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Smith hundred wins the day for Australia

Steven Smith's hundred held Australia together, his partnerships of 118 with Michael Clarke and 76 with Adam Voges ensuring West Indies were able to claim only four wickets on the first day

11-Jun-2015•The Report by George Binoy

Smith to bat 3, Marsh to open

Steven Smith has been anointed Australia's new Test match No. 3, Shaun Marsh appears to be the choice as stand-in opening batsman, and one of Fawad Ahmed or Adam Voges will debut in the first Test against the West Indies in Dominica on Wednesday

02-Jun-2015•Daniel Brettig in Roseau

Quitting captaincy gave Watson freedom - Dravid

Rahul Dravid, the Rajasthan Royals mentor, has said that Shane Watson's move to hand over the franchise's captaincy to Steven Smith has given him more freedom to perform his all-round duties

17-May-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

England won't come close to us in Ashes - Smith

Steven Smith and Shane Watson are convinced Australia are on course to retain the Ashes in England later in the summer

28-Apr-2015•Gaurav Kalra

Serene Smith guides Royals to third straight win

A perfectly paced unbeaten 79 from Steven Smith anchored a chase of 165 and steered Rajasthan Royals to a seven-wicket win over Mumbai Indians

14-Apr-2015•The Report by Karthik Krishnaswamy

Ponting endorses Smith as next ODI captain

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting believes there is "no doubt at all" that Steven Smith should take over from Michael Clarke as the team's next ODI leader

29-Mar-2015•Gaurav Kalra

Smith, Hazlewood book semi-final berth

Wahab Riaz delivered one of the most fearsome spells in World Cup history but Australia, helped by some shoddy Pakistan fielding, weathered the storm and set up a semi-final showdown with India

20-Mar-2015•The Report by Brydon Coverdale

Warner backs Australia's balance

Australia opener David Warner said he was pleased with his team's balance despite them having altered with the line-up throughout the tournament

12-Mar-2015•Brydon Coverdale

Clarke shrugs off latest selection issue

Australia's captain Michael Clarke hinted at some confusion within the team over Shane Watson's omission and rapid recall from the World Cup team across games against Afghanistan and Sri Lanka

08-Mar-2015•Daniel Brettig at the SCG

Captain runs the team - Smith

Steven Smith has deflected Shane Warne's criticism of Darren Lehmann, saying that the national captain is in control of the team and denying that Lehmann had orchestrated a final day declaration during the Boxing Day Test against India

22-Feb-2015•Daniel Brettig

Penny drops for Maxwell

Glenn Maxwell said that watching Steven Smith's game and approach to batting has helped him grow his repertoire and structure his innings better

08-Feb-2015•Daniel Brettig

Clarke would play under captain Smith

Michael Clarke has said he would be prepared to play on under Steven Smith's captaincy if the selectors decided to hand the job to Smith on a full-time basis

02-Feb-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

Smith dominates Border Medal night

Steven Smith dominated the Allan Border Medal night, taking Australian cricket's most prestigious award by an enormous margin

27-Jan-2015•Daniel Brettig

Smith ton leads Australia to final

Before this game, Steven Smith had captained Australia in three matches. They had lost none of them, and he had scored a century in each. Now he has captained Australia in four matches. They have still lost none of them, and he has still scored a century

23-Jan-2015•The Report by Brydon Coverdale

Bailey suspended for slow over-rate

Steven Smith will likely be called on to captain Australia in their next ODI against England in Hobart on Friday, with George Bailey suspended due to Australia's slow over-rate against India

18-Jan-2015•Brydon Coverdale

Sangakkara returns to top of Test rankings

Kumar Sangakkara has reclaimed the top position in the ICC Test Players Rankings, following the second Test against New Zealand in Wellington, which the hosts won by 193 runs

11-Jan-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

Australia race to 348-run lead

On the fourth afternoon at the SCG, Australia rollicked along at better than a run a ball in their second innings, hoping to beat India and the weather.

09-Jan-2015•The Report by Brydon Coverdale

Spidercam in focus after Steven Smith's drop

Australia captain Steven Smith appeared to complain that the Spidercam used by host broadcaster Channel Nine interfered with his line of sight when he dropped a straightforward catch on day three

08-Jan-2015•Daniel Brettig at the SCG

Smith unaware of Starc send-off

Australia's captain Steven Smith admits he did not see Mitchell Starc's send-off to the Indian opener M Vijay in the first over of the visitors' innings on day two of the Sydney Test, but agrees the practice should be ended

07-Jan-2015•Daniel Brettig at SCG

Australia on top after making 572

Everywhere you turned on the second day in Sydney there were stats, and Steven Smith was at the centre of most of them. But at the end of the day the only figure that really mattered was 501. That was the deficit India faced at stumps

07-Jan-2015•The Report by Brydon Coverdale

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