Steve Smith Research Paper

How it all Began For Steve Smith?
Steve Smith whose full name is Steven Peter Devereux Smith, was born on 2nd of June 1989, in the outskirts of Sydney. He was raised in a farm by his parents Peter Smith and Gillian Smith. When Steven was five years old his family decided to move to Adelaide, in order for Steve to play better cricket. As Steve grew up he was not interested in his studies at school. One day he got called to his school with his parents and was asked to decide whether to quit school and focus on cricket, or focus on his studies as he was struggling. The need to make this decision was vital for Steve as this would be a stepping stone to a successful career in international cricket.

When he played more and more cricket he slowly found success in the game, it all started with a call up from Redbacks emerging squad. After playing some development games and scoring tons and taking lots of wickets he was moved in with the SA Redbacks to play at a Domestic

He shuffles around frequently in the crease, controls the bat with his bottom hand (that is, the hand closest to the blade of the bat). This then puts him in position of playing unconventional cricket shots like the reverse sweep. Playing in a club match in January 2011, right-handed Smith took guard left-handed and hit a big six. Because of his unorthodox batting style, Smith was initially labelled as a limited-overs batsman who might struggle in the longer forms of the game, especially early in his career when he was vulnerable outside off stump. However, Smith makes up for his unique technique with exceptional hand eye coordination, and his footwork, especially to spin bowlers, is phenomenal. Although in saying that, much of Smith’s success gained in batting can be attributed to his batting coach Trent Woodhill. Trent coached Smith in juniors and was able to recognise his abundance of