List of international cricket centuries by Steve Smith
Steve Smith is an Australian cricketer and a former captain of the Australian national team.[1][2] As of January 2020, Smith has played 73 Test and 121 One Day International (ODI) matches for Australia, and has scored 26 and 9 centuries in the respective formats.[note 1][1] His batting average of 62.84 is the third-highest in Test cricket history.[note 2]
Smith made his Test debut against Pakistan in July 2010 at Lord's.[5][6] His first Test century came during the fifth match of the 2013 Ashes series when he scored 138 not out.[7][8] His highest score of 239 came against the same team during the 2017–18 series at the WACA Ground, Perth.[9][10] Smith has scored Test centuries at sixteen different cricket grounds, including eleven at venues outside Australia. In terms of centuries, he has been most successful against England (11).[11][12] As of September 2019, he ranks seventh in the list of most centuries by an Australian in Tests.[note 3] He topped the ICC Test Rankings for the best batsman in the years 2015, 2016 and 2017; on 30 December 2017 he achieved a rating of 947, the second highest of all time after Don Bradman.[14][15] As a result of his involvement in the 2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, Smith was subsequently banned from all forms of cricket, except club level, for a year in March 2018.[16]
Smith made his ODI debut against West Indies in February 2010.[17] He did not bat in the match but took two wickets for 78 runs.[18] His first century in the format came against Pakistan at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in October 2014; he was named the man of the match for his match-winning innings of 101.[19][20] His highest ODI score of 164 came against New Zealand at the Sydney Cricket Ground in December 2016; he captained Australia in the match which they won by 68 runs.[21][22] Smith has scored his ODI centuries at six different cricket grounds, including two at venues outside Australia, one each against Pakistan and South Africa.[23][24] He has scored eight centuries in ODIs and shares ninth position with Michael Clarke in the ODI centuries list for Australia.[25]
He has played 36 Twenty20 International (T20I) matches without scoring a century; his highest score in the format is 90.[1] As of January 2020, he is joint 27th in the list of players who have scored the most centuries in international cricket.[note 4]
Test cricket centuries
No. | Score | Against | Pos. | Inn. | Test | Venue | H/A | Date | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 138* | 5 | 1 | 5/5 | Away | 21 August 2013 | Drawn | [7] | ||
2 | 111 |
5 | 1 | 3/5 | Home | 13 December 2013 | Won | [27] | ||
3 | 115 | 5 | 1 | 5/5 | Home | 3 January 2014 | Won | [28] | ||
4 | 100 | 6 | 1 | 1/3 | Away | 12 February 2014 | Won | [29] | ||
5 | 162* | 5 | 1 | 1/4 | Home | 9 December 2014 | Won | [30] | ||
6 | 133 |
4 | 2 | 2/4 | Home | 17 December 2014 | Won | [31] | ||
7 | 192 |
4 | 1 | 3/4 | Home | 26 December 2014 | Drawn | [32] | ||
8 | 117 |
4 | 1 | 4/4 | Home | 6 January 2015 | Drawn | [33] | ||
9 | 199 |
3 | 1 | 2/2 | Away | 11 June 2015 | Won | [34] | ||
10 | 215 |
3 | 1 | 2/5 | Away | 16 July 2015 | Won | [35] | ||
11 | 143 |
3 | 1 | 5/5 | Away | 20 August 2015 | Won | [36] | ||
12 | 138 |
3 | 3 | 2/3 | Home | 13 November 2015 | Drawn | [37] | ||
13 | 134* |
4 | 1 | 2/3 | Home | 26 December 2015 | Won | [38] | ||
14 | 138 |
4 | 2 | 2/2 | Away | 20 February 2016 | Won | [39] | ||
15 | 119 |
3 | 2 | 3/3 | Away | 15 August 2016 | Lost | [40] | ||
16 | 130 |
4 | 1 | 1/3 | Home | 15 December 2016 | Won | [41] | ||
17 | 165* |
4 | 2 | 2/3 | Home | 26 December 2016 | Won | [42] | ||
18 | 109 |
3 | 3 | 1/4 | Away | 23 February 2017 | Won | [43] | ||
19 | 178* |
3 | 1 | 3/4 | Away | 16 March 2017 | Drawn | [44] | ||
20 | 111 |
3 | 1 | 4/4 | Away | 25 March 2017 | Lost | [45] | ||
21 | 141* |
4 | 2 | 1/5 | Home | 23 November 2017 | Won | [46] | ||
22 | 239 |
4 | 2 | 3/5 | Home | 14 December 2017 | Won | [9] | ||
23 | 102* |
4 | 3 | 4/5 | Home | 26 December 2017 | Drawn | [47] | ||
24 | 144 |
4 | 1 | 1/5 | Away | 1 August 2019 | Won | [48] | ||
25 | 142 |
4 | 3 | 1/5 | Away | 1 August 2019 | Won | [48] | ||
26 | 211 |
4 | 1 | 4/5 | Away | 5 September 2019 | Won | [49] |
One Day International cricket centuries
No. | Score | Against | Pos. | Inn. | S/R | Venue | H/A/N | Date | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 101 |
3 | 1 | 85.59 | Neutral | 7 October 2014 | Won | [19] | ||
2 | 104 |
4 | 2 | 92.85 | Home | 21 November 2014 | Won | [50] | ||
3 | 102* |
3 | 2 | 107.36 | Home | 23 January 2015 | Won | [51] | ||
4 | 105 |
3 | 1 | 112.90 | Home | 26 March 2015 | Won | [52] | ||
5 | 149 |
3 | 2 | 110.37 | Home | 12 January 2016 | Won | [53] | ||
6 | 108 |
3 | 1 | 100.93 | Away | 5 October 2016 | Lost | [54] | ||
7 | 164 |
3 | 1 | 104.46 | Home | 4 December 2016 | Won | [21] | ||
8 | 108* |
3 | 2 | 103.84 | Home | 19 January 2017 | Won | [55] | ||
9 | 131 | 3 | 1 | 99.24 | Away | 19 January 2020 | Lost | [56] |
Notes
- He has the joint sixth-highest number of centuries for Australia.[3]
- Calculated from batsmen who have batted a minimum of twenty innings.[4]
- He is behind Ricky Ponting (41), Steve Waugh (32), Matthew Hayden (30), Don Bradman (29), Michael Clarke (28) and Allan Border (27).[13]
- He shares the position with Sunil Gavaskar, Viv Richards, Desmond Haynes, Steve Waugh, Inzamam-ul-Haq and Herschelle Gibbs.[26]
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