On the third day of the final Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at Ahmedabad, Smith showed what he meant when he elaborated on the uniqueness of skippering a side in India. "Every ball means something," he had said. "Game of chess, good fun moving people and trying to make the batter think, playing games with them." He played games with them all throughout Saturday. Two catching mid-wickets. A 2-7 field. A 7-2 field.
Asking the 'keeper, Alex Carey, to stand up to the stumps to Cameron Green who was getting the ball to reverse. Removing the traditional slip for Nathan Lyon.
Getting Mitchell Starc to open with the round-the-wicket. Totally shutting down one side, drying the runs on offer. Delaying the new ball knowing it could go for a lot of runs in a short span of time. This was going to be an attritional day and the 33-year-old knew he could never afford the game to drift if they had designs on levelling the series.
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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة March 12, 2023 من The New Indian Express.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.
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