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Lyon hasn't bowled 'at his best' - Smith

Australia's captain Steven Smith has declined to name Nathan Lyon a certain starter for the Sydney Test, declaring that Australia needed greater consistency from the offspinner

29-Dec-2016•Brydon Coverdale at the MCG

Smith hits ton, Australia take lead, rain comes down

Peter Handscomb scored his third score of fifty-plus in as many Tests, before Steven Smith hit a hundred to help Australia take the lead against Pakistan on day four

29-Dec-2016•The Report by Daniel Brettig at the MCG

Australia look to quell the fuss after Gabba

Even though much of the attention from the Gabba Test was on Australia's struggles in the face of a defiant Pakistan chase, Steven Smith was pleased that his side managed to seal the match, claiming their fifth win across two formats

25-Dec-2016•Melinda Farrell in Melbourne

Confusion between Smith and umpires led to extra time

Ian Gould and Richard Illingworth thought Australia wanted to bowl Pakistan out on the fourth day based on an earlier conversation they had with Steven Smith

19-Dec-2016•Brydon Coverdale at the Gabba

Australia player pay talks break down

Scheduled pay meetings between Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers Association have broken down

19-Dec-2016•Daniel Brettig

Head took his opportunity - Smith

Steven Smith, Australia's captain, praised Travis Head for taking his opportunity at No. 6 in Australia's 68-run victory over New Zealand in the first match of the Chappell-Hadlee series

04-Dec-2016•ESPNcricinfo staff

Smith's 164 sets up big Australia win

Steven Smith's highest ODI score helped Australia secure a 68-run win over New Zealand at the SCG

04-Dec-2016•The Report by Brydon Coverdale

New players free of scars - Smith

Following his side's seven-wicket win over South Africa in Adelaide, Steven Smith acknowledged contributions from the new players in the team

27-Nov-2016•Daniel Brettig in Adelaide

Smith bets big on Maddinson's talent

Australia captain Steven Smith is staking plenty on his ability to get the best out of the New South Wales left-hand batsman Nic Maddinson

23-Nov-2016•Daniel Brettig in Adelaide

'I'm embarrassed to be sitting here'

Steven Smith has conceded that the time may have come for "getting some younger guys in and getting some experience at this level" after Australia's crushing loss in Hobart

15-Nov-2016•Daniel Brettig in Hobart

Sutherland defends Australian Test team's preparation

James Sutherland, Cricket Australia's chief executive said that Steven Smith's team could not blame their preparation for the poor results achieved so far this summer

13-Nov-2016•Daniel Brettig in Hobart

Australia lacking self-belief - Graeme Smith

Former South Africa captain Graeme Smith said that a waning culture, the rotation policy and the pressure on captain Steven Smith could be contributing to Australia's recent slide

09-Nov-2016•Firdose Moonda

Smith refuses to blame scheduling for loss

In the wake of Australia's defeat to South Africa at the WACA, Steven Smith focused on the side's need to build bigger first-innings totals

07-Nov-2016•Daniel Brettig

Smith warms up for Test with 117

Usman Khawaja and Joe Burns survived a tense period late in the evening after Steven Smith earlier struck a century in the Sheffield Shield clash between Queensland and New South Wales at the Gabba

25-Oct-2016•ESPNcricinfo staff

Out of words to describe the win - du Plessis

It was hard to work out which captain was more stunned after South Africa's incredible win over Australia in Durban

06-Oct-2016•ESPNcricinfo staff

'It was just my day, I guess' - de Kock

After pummeling 178 to help South Africa surge to a big win over Australia, Quinton de Kock said it was a good wicket to bat on and it was simply his day

01-Oct-2016•Daniel Brettig

Bowlers, Khawaja lead rout of Ireland

Ireland's highest score in five meetings against Australia was not enough to even mildly challenge the top-ranked ODI side, who eased to victory with 19.5 overs to spare in a chase of 199

27-Sep-2016•The Report by Firdose Moonda

Let's get loud, says captain Steven Smith

Steven Smith has demanded his players find their voices and energy in the lead-up to the home summer, having pinpointed an uninspiring on-field attitude as one of the reasons for the team's recent Test-series defeat in Sri Lanka

19-Sep-2016•Daniel Brettig

Amid Smith departure polemics, Warner takes the reins

As a number of former and current players criticise Steven Smith for leaving the Sri Lanka tour early, his stand-in as captain, David Warner, has come to his defence

27-Aug-2016•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Smith resting was 'well thought out' - Lehmann

While acknowledging that Steven Smith "took some convincing" to sit out the rest of the Sri Lanka tour in order to rest and re-charge for Australia's forthcoming fixtures, coach Darren Lehmann has strongly defended the move

25-Aug-2016•ESPNcricinfo staff

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