Errrr whatt ? lol this kid.
SRT played against the below competition;
- WI had Walsh, Ambrose, Bishop,
- Aus had, Mcgrath, Warne, Lee, Gillespie, Mcdermott,
- SA had Donald, Pollock, Steyn,
- Sri Lanka had Muralitharan and Vaas,
- Eng had Flintoff, Hoggard, Harmison (Yes he was very good in ENG),
- NZ was an avg side, I'll give you that.
Now lets see what has Steve Smith faced in comparison to the above?
Considering most of the quality bowlers are on his side who he doesn't play against, so the only world class bowlers he went up against was vs Bumrah and Ashwin (Ashwin in India that is). He was just OK vs Steyn in SA, whereas an aging SRT handled him just fine.