New Delhi: Australia’s red ball cricket maestro and WTC winner Steven Smith is not going to retire from test cricket in the coming future
As per his manager, the cricketer will not bid goodbye to test cricket following Australia’s upcoming three-match test series against Pakistan that will be played between 14 Dec 2023 to January 2024 in Perth, Melbourne, and Sydney.
Speaking about Steve Smith’s feature plans as an international cricketer, his manager Warren Craig made it clear that Smith is not going to retire from cricketer anytime soon
He further revealed that the Aussie batsman is eyeing to achieve his goal of breaching the mark of 10,000 runs in test cricket.
Steve Smith to feature in T20 World Cup 2024?
Reports also have it that Steve Smith is willing to continue playing cricket in all three formats and wants to be a part of the next edition of ICC T20 World Cup 2024, which will be held in the West Indies and the United States (USA) in the coming years.
Additionally, the cricketer will also feature in the High-Octane Border Gavaskar (BGT) test series which will be played between India and Australia in the fall of 2024.
Notably, Australia’s veteran opening batsman David Warner is set to say goodbye to test cricket following the conclusion of Australia vs Pakistan’s scheduled test series.
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Despite starting his cricketing career as a leg spinner, Smith eventually became one of the finest modern-day test batsmen to ever play for Australia’s cricket team. After playing 101 innings in 182 test matches, the cricketer has scored 17292 runs with a monumental average of 58.61, second highest for an Australian batsman.
His test average is only next to Australia’s legendary ex-cricketer Sir Donald Bradman who holds the record of having an all-time high test average of 99.94.
