Steve Smith celebrates his century against India at The Gabba in Brisbane. (Photo by Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: According to Australian ace batsman Steve Smith, Kookaburra changed their ball in 2020 by adding more lacquer on a stronger seam, making the last three years the most difficult of his storied career. A strengthened seam…
Steve Smith was delighted to return back to form after his magnificent century on Day 2 of the third Test against India at the Gabba in Brisbane. Notably, Smith scored a scintillating 101 (190) with the help of eight fours registering his first century after over 18 months in the longest format. He got involved…
Steve Smith. (Photo by Sarah Reed/Getty Images) BRISBANE: Steve Smith is discovering, just like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli before this tour to Australia, that extreme home conditions are not always conducive to late-career batting revivals. Both luck and form seem to have deserted Smith this year and without a turnaround at the Gabba, he…
Jasprit Bumrah celebrates the wicket of Australia’s Steve Smith. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India’s pace sensation Jasprit Bumrah continued his dominance against Australia’s batting maestro Steve Smith on the second day of the pink-ball Test at Adelaide Oval, delivering a stellar performance that set the tone for India’s attack. Bumrah’s fiery spell in the first…
Senior Australia batter Steve Smith left the nets after getting hit on his finger during practice. The incident happened in Adelaide, just days ahead of the pink ball Test match in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Smith, who is one of the key figures in the Australia line-up was hit by a throwdown from Marnus Labuschagne. The…
Steve Smith. (Photo by Sarah Reed/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: After losing the Border-Gavaskar Trophy opener by 295 runs in Perth, Australia’s Steve Smith stated that he is concentrating on adjusting to the pink-ball Test match against India in Adelaide.As teams struggle to adapt to pink-ball cricket, the second Test of the five-match series between Australia…
Virat Kohli and Steve Smith. (Photo by Philip Brown/Popperfoto via Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Both Virat Kohli and Steve Smith are going through a lean patch. Both former captains of their respective teams and both batting greats.Ahead of the five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy series, which begins in Perth from Friday, former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has…
Pat Cummins’ Australia have a massive task in their hands when they face India in the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy. From 1947 to 2014, Australia did not lose a single Test series at home against India, winning eight of them while drawing three. But they did not have the best of times when India toured Down…
(Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Steve Smith, the renowned Australian batsman, is preparing for the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy with a focus on countering Ravichandran Ashwin‘s spin bowling. Smith acknowledges Ashwin‘s prowess, particularly after the Indian spinner dismissed him multiple times in recent encounters. During the 2020-21 series, Ashwin secured Smith’s wicket three times,…