Smith is always busy in the middle. Whether it’s fidgeting with his gear, crabbing across the crease or contorting his body in weird ways to open up obscure angles, Smith’s body and mind are racing when he clocks on for the job.
Facing the finger spin of Milinda Siriwardana in the 31st over, Smith glided a cut shot straight to backward point and was furious with himself for not splitting the two men behind square on the off side and picking up a boundary. He shook his head, gesticulated with his hands about how he should have manipulated his bat and walked a few paces towards the square leg umpire to chastise himself.
Smith changed tack slightly and waved his left arm to express his frustration when he got a thick inside edge to an attempted slog over mid-wicket in the 38th over but he can’t have been too angry when he was bowled by a perfect Lasith Malinga yorker a handful of overs later. If he couldn’t keep that delivery out, few others in the world would have stood a chance.
In the context of the match, Smith’s innings was vital. He supported Finch brilliantly as the captain rollicked to his 14th ODI century and was hardly a slouch himself. His obsession was clear at The Oval’s indoor nets the day before the Sri Lanka game. As batsmen faced throw-downs from Justin Langer, Ricky Ponting and Brad Haddin or the leg-spin of Adam Zampa, most faced their allotment of balls then left the nets altogether.Smith finished his hit, came out and took his pads off but unlike his teammates, even though his work with the willow was over, he hung around for the next hour-and-half.
cricketworldcup 'It was like he couldn’t bear to drag himself away from a situation where bats and balls were involved.' Are we still talking about cricket?
cricketworldcup 👏👏👏 some people are just born leaders, too bad one bad choice will forever stain his career. Welcome back champ
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