Steve Smith paused his celebrations after Australia secured the Border-Gavaskar Trophy to highlight the inclusion of rising talent Cooper Connolly in the squad for the upcoming Sri Lanka tour. The 21-year-old West Australian, considered one of Australia's most promising young players, brings
With Pat Cummins on paternity leave, Smith will lead Australia in two Tests at Galle, bringing his wealth of experience and a fresh approach to the subcontinent's challenging conditions.
Steven Smith, who is set to return to captaincy in Australia's upcoming tour of Sri Lanka, is viewing it as a prospect to disseminate his knowledge of the sub-continent.
Smith had a solid Border-Gavaskar Trophy with the bat despite two disappointing games to start things off. Smith scored two centuries reminding fans and selectors that he is still every bit an elite Test batter, but missed out on an important milestone of 10,000 Test runs after being dismiss
Right-hand batter Steve Smith has been appointed as the interim skipper of the national side as team Australia announced a 16-player squad for their two-match Test series against Sri Lanka, which will begin on January 29.
It was a nightmarish Border-Gavaskar Trophy for Indian bowlers as except for pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, who took 32 scalps in five matches, none of the bowlers could make a massive impact and were torn apart by Aussie batters, notably Travis Head and Steve Smith, who scored two centuries
Sean Abbott (Sydney Sixers), Alex Carey (Adelaide Strikers), Sam Konstas (Sydney Thunder), Mitchell Marsh (Perth Scorchers), Jhye Richardson (Perth Scorchers) and Beau Webster (Melbourne Stars) are available for the remainder of the BBL's home and away season.
Head and Beau Webster finished Australia's long wait for a Border-Gavaskar Trophy, putting on a half-century stand to win the match by six wickets at Sydney, helping the Aussies win the series by 1-3.
Prasidh Krishna stole Steven Smith's moment of glory by denying one of the modern-day greats the chance to reach the 10,000-run landmark in Test cricket on Day 3 of the final Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series on Sunday.
Test umpire Simon Taufel on Friday explained India batter Virat Kohli's controversial first-ball survival in the first session on Day 01 at the Sydney Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia.