'Pleasure Wearing Canary Yellow: Steve Smith Closes ODI Chapter After Australia's Champions Trophy Semi-Final Exit

Steve Smith has called time on his ODI career a day after Australia were knocked out by India from Champions Trophy in Dubai. Smith retires after playing 170 matches and scoring 12 centuries. He is also a two time ODI World Cup winner.

According to a release from Cricket Australia, the 35-year-old told teammates of his decision in the aftermath of the Champions Trophy semi-final defeat in Dubai overnight, and said today "it feels like the right time to make way".

"It has been a great ride and I have loved every minute of it. There have been so many amazing times and wonderful memories. Winning two World Cups was a great highlight along with the many fantastic teammates who shared the journey.

"Now is a great opportunity for people to start preparing for the 2027 ODI World Cup so it feels like the right time to make way. Test cricket remains a priority and I am really looking forward to the World Test Championship final, the West Indies in the winter and then England at home. I feel I still have a lot to contribute on that stage."

Steve Smith ODI career

Smith finishes with 5800 runs at an average of 43.28 and a strike rate of 86.96 per 100 balls faced, with 12 centuries and 35 fifties and a highest score of 164 against New Zealand at the SCG in 2016.

He also captained Australia in 64 one-day matches, for a winning percentage of 50 per cent, including series wins against England and India in his first year as full-time skipper, the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy and a tri-series victory over South Africa and West Indies in the Caribbean (both in 2016).

More recently, he led Australia to a 3-0 clean sweep of the West Indies in Cummins' absence as captain during the 2023-24 home summer.