• Smith’s form looking ominous for England
This summer’s Ashes series is only three days old but already the same question that vexed England when they last met Australia in Test cricket has resurfaced: How do they get Steve Smith out?
The former captain’s barn-door of a bat produced 687 runs at an average of 137 during their doomed 2017-18 tour, drawing talk of a modern-day Don Bradman by way of numbers and not just backlift. Seven short of 200 in this first Test alone, Smith is looking ominous once more.
Written by Ali Martin at Edgbaston
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/aug/03/moeen-cricket under the title “Chris Woakes says England need a plan to claim crucial Steve Smith wicket”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
