Steve smith journey biography
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Steve Smith (cricketer)
Australian international cricketer (born 1989)
For the 1980s Australia, NSW and Transvaal player, see Steve Smith (cricketer, born 1961). For the English cricketer, see Stephen Smith (cricketer).
Smith in 2014 | ||
| Full name | Steven Peter Devereux Smith | |
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| Born | (1989-06-02) 2 June 1989 (age 35) Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia | |
| Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1] | |
| Batting | Right-handed | |
| Bowling | Right-arm leg break | |
| Role | Top-order batter | |
| National side | ||
| Test debut (cap 415) | 13 July 2010 v Pakistan | |
| Last Test | 6 February 2025 v Sri Lanka | |
| ODI debut (cap 182) | 19 February 2010 v West Indies | |
| Last ODI | 14 February 2025 v Sri Lanka | |
| ODI shirt no. | 49 | |
| T20I debut (cap 43) | 5 February 2010 v Pakistan | |
| Last T20I | 25 February 2024 v New Zealand | |
| T20I shirt no. | 49 | |
| Years | Team | |
| 2007/08–present | New South • The Journey: My Story, from Backyard Cricket to Australian CaptainThe Journey is Steve Smith's konto of his life and career to date. From childhood backyard cricket with mates and family, and net sessions with his dad that laid the foundations for his later success, Steve traces the influences and events that started him on his cricket journey. He takes us inre his sökande eller uppdrag to play cricket at the highest level, from formative club and grade games, to his first overseas experiences, and finally to state cricket and the Australian squad. It's a journey with both ups and downs, where valuable and lasting lessons were learned from the successes and, more importantly, the failures. And Steve compellingly describes the key moments that shaped him into the cricketer and leader he is today, from his definitive hundred at Centurion in South Africa, to the soul-searching and lösa that accompanied the Australian team's lowest point in the 2016 Hobart Test, to the epic 2017 series in • Steve SmithSteve Smith’s career proves how varied a life in drumming can be. Famous as the drummer for the legendary band Journey, he has combined the rock arena life with leading a group dedicated to preserving the great jazz traditions, teaching drum clinics all over the world, recording many albums, and delving into South India’s rhythmic vocal art form called konnakol.
Smith, who was born in Whitman, Massachusetts, in 1954, began playing drums at age 9, inspired by the rhythmic drumming in parade bands. He enrolled at Berklee in 1972 and left mid-semester in 1976 to begin his touring and recording career with Jean-Luc Ponty at the age of 22.
From big band music to bebop to jazz fusion, Smith very quickly set his own path. He joined Journey in 1978, soon touring the world. A critic has described his drum part for the classic “Don’t Stop Believin'” as “an intricate open-handed pattern in which he plays the hi-hat with his left hand while his right m | |