Steve Smith Made His Check Debut On This Day 10 Years In the past | Cricket Information

It was on July 13, 2010, when Australia batsman Steve Smith made his debut within the longest format of the sport. He performed his first Check towards Pakistan on the Lord’s Cricket Floor. Smith was handed the “Dishevelled Inexperienced” cap by the then Australian skipper Ricky Ponting. When the right-handed batsman had made his debut, he was once spinner who may bat a bit. The now 31-year-old didn’t handle to have an excellent outing in his debut match as he scored simply 13 runs mixed in each the innings.

With the ball in his hand, Smith had managed to take three wickets within the second innings.

Smith had made his ODI and T20I debut in 2010 as nicely.

Nonetheless, the right-handed batsman has cemented his place as one of many best batsmen in world cricket.

The 31-year-old Smith is presently the primary ranked ICC Check batsman with 911 factors and is carefully adopted by India skipper Virat Kohli with 886 factors.

Smith was final seen in motion towards New Zealand within the first ODI of the three-match collection.

After the primary ODI, the collection between either side was postponed as a result of coronavirus pandemic.

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Smith would have been main the Rajasthan Royals within the Indian Premier League (IPL) if the event had began on March 29.

Nonetheless, the IPL has been postponed indefinitely as a result of coronavirus pandemic.