Steve Smith

The cricket world is used to looking at Steve Smith in awe but the Aussie legend has just gone to the next level.

England’s Mirror reporter James Whaling posted: “Few finer sights in sport than a batsman of Steve Smith’s calibre in form like this. He has also plundered 24 sixes. The cricket world has looked on in awe at Smith in his recent feats and have no doubt he should be back in the Aussie T20 side. The cricket world is used to looking at Steve Smith in awe but the Aussie legend has just gone to the next level. Not a noted T20 player with the rather average for a player who smashes records like he does average of 30.89 and a strike rate of 127.06, Smith’s cameo in the Big Bash has been nothing short of a revelation. Steve Smith is in just his fourth game of the BBL this season but the Aussie legend has almost pulled off a truly insane world first.

Smith would ultimately score 66 runs off 33 balls helping the Sixers to 180 runs. Chasing the total, the Hurricanes could score only 156 as the Sixers ran ...

The next delivery, which was a free hit, went wide of the leg stump and to the boundary, resulting in five runs being added to the Sixers’ total. Joel Paris was bowling to Smith who went down on one knee and dispatched the 3rd ball of the second over into the stands. On Monday though, the Sydney Sixers batter scripted another unique feat as he helped his side to 16 runs off one ball against the Hobart Hurricanes.

[WATCH] Steve Smith scores 16 runs off 1 ball against Joel Paris of the Hobart Hurricanes at Blundstone Area.

So far in the tournament, the Sixers’ opener has hit 24 sixes and scored 328 runs in four games. Off the free-hit delivery, the in-form batter then scored a boundary towards the square leg. On Monday, January 23, the Sixers scored 16 runs off a single legal delivery from Joel Paris in the second over.

Steve Smith continued his exceptional form in the Big Bash League by scoring a 33-ball 66 against Hobart Hurricanes for Sydney Sixers on Monday (January 23) ...

[Latest News](/latest-news) Smith's stunning knock included an incredible moment which saw him take a total of 16 runs in just one legal delivery. Smith was in no mood to let his good form go to waste and followed the two wins with a quick-fire knock of 66 in just 33 balls against Hobart Hurricanes at the Blundstone arena on Monday (January 23).

Smith has scored back to back T20 centuries in the Big Bash League. Earlier this month, Smith smacked an unbeaten 125 (66) at the SCG, the fifth-highest ...

Smith has scored back-to-back T20 centuries in the Big Bash League. “You can see on the left, (during season 9) how far is his bottom hand. On Monday, the Sydney Sixers batter scripted a unique feat as he helped his side to 16 runs off one ball against the Hobart Hurricanes.

Michael Clarke says Australia made a mistake by leaving Steve Smith out for the T20 World Cup, arguing his selection should have been a no-brainer.

it’s great for the BBL, you get to turn the tele on and watch Smith play last night, we saw Dave Warner. He didn’t reach fifty in any of those 24 matches. “I believe Smithy still would’ve dominated. He has also plundered 24 sixes, six more than the next best in Matt Short and Tim David, both who have played 13 matches. “Anyway it’s hindsight, the good thing for the Sixers is Smith is on fire … “The part that was hard for me to understand was why when Steve Smith was in our World Cup squad, Cameron Green wasn’t in the lead up games. “Australia got smoked in the T20 World Cup, they leave out Steve Smith, now he gets a chance to play T20 and he’s belting them,” Clarke said. Smith has been opening the batting for the Sixers and Clarke believes the Aussies should have made the tough call to demote skipper Aaron Finch down the order and pick Smith as an opener. Speaking on Sky Sports Radio’s Big Breakfast, Clarke said Smith is one of the few players good enough to play for Australia all three formats and he should have been picked for the T20 World Cup. “There’s a big difference between international cricket and what he’s playing now, but still the truth is he’s our best player certainly in Test and ODI cricket in Australia, and if given the chance he’s as good as our best in T20,” Clarke said. The cricket world has looked on in awe at Smith in his recent feats and have no doubt he should be back in the Aussie T20 side. Ex-Australian captain Michael Clarke has slammed the decision not to pick Steve Smith in Australia’s team for the T20 World Cup.

'Wait and see': Red-hot Smith revels in T20 'freedom'... but not sure about big Aussie change.

“I think I hit unique parts of the ground when there’s two out. fingers crossed it just keeps getting better and better,” he said. It’s been good fun batting up the top, having the freedom to just go out and play, which is how I want to play and set the team up … It’s a different role being up the top; it’s a completely different place to bat, but it’s a place I think that suits me,” he said. The worth of his presence has been telling for not just his team, but the BBL tournament, with crowds up as fans rush to witness a superstar at the peak of his powers. Opening is where Smith says he feels the most freedom to hit the ball to “unique” parts of the ground most batters can’t reach.

Perth Scorchers import Stephen Eskinazi says he's simply in awe of Steve Smith, but he hopes the star Sydney Sixers batsman will produce a rare flop in ...

"He brings such raw, scary pace at the top of the order and he swings the ball from a good length." "It's a privilege to play against the world's best in this competition, but we'll be hoping he lobs one up the chimney in the first couple of deliveries and they're 0-1." "He obviously has a bit of a point to prove after the World Cup, and he's certainly doing that.

Watch: Steve Smith fell short of becoming the first batter to score three T20 hundreds in a row when he was out lbw to Nathan Ellis for 66.

However, history eluded him as he fell to Ellis in the ninth over of the innings after playing all around a full-toss. The former Australia skipper took the DRS but could not survive with three reds being shown on the screen. Smith moved towards the off-stump, with the ball seemingly going down leg.

Star batter Steve Smith said he will wait and see about returning to the Australian T20I side after his scintillating run in the ongoing Big Bash League ...

fingers crossed it just keeps getting better and better,” he said. “I think I hit unique parts of the ground when there’s two out. Playing for Sydney Sixers, Smith has registered scores of 36, 101, 125* and 66 in the four innings so far.