Australia's Steve Smith, center right, shakes hands with England's Dawid Malan, second left, at the end of their Ashes cricket test match against Australia in Melbourne, Australia....
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Australia's Steve Smith celebrates making 100 runs against England during the fifth day of their Ashes cricket test match in Melbourne, Australia.
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Australia's Steve Smith pulls the ball against England during the fourth day of their Ashes cricket test match in Melbourne, Australia.
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Australia's Adam Zampa with skipper Steven Smith celebrates the wicket of India's Hardik Pandya during the 4th ODI cricket match at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
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Indian Chamber of Commerce President Shashwat Goekna felicitates Australian cricket team captain Steve Smith in Kolkata evening on the eve of 100th ODI match of his career against ...
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Australian captain Steve Smith and vice captain David Warner during a practice match against Indian Board President's XI at MAC Stadium in Chennai.
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Australian cricket team captain Steve Smith addressing the media in Chennai.
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Rising Pune Supergiant's captain Steven Smith gestures after his dismissal by Mumbai Indians' Mitchell Johnson during their Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket final match, in Hyde...
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Rising Pune Supergiants Skipper Steve Smith with team mates celebrate the wicket of Ambati Rayudu during the IPL 10 Final match between Rising Pune Supergiants and Mumbai Indians, ...
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Rising Pune Supergiants Ajinkiya Rahane and Steve Smith runs between the wicket during the IPL 10 Final match between Rising Pune Supergiants and Mumbai Indians, in Hyderabad.
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Mumbai Indians Skipper Rohit Sharma and Rising Pune Supergiant Skipper Steve Smith pose with the IPL 10 trophy on the eve of the IPL 10 final match, in Hyderabad.
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IPL franchise Rising Pune Supergiant (RPS) owner Sanjiv Goenka along with Captain Steve Smith and Ajinkya Rahane welcomes England all-rounder Ben Stokes to the team during a press ...
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Australia's team celebrates the dismissal of India's Cheteshwar Pujara during the fourth day of their fourth test cricket match, in Dharmsala.
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Australia cricket captain Steve Smith and David Warner after lunch break during the first day of last test match against India at HPCA Stadium, in Dharamsala.
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Australian captain Steve Smith celebrates his half century during the first day of last test match against India at HPCA Stadium, in Dharamsala.
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Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and Australian cricket team captain Steven Smith rub their noses during an interaction with the team at the Tsuglakhang temple, in Dharmsala...
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Australian captain Steve Smith acknowledging the crowd after completing his century during 1st day of 3rd Test match against India, in Ranchi.
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India's Umesh Yadav, right, celebrates the dismissal of Australia's captain Steven Smith, left, during the fourth day of their second test cricket match, in Bangalore.
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Australia's captain Steven Smith, second left, celebrates with teammates the dismissal of India's Cheteshwar Pujara during the fourth day of their second test cricket match, in Ban...
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Australian Cricket Captain Steven Smith bats during a training session ahead the 2nd test match against India at National Cricket Academy ground, in Bengaluru.
Former Aussie captain Smith and his deputy Warner are currently serving respective 12-month bans for the ball-tampering scandal that took place during the 3rd Test against South Africa in Cape Town last year.
Australia's ex-vice captain David Warner will also play in the BPL – which concludes on February 8, 2019 – having signed for the Sylhet Sixers as one of their two pre-draft signings.
While Sutherland resigned from his position as CA chief executive after the incident, team performance head Howard was sacked last month after a review by an independent committee.
The former Australia skipper confirmed he has made an offer of help to Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland as the game reels from the ball tampering scandal in South Africa.
Smith, his deputy David Warner and young Cameron Bancroft were handed bans up to one year by Cricket Australia following the scandal during their disastrous South Africa tour
In a tearful press conference in Sydney on Saturday, the 31-year-old spoke of his fear that he would never get to represent Australia again as his wife watched on.