Steven Peter Devereux Smith - Best Test Batsman Since Bradman

[jargan83]

Very good ODI career however I remember his fielding more than anything else. Took some screamers.

Back half of his ODI career came at a weird time when the format started dying. He was great in the 2015 WC without scoring a century.

Scored a century in the Semi Final vs India - 105 off 93 balls.

AUS vs IND Cricket Scorecard, 2nd Semi-Final at Sydney, March 26, 2015

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[Fangs]

Scored a century in the Semi Final vs India - 105 off 93 balls.

AUS vs IND Cricket Scorecard, 2nd Semi-Final at Sydney, March 26, 2015

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I am mistaken.

Had an even better WC then.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

After looking at his stats in WCs it's fair to say he had more than a good career as I previously said. Excellent career. Not sure if he'd be in my best ever Australian XI but would be in the 20 man squad.

 

[King-Gutho94]

After looking at his stats in WCs it's fair to say he had more than a good career as I previously said. Excellent career. Not sure if he'd be in my best ever Australian XI but would be in the 20 man squad.

With having so much success in the ODI format you could pick close to 3 all time teams really. Where Smith fits into that who knows.

Maybe my first team Gilchrist and Mark Waugh as opneers Ponting would probably be at 3, Jones at 4, maybe smudge instead of Tugga at 5 and Symonds at 6 with Bevan at 7.

We have been fortunate to have had so many generations of great ODI players.

Like Travis Head for example would probably make the 3rd greatest team currently in the opening position.