Steve Smith wasn't sure of playing cricket again after ball-tampering ban
Cricket | August 02, 2019 11:59 ISTSteve Smith returned to action recently after serving a one year ban due to his involvement in the ball-tampering scandal in South Africa.
Steve Smith returned to action recently after serving a one year ban due to his involvement in the ball-tampering scandal in South Africa.
Steve Smith scored 144 off 219 balls at Birmingham on his return to Test cricket after 15 months but his fluency forces one to ask... did he ever leave?
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Steve Smith reached his 24th Test ton in just 65 matches and it was just the 118th innings he was playing in red-ball cricket.
Former captain Smith earned his first Test ton — and 24th Test century overall in only 65 games — after a 12-month suspension for being involved in a ball-tampering scandal in South Africa.
Putting on a gritty, aggressive performance, it was 'classic' Smith at Edgbaston, leading from the front after the visitors had a horrid start to the innings.
The 37-year-old complained of tightness at the end of his fourth over of the first innings. He had delivered three maidens and conceded just one run before he walked back to the pavilion.
Making most of the opportunity, Australia lost Warner early and the fans present in numbers, waved sandpapers after while the opener was walking back to the pavilion.
In the aftermath of the Sandpaper Gate fiasco, Paine has looked to bring in the football-inspired goodwill ritual at the start of every Test series his side plays as a way of rebuilding their image.
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Jofra Archer, Sam Curran and Olly Stone miss out from the XI while opener Jason Roy starts for the Three Lions in the opening clash which begins August 1.
Australia holds the famous urn after a 4-0 series win Down Under in 2017-18, but England look to regain the urn after a successful 2019 World Cup.
Jofra Archer, Sam Curran and Olly Stone miss out from the XI while opener Jason Roy starts for the Three Lions in the opening clash which begins August 1.
Langer stated that Khawaja had passed his fitness test and is a sure start for the opening clash against their rivals in Edgbaston which begins August 1.
The Championship starts with the Ashes as Australia take on England starting on August 1 and Clarke expects a tough series between "two very good teams".
England and Australia's rivalry go back to 1882 and with every passing series, it has intensified. This year's series will be the 71st and currently, the Aussies have the coveted urn, which they won in 2016-17.
England captain Joe Root has batted at No.3 for England before and could be back in that position despite preferring to bat two-down.
Getting underway on August 1 with the first Ashes Test in Birmingham, the inaugural WTC will see the top nine Test teams in the world compete in 71 Test matches across 27 series, played over two years.
While Usman Khawaja looks fully fit, there was another injury scare for Australia after David Warner was hit at the nets by paceman Michael Neser.
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