Steve Smith: Aussie legend DROPS bomb on retirement rumours, read his surprising statement here

Steve Smith: After saying, “I can’t say,” following his 30th Test century, prolific Australian hitter Steve Smith put an end to all the rumours surrounding his retirement announcement. The 33-year-old has been playing well lately and broke Sir Donald Brandman’s record of 29 hundreds when he struck his 30th Test century, hitting 104 off 192 in Australia’s batting first innings of the ongoing third Test against South Africa.

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Steve Smith opens up on retirement rumours

However, Smith’s post-game comment was interpreted as a hint at his impending retirement, and many cricket experts predicted that the Australian batter would soon decide whether to continue playing internationally. In a recent development, the former Australian captain has clarified the circumstances surrounding his retirement by saying that he is content in his position and relishes the responsibilities.

In an interview with Fox Sports, Steve Smith declared that he has no plans to leave and is eagerly anticipating his next responsibilities. Steve said, “I am always very cryptic with that retirement stuff. But I am not going anywhere, I am comfortable with where everything, we have got a few good tours coming up, and I am excited.” The top-order batter went on to say that he is still driven to score more runs and that he will continue to play as long as he feels that way.

Continuing further, he said “While I still have that hunger and eagerness to improve, particularly to help some of the batter coming through. While I am doing all that and enjoying my responsibilities, I have no plans of retirement.”

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Steve Smith breaks into record table

Smith now ranks joint-third among Australian batters in terms of Test hundreds with 30. Smith is preceded by Steve Waugh (32) and Ricky Ponting (41). In the format, Mathew Hayden has 30 centuries. Smith is second only to Sachin Tendulkar in terms of the shortest time to 30 Test hundreds, having done it in 162 innings (159 innings). As a result of his century in Sydney, he eclipsed Michael Clarke (8643) and Hayden (8625) to become Australia’s fourth-highest run scorer.

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