a case for another look.
  5. Blog · The old men at the top of Test cricketAustralia took the Ashes 4-1 with one player under 30 in the squad. The puzzle is whether this side is great, or simply the last one standing in a thin field.

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