Steve Smith has introduced his retirement from one-day worldwide cricket, following Australia’s exit from the ICC Champions Trophy.

Smith, who received two ICC Cricket World Cups with Australia, captained the facet throughout the latest Champions Trophy, which ended with a semifinal loss to India on Tuesday.

“It has been an ideal journey and I’ve liked each minute of it,” Smith mentioned.

“There have been so many superb occasions and fantastic reminiscences. Profitable two World Cups was an ideal spotlight together with the various implausible teammates who shared the journey.”

Smith performed a complete of 170 ODI matches for Australia, scoring 5,800 runs at a mean of 43.28.

He scores 12 centuries and an additional 35 half-centuries, whereas additionally taking 28 wickets.

Within the Champions Trophy semifinal on Tuesday, Smith top-scored for Australia with 73, in the four-wicket loss.

Smith will nonetheless be obtainable for Australia in Check cricket and T20 internationals.

“Check cricket stays a precedence and I’m actually wanting ahead to the World Check Championship closing, the West Indies within the winter after which England at house,” he mentioned.

“I really feel I nonetheless have loads to contribute on that stage.”

Smith took over the captaincy of the ODI crew in 2015 and held it till the Sandpaper-gate scandal in 2018.

Within the absence of Pat Cummins, Smith was captain of the ODI crew for the Champions Trophy and Australia’s tour of Sri Lanka in February.

Cricket Australia chief government Todd Greenberg praised Smith on his retirement from 50-over cricket, whereas additionally emphasising Smith was nonetheless obtainable within the different codecs, with an Ashes collection subsequent summer time.

“Proper up till his closing ODI innings Steve exhibited an unimaginable means to build up runs in all circumstances and his astute management has been essential within the crew’s ongoing success together with the 2015 and 2023 ICC World Cup victories,” Greenberg mentioned.

“We’re lucky Steve nonetheless has a lot to supply within the Check and T20 arenas and I look ahead to witnessing the subsequent stage of considered one of cricket’s nice careers.”