"I think we all thought he was eventually going to be a batsman, but the view from the selectors was that he could be the next really bright, shining light as far as spin bowling was concerned," Ricky Ponting had said about the young, blonde-haired leggie from New South Wales.
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Smith rates his century in the 2015 World Cup semifinal against India as his best knock. © Getty
