Smith to stand in as captain for West Indies Test

He will take over the leadership duties of regular skipper Pat Cummins on Thursday as the fast bowler rests with a quadricep strainMelbourne — More than four years on from the Newlands ball-tampering scandal, Steve Smith has shelved his ambitions of regaining the Australia captaincy full-time but will gladly step in this week as the hosts look to whitewash West Indies at Adelaide Oval.

A year later, Smith will hope to lead Australia to a 2-0 series sweep against the Caribbean side and extend his nation’s perfect record with the pink ball to 10 day-night Test wins. After the ban expired in March 2021, Smith was overlooked for the captaincy in favour of Cummins when Tim Paine stepped down last year over a “sexting” scandal.

“Pretty much, yeah. I’m pretty chilled so, whenever they want me to stand in and do a game here or there I’m more than happy to,” he said.Last year it was Kane Richardson stepping into Cummins’ bowling shoes, but this time it will be Victoria quick Scott Boland, who was plucked from obscurity to become a cult hero during the home Ashes.

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