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Makes yet another century, this guy is simply phenomenal

In reply to Runs

I am at a loss of words for the entire Steve Smith story...

Starts out as a leg-spinner who can bat a bit.
Is considered by many more suited for ODIs and T20s...
and then the man... just explodes!

I don't think, in the history of the game, in the list of all the great Test batsmen, will there be a player, who started out as a bowler and then became a Batting Legend! (Edited: Sir Gary Sobers was the first, Steve Smith would be the second)

Currently after 54 tests & 99 innings, he has 20X100s and 20x50s.

He has over 5000 runs, with a batting avg over 60.

For all-time Test Batsmen with more than 50 Tests

Steve Smith is only behind the Don!

1. Don Bradman - 52 Tests, 6996 runs, 99.94 avg, 29X100s
2. Steve Smith--- 54* Tests, 5234 runs, 61.57 avg, 20X100s
3. H.Sutcliffe----- 54 Tests, 4555 runs, 60.73 avg, 16X100s

In reply to thefacts

All this at 27 years of age

In reply to thefacts

GSt.A

don dada

In reply to Oilah

If he is excluded deliberately, then he must be a bajan...whomever this cricketer is.

In reply to thefacts

Garfield Sobers?

From what I remember reading somewhere, he debuted in test as a leg spinner.

[b]In reply to thefacts

That title is reserved for the greatest only and usually at the end of their career when they have proven over many years.

In reply to Emir

50+ Tests, 20X100s, over 6-7 years, aint enough?

are you aware, that many of the batting greats, with legendary batting avgs, played less than 50 Tests?

Examples--> Graeme Pollock (24), Headley (22), Weekes (48 ), Walcott (44)...

In reply to Oilah

my apologies.

I wasn't aware Sir Gary started out as a bowler.

Now I know, he did.

I have edited my first post accordingly.

thanks & cheers

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!

Cognoscenti.

In reply to Runs

It really really is remarkable.

There does appear to be some similarities between Sir Gary and Steve Smith, as far as their batting careers are concerned.

Sir Gary, started out as a 18 year old in 1954 and did not score his first century for 4 years, until 1958.
Even more remarkably, his first century, was a world record 365*, in his 17th Test Match.

Steve Smith, started out as a 20 year old in 2010 and scored his first century after 3 years in 2013.
His first century was a 138* vs England at the Oval in 2013, in his 12th Test Match.

The rest as they say is History!

Cognoscenti does not know that at age 21 GSt.A had already eclipsed the world highest individual test score batting record.

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahaha!!

In reply to thefacts

Smith is indeed an outlier...a rare breed

In reply to Runs

If he retired today, would he be an all time great?

Also, if you disregard his first 4 tests where he played as a bowler, his average is over 65.

In reply to thefacts

For a man of facts not to know the facts about Sir Gary makes all your facts useless to us.

In reply to CricketLuva4

factor in a poor series here and there...he'd be just a great if he ended at 60

In reply to seaegg99

to err is human.
to not admit and correct the error, is ... (not me, to say the least)

In reply to seaegg99

Dis rite dere is really de untrue facts.

In reply to CricketLuva4

If his first test century came after 12 tests and on his 54 he has 20, it means this guy scores a century every other test or therabouts that is a Dayummm