Steve Smith wins ICC Test Cricketer of the year Award | वनइंडिया हिंदी

Steve Smith lifted the Ashes urn at the Sydney Cricket Ground in January, comparisons to the previously incomparable Sir Donald Bradman abounded. And, for once, with good reason. During the series Smith scored 687 virtually chanceless runs at a scarcely believable average of 137.40, and there was no other realistic contender for the Compton-Miller medal, awarded for Player of the Series.,,To that title he has added the ICC Test Cricketer of the Year, an award he also won in 2015. The accolade means the Australians have taken the award in four of the last five years, Mitchell Johnson winning in 2014 and Michael Clarke in 2013. Ravichandran Ashwin took the award last year, breaking that Australian dominance.,,That Ashes series was merely the culmination of an incredible period of run-scoring for the Australian captain. In the qualification period from 21 September 2016 until the end of December 2017, he played in 16 Tests, scoring 1,875 runs at an average of 78.12, with eight hundreds and five half-centuries.