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‘That was great from Virat’: Steve Smith appreciates Indian star’s 2019 World Cup gesture | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Not only one of the best batters of his time, Virat Kohli is also the epitome of sportsmanship which have been witnessed on numerous occasions on the field.And Steve Smith highlighted one of the incidents and spoke highly of Kohli when the former India skipper urged the crowds to show respect for the former Australian skipper instead of booing him.The incident took place during the India-Australia match in 2019 ODI World Cup at The Oval in London when the Indian fans started jeering Smith as he had made his comeback to international cricket following a one-year suspension for ball-tampering."It was a very nice moment from Kohli in the 2019 World Cup, crowd was booing me & he told the crowd to just support him. What is wrong with him. That was great from Virat, really appr...
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Ashes: Steve Smith injured wrist during match-winning hundred at Lord’s | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Premier Australian batter Steve Smith has disclosed that he played the majority of the Ashes series with an injury to his wrist sustained during the Lord's Test.While scoring a match-winning 110 in the first innings of the second Test at Lord's, the 34-year-old tore a tendon in his left wrist."I did it at Lord's. I don't actually know the moment, it was when we were in the field. It wasn't until that night I was like, 'Geez, what have I done here, it's a bit sore'," Smith told 'Fox Cricket'."I played the next game and then I had a cortisone before Old Trafford. I got back (to Australia) and I was like, 'Still not quite right. I still can't do a lot of things properly'."I had another scan. There was a small tear in the tendon as well as a couple of other things."Australia appe...
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Injured Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc eye ODI series in India for comeback, to miss South Africa tour

Injured Australian stalwarts Steve Smith and Mitchell Starc will miss the limited-overs tour of South Africa but are expected to be fit for the ODI series in India ahead of the World Cup. Australia captain Pat Cummins is recovering from a wrist fracture suffered during the Ashes in England, while Smith is nursing a tendon injury on his left wrist, which has sidelined him for four weeks, according to Cricket Australia. Both will miss the three T20Is in South Africa from August 30 to September 3, which will be followed by five ODIs from September 7-17.The pair will return for the three-match ODI series against India beginning September 22 along with left-arm pace bowler Mitchell Starc, who is also not in the squad for the South Africa series. Starc, who played a crucial role in Australia’...
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WTC Final: Cheteshwar Pujara reveals County plans for Steve Smith | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Cheteshwar Pujara will not only be preparing for the ICC World Test Championship final in June by playing for English county side Sussex over the next month but will also try to pick the brains of Australian batting mainstay Steve Smith.Pujara has been in fine form for Sussex this season, hitting two centuries from three matches to be the leading run-scorer in the second tier of England's County Championship.Sussex now have the luxury of Smith joining the side for three matches ahead of June's World Test Championship final and Pujara plans to pick the brains of the experienced Australian in his role as captain."He (Smith) is a great influence to have in the team and the guys will be looking forward to having him in the dressing room and will try and have a chat to him and lea...
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3rd Test: Australia batsmen will aim to slow things down in Indore, says Steve Smith | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: After risky shot-making cost them dearly in the previous match, Australia's stand-in skipper Steve Smith said their batsmen will aim to slow things down at the crease in the third Test against India in Indore starting on Wednesday.With Australia batsmen struggling to score on spin-friendly wickets, the visitors' hopes of reclaiming the Border-Gavaskar Trophy have been extinguished following back-to-back defeats in Nagpur and New Delhi.Smith was among those who played reckless sweep shots in their second innings in the Indian capital only to fall lbw or be bowled by spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, who have taken 31 wickets between them in two matches.Australia went on to lose that match by six wickets for their second consecutive defeat inside three days."I w...
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Ian Healy slams selectors for not considering Steve Smith as white-ball opener | Cricket News – Times of India

SYDNEY: Legendary Australian wicket-keeper Ian Healy has questioned the national selectors for not considering Steve Smith in the role of an opener in white-ball cricket.Smith, 33, has notched up 328 runs in four innings for the Big Bash League (BBL) side Sydney Sixers, scoring 36, 101, 125 not out and 66.Healy says it is difficult to ignore Smith's credentials as opener, especially since David Warner and Aaron Finch are nowhere near their best.Finch retired from ODIs late last year after a miserable season, which also saw the hosts exit the T20 World Cup at home prematurely.Healy also compared Smith with the legendary Don Bradman and said it was a "privilege" watching the cricketer bat.Asked whether he would like to see Smith open in the shortest format, Healy said, "Definitely, how co...
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3rd Test: Anrich Nortje’s double strike leaves Australia at 147-2 on rain-hit day | Cricket News – Times of India

SYDNEY: South Africa strike bowler Anrich Nortje claimed the key wickets of David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne on Wednesday to prise Australia's grip on the third Test in Sydney as rain plagued the opening day.Nortje was the Proteas' star man as he removed Warner cheaply for 10 and late in the day denied Labuschagne (79) his 11th Test hundred.As bad light and rain conspired to prematurely end the first day, Australia were 147 for two with Usman Khawaja, who averages 98 in Sydney Tests, unbeaten on 54 and Steven Smith yet to score.AS IT HAPPENEDNortje got the big breakthrough with a ripper, taking the edge of Labuschagne's bat to get him caught behind and end his 151-ball stay.The pacer earlier struck in his second over of the day when he had Melbourne Test double-centurion Warner caugh...
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Steve Smith backs David Warner to regain form | Cricket News – Times of India

MELBOURNE: Australia batter Steve Smith on Wednesday backed under-fire David Warner to find Test form, saying the opener has a tendency of doing well when his "back's up against the wall".Warner has been struggling in the longest format of the game. His last Test century came almost three years ago.The opener could manage only three runs, which included a golden duck, in the first Test against South Africa, which the hosts won by six wickets inside two days.Prior to the first Test against the Proteas, he had scores of 5, 48, 21, 28 in the four innings this summer."You only have to look back a (few) weeks ago (to) a one-day game out here (at the MCG) against England, he scored 100 on what was a pretty tough wicket," Smith was quoted as saying by Australian Associated Press (AAP)."We've s...