Steve Smith breaks silence on ‘white-anting’ criticism from Ian Chappell
Cricket | December 03, 2019 16:31 ISTAccording to Ian Chappell, Steve Smith changed Tim Paine's fielding set up with his own ideas.
According to Ian Chappell, Steve Smith changed Tim Paine's fielding set up with his own ideas.
In their second Test against Pakistan at the Adelaide Oval, Warner scored 335 in 418 balls, which is the second-highest score by an Australian in a Test innings.
Ian Chappell feels Steve Smith undermined current skipper Tim Paine by trying to set the field in the second Test against Pakistan
David Warner was unbeaten on 335 when Paine declared the innings at 589/3 and netizens felt the Aussie opener could have broken former West Indies batsman Brian Lara's record of unbeaten 400 in a Test.
India and Australia will be up against each other in November 2020 for a four-match Test series.
The Indian cricket team captain said that proper planning is needed for a pink-ball game and if his team get enough time for preparation then he will play anywhere.
The Brisbane venue has long been the place where Australia starts its home test series, but it was abandoned for the four-match series against India last year.
In the 46th over of Pakistan innings when Rizwan entered the crease, Paine greeted him saying he smells very nice.
Tim Paine took over the reins after former skipper Steve Smith was handed a one-year suspension last year for his role in the ball-tampering scandal.
Tim Paine has lashed out at England all-rounder Ben Stokes, accusing him of using David Warner's name to 'spike book sales'.
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has said that Tim Paine is the best keeper in the world, and that he should remain captain for as long as he wants to.
Paine said that he won't be participating in this year's Big Bash League (BBL) in order to focus on playing red-ball cricket.
Tim Paine became the first captain since Steve Waugh in 2001 to successfully take the urn back home from England after the five-match series ended in a 2-2 draw.
"It's about time the bloody umpires intervened. Every time I read it's part of the game I think it's the greatest load of rubbish I've ever heard."
Ponting, who is serving as Australia assistant coach, also narrated what went on with the team after Paine won the toss as the development took him in utter surprise.
Australia retained the Ashes after winning the Manchester Test and now lead the five-match Test series 2-1 with one match to go at The Oval.
Steve Smith was announced the man-of-the-match in the fourth Test for his contribution of 293 runs in the game, which included a double century.
Smith is expected to return for the fourth Test starting from September 4 after England rode Ben Stokes' epic 135 not out to level the five-match series 1-1.
Tim Paine made no bones about the fact that the heart-breaking loss in the third Test did hurt the morale of the team.
Mitchell Starc has turned to 'Game of Thrones' to push his case for the Headingley Test after sitting out the first two games of the Ashes series.
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