‘I’m excited by the challenge’: Smith all smiles ahead of new gig | Australia v West Indies 2023-24



Steve Smith says he can’t wait to get stuck into his new job as Test opener, with the Aussie great replacing David Warner at the top of the order

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38 comments

  1. still feels he should bat at 4 and heady should open

  2. I wonder if he's a good team man. He often mentions about not being a good watcher, not like waiting to bat, in before the others. A really good team man will talk differently, eg What's best for the team etc etc.

  3. I like this move because over the last 2 or 3 years, Smith hasn't exactly been setting the world on fire at no. 4, at least by his own standards. So I don't think a move up the order carries much risk at all. Different story if he was still averaging 70

  4. Maxxy should be in at 3,4….oh thats right hea not in the squad shame on cricket australia robbing us of the talent he is at the top of his game ! Any team without maxy is a b grade grade team!

  5. just to get green a spot in the team tho ?

  6. its 2024 and i still cant hear the questions being presented ???????

  7. Some of those questions are hard to listen to ๐Ÿ˜‚

  8. $1.01 to start shaking his head the whole way off the ground when he gets out again. It's getting really old

  9. Cry baby smith. Cannot stand this cricket side.

  10. He looks excited having this challenge/opportunity. Hope it works out for him. He had an average 2023 and doesn't seem to enjoy batting that much, looks mentally flat. Hope we get to see the best of him before his retirement. โค ๐Ÿ˜ญ

  11. Good luck smudge ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ˜Š

  12. My fevret pleyar from stiv smith

  13. Hereafter i dont need to wait long for smithโคโค

  14. NOW THE G.O.A.T SMUDGE AS OPENERโค

  15. Will be an interesting experiment. Weird seeing him open for a change but honestly, he's one of the few people I trust pulling this off after so much time down the order.

  16. Steve Unstoppable Smith ๐Ÿ‘โค๏ธ

  17. STEVE SMITH BATTING IS ULTIMATE GREAT BATTING BUT IF MR STEVE SMITH BATTING NATIONAL MEN TEST AND ODI CRICKET TEAM NUMBER 3 VERY VERY GOOD LONG TIME FOR 2 NEXT 2 WORLD TEST CHAMPIONSHIP AND 2 ODI CRICKET WORLD CUP FOR ULTIMATE VERY GOOD TIMING BATSMAN . MR STEVE SMITH VERY GOOD CRICKET SCENERY AND THE GOD BLESSED VERY GOOD MIND BLOWING SET CRICKETER MISTER STEVE SMITH

  18. Smith really loves his batting..doesn't care which position…he gets..

  19. Seen my cricket shorts look like good ๐Ÿ˜ฎ๐Ÿ˜ฎ๐Ÿ˜ฎ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

  20. Always love listening to Smudge speak

  21. Opening in Australia and Asia is ok for a non specialist but England and New Zealand pitches seam and the atmosphere is conducive to swing. Hopefully Smithy does well but playing in NZ will be challenging. Green better score some runs to justify this experiment.

  22. After the year Australia has had in cricket, hazlewood could open the batting with Lyon and Iโ€™d still trust they knew what they were doing

  23. I already heard this answer from him, but Aussies just kept it one file๐Ÿ˜‚

  24. Steve Smith is the best โคโคโค He will win with his dicision

  25. He is a damn good test batsman,his technique allows him to play cover drive,on drive,straight drive,pull without any problem.he just loves batting and from bowling perspective there is no strong plan against him,because his stance makes him leave the ball outside off stump or in the line of off stump and forget about getting him lbw he just bring his back down at the right time.He is a genius

  26. Boy even have a statue of him in the Wankhede stadium ๐Ÿ˜Œ

  27. Just focus on your batting Stevie

  28. Beginning of new chapter in Don's journey

  29. You know man can still average over 50 while opening the batting, he's that good in this format ๐Ÿ”ฅ

  30. I donโ€™t understand why people donโ€™t like this Bancroft has had plenty of opportunities and hasnโ€™t taken them Cameron green is a great fielder and another bowling option seems like a great decision to me

  31. This guy just loves to bat. Probably like me in street cricket ๐Ÿ˜‚