Cricket: Australia's Smith taken aback by 'terrific' Root's T20 absence

Australia's Steve Smith is surprised England's Joe Root won't feature in an upcoming T20 series. SOUTHAMPTON: Australia star batsman Steve Smith believes England's"surprising" decision to omit Joe Root from the upcoming Twenty20 series between the two sides is a sign the hosts want to play an"all-out power" game.

England national selector Ed Smith made clear Monday that Root was not currently in the country's best XI when it came to cricket's shortest international format, although he held out the hope the accomplished batsman could make his way into the squad for next year's T20 World Cup in India. "It's a surprise. Joe is a terrific player across all formats of the game," Smith told Britain's Press Association news agency on Tuesday."I guess England are opting for all-out power and are continuing to go that way. Everyone's got different game-plans and different ways to go. If everyone played the same it would be a pretty boring game.

Smith, however, insisted he was happy to serve under Test captain Tim Paine and white-ball counterpart Aaron Finch."I'm pretty chilled at the moment doing what I'm doing, scoring as many runs as I can, fielding as well as I can and giving bits of advice here and there. I'm just enjoying it so there's no real thought from me ."

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