For Big Bash League 13, Steve Smith returns to the Sydney Sixers
Star batter Steve Smith will make a return to the Sydney Sixers for the Big Bash League season 13, the club announced on Monday. Smith is also likely to be available for the Sydney Smash against the Sydney Thunder at the same ground on January 12 in a heavyweight clash with Australian teammate David Warner. One of the sport's all-time greatest, Smith will wear the magenta for a second consecutive year, following his explosive stint for the club last summer.
The team, in a statement, said that "Australian and Sydney Sixers champion Steve Smith is set to return to the club again this summer for BBL|13."
Sixers members and fans will have the opportunity to see the superstar in action on Friday, December 8, when the Sixers kick off their BBL|13 campaign, hosting the Melbourne Renegades at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG).
Notching 346 runs at an incredible 86.50 and striking at a whopping 174.74, Smith quickly became one of the league's top run scorers, despite making just five appearances last season. The 34-year-old produced two of the most entertaining performances in Big Bash history, notching back-to-back hundreds and becoming the fourth Sixer and first male to ever smash triple figures.