Star Australian batter Steve Smith will make a return to the Sydney Sixers for Big Bash League (BBL) season 13, as announced by the club on Monday.
“Australian and Sydney Sixers champion, Steve Smith, is set to rejoin the club this summer for BBL|13,” stated the team.
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).
Smith is also likely to be available for the Sydney Smash against 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 don the magenta for a second consecutive year, following his explosive stint with the club last summer. Notching 346 runs at an incredible average of 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.