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Ab Fan said:
He is good LOI player but nothing extraordinary. Will play few such knocks here and there and end with 6000 ODI runs and AVG 42 at S/R of 87.
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Yes he will play few such knocks because there are other player in the world who play them quite regularly.
 
He twitches, moves forward and backward in the same motion :yk, twitches, counts fielders in the circle :yk and scores runs.

This guy is good. Mighty good. We are witnessing greatness. Hopefully Babar Azam & co. watch all his innings very closely :)
 
jeeteshssaxena said:
Ganbhir level in odis.
Which tbh is very good.
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That has to be a joke.

He is a superb ODI batsman. One day, test or whatever, it's an insult to mention Ghambir along him.

As I already said, he doesn't play LOI for stats like other same type player: Kohli, Babar, Williamson, Root.

All of them, coming in the same situation, against a good bowling attack would have gone to a 50-ball 50.
Smith plays a situation every time in every format.
 
Mobashir said:
That has to be a joke.

He is a superb ODI batsman. One day, test or whatever, it's an insult to mention Ghambir along him.

As I already said, he doesn't play LOI for stats like other same type player: Kohli, Babar, Williamson, Root.

All of them, coming in the same situation, against a good bowling attack would have gone to a 50-ball 50.
Smith plays a situation every time in every format.
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Please dont embarrass yourself
Do you really think Smith is a better hitter than Kohli. Have you seen him bat in t20s. Also i can post n no. Of innings like these played by kohli.
Agree with others, azam, root, williamson don't have a 4th gear.
 
Mobashir said:
That has to be a joke.

He is a superb ODI batsman. One day, test or whatever, it's an insult to mention Ghambir along him.

As I already said, he doesn't play LOI for stats like other same type player: Kohli, Babar, Williamson, Root.

All of them, coming in the same situation, against a good bowling attack would have gone to a 50-ball 50.
Smith plays a situation every time in every format.
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Gambhir averages 40 in odis at 85 strike rate steve smith avgs 43 at 87.Considering the fact that steve smith played mostly after 2013 actually Gambhirs stats are better than him.

You are underrating gambhir and overrating smith
 
jeeteshssaxena said:
Gambhir averages 40 in odis at 85 strike rate steve smith avgs 43 at 87.Considering the fact that steve smith played mostly after 2013 actually Gambhirs stats are better than him.

You are underrating gambhir and overrating smith
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Sorry to say but man you don't understand cricket at all. It's sad to bring in Stats to prove that Smith is better than Gambhir.
It will be only and last post on Gambhir vs Smith in any format.
Both performances against top teams :
Smith has scored all his 10 hundreds against the top 5 bowling attacks : England, SA, Pakistan, India and NZ.
Ghambir has only 3 against them, he averages 15 vs SA, 31 vs Aus, 28 vs Pakistan, 36 vs England and 73 vs NZ.

Sorry state of cricket fans.
 
jeeteshssaxena said:
Please dont embarrass yourself
Do you really think Smith is a better hitter than Kohli. Have you seen him bat in t20s. Also i can post n no. Of innings like these played by kohli.
Agree with others, azam, root, williamson don't have a 4th gear.
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Don't know if he is a better hitter than Kohli but Kohli is not a very good hitter so it is not a big performance to be better than him.

What I said is that Smith plays the situation more than all other 4 batsmen I mentioned.
 
Mobashir said:
Sorry to say but man you don't understand cricket at all. It's sad to bring in Stats to prove that Smith is better than Gambhir.
It will be only and last post on Gambhir vs Smith in any format.
Both performances against top teams :
Smith has scored all his 10 hundreds against the top 5 bowling attacks : England, SA, Pakistan, India and NZ.
Ghambir has only 3 against them, he averages 15 vs SA, 31 vs Aus, 28 vs Pakistan, 36 vs England and 73 vs NZ.

Sorry state of cricket fans.
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Sri Lanka was a top side during gambhirs time. This happens when you want to make an argument out of nothing.

Smith averages 33 against eng to gambhirs 36,40 vs nz to gambhirs 73 and against sa and pak smith is better. Not much to choose from. I"ll repeat Gambhir is at the same level as smith in odis no doubt about that.
 
Not impressed with his performance against SA but other that, he ticks all the boxes..
 
jeeteshssaxena said:
Sri Lanka was a top side during gambhirs time. This happens when you want to make an argument out of nothing.

Smith averages 33 against eng to gambhirs 36,40 vs nz to gambhirs 73 and against sa and pak smith is better. Not much to choose from. I"ll repeat Gambhir is at the same level as smith in odis no doubt about that.
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Yea u do not know cricket.

That did gambhir is not close to smith in any format
 
He can be as devastating as AB when needed. Don't let his ODI/T20 stats fool you. He is a living legend. One of a kind.
 
WhenSultansBowled said:
He can be as devastating as AB when needed. Don't let his ODI/T20 stats fool you. He is a living legend. One of a kind.
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Exactly. In his first 33 ODI innings he had no 50s or 100s. Which skew his statistics. Since then he averages 49 at 89.
Smith is beyond statistics. Others might have better averages, strike rates, more hundreds, but Smith will score tough runs in pressure situations.

AB is a slightly better hitter so I’d put him ahead in terms of ability, but him and Smith are the two best batsmen of the last 10 years.
 
WhenSultansBowled said:
He can be as devastating as AB when needed. Don't let his ODI/T20 stats fool you. He is a living legend. One of a kind.
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Exactly, I said it even 2 years ago. He is brilliant in every format. It's very hard to pick many cricketers before him in ODI's.
 
Smith turns into ODI version of Bradman against India.

Against all other sides, he has seriously underperformed and his numbers are dirt poor for a player of his capabilities.

He should have had 30+ ODI hundreds at this stage of his career.

Again, don’t give me this rubbish that he doesn’t care about bilaterals. He is a competitor who loves scoring runs.

It is not as if he turns up against Pakistan, England, South Africa or New Zealand and says that hey I am not going to score today because it just a bilateral match.

Had he failed in this series the same people would say that he doesn’t care about this series because it is only a bilateral and he brought his A game against India in the 2015 World Cup semifinal.

So please keep illogical and dumb comments out of the way. Smith has underachieved massively in white ball cricket and there are no questions about it.

He should have had far, far better numbers at this stage of his career.
 
I agree that Smith has the extra gear which Babar, Root and Williamson lack. He can innovate as well and that helps in modern era ODI batting. But clearly a top order batsmen must hit 20 ODI hundreds before he retires to be considered great in ODIs.
 
Mamoon said:
Smith turns into ODI version of Bradman against India.

Against all other sides, he has seriously underperformed and his numbers are dirt poor for a player of his capabilities.

He should have had 30+ ODI hundreds at this stage of his career.

Again, don’t give me this rubbish that he doesn’t care about bilaterals. He is a competitor who loves scoring runs.

It is not as if he turns up against Pakistan, England, South Africa or New Zealand and says that hey I am not going to score today because it just a bilateral match.

Had he failed in this series the same people would say that he doesn’t care about this series because it is only a bilateral and he brought his A game against India in the 2015 World Cup semifinal.

So please keep illogical and dumb comments out of the way. Smith has underachieved massively in white ball cricket and there are no questions about it.

He should have had far, far better numbers at this stage of his career.
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Overall numbers are flowed for Steven Smith because he didn't played as a batsman in the start;
How do you want him to score 30 hundreds when he has played around 80 innings as a batsman?

If you look at his stat as a one down against NZ, Eng, SA, India and Pakistan they are brilliant - 10 hundreds in 53 innings with Averages of 50, 48, 30, 72 and 54 respectively. The only bad one is SA.
 
Greatest batsman ever. Please don't give me the "Bradman 99 average", "Tendulkar 100 hundreds" crap.

This guy is an absolute genius with the bat.
 
Smith averages 49+ since 2014, the time when he actually became a specialist batsman. His overall ODI career average does not do justice to his talent and is a bit misleading!
 
Mamoon said:
Smith turns into ODI version of Bradman against India.

Against all other sides, he has seriously underperformed and his numbers are dirt poor for a player of his capabilities.

He should have had 30+ ODI hundreds at this stage of his career.

Again, don’t give me this rubbish that he doesn’t care about bilaterals. He is a competitor who loves scoring runs.

It is not as if he turns up against Pakistan, England, South Africa or New Zealand and says that hey I am not going to score today because it just a bilateral match.

Had he failed in this series the same people would say that he doesn’t care about this series because it is only a bilateral and he brought his A game against India in the 2015 World Cup semifinal.

So please keep illogical and dumb comments out of the way. Smith has underachieved massively in white ball cricket and there are no questions about it.

He should have had far, far better numbers at this stage of his career.
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Forgot to say that your first comment after two- 62 ball hundreds has nothing positif about him, just negativity- surprising...
 
Mobashir said:
Overall numbers are flowed for Steven Smith because he didn't played as a batsman in the start;
How do you want him to score 30 hundreds when he has played around 80 innings as a batsman?

If you look at his stat as a one down against NZ, Eng, SA, India and Pakistan they are brilliant - 10 hundreds in 53 innings with Averages of 50, 48, 30, 72 and 54 respectively. The only bad one is SA.
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What are his away averages outside Australia and Sydney?
 
Smith is going to score at least 1200 runs against this pathetic Indian side. Kohli is not even in the same league, it's insulting to Smith to have Kohli in the same sentence as Smith.

Nice excuse for Indian fans that this pretender is running away back to India.

10-0 series win coming up for the Aussies, loved seeing the Indians gloating and bragging after their series win a few years ago. And talking all types of rubbish, this series is already showing how much of a slaughter it's going to be for India.
 
Mobashir said:
Overall numbers are flowed for Steven Smith because he didn't played as a batsman in the start;
How do you want him to score 30 hundreds when he has played around 80 innings as a batsman?

If you look at his stat as a one down against NZ, Eng, SA, India and Pakistan they are brilliant - 10 hundreds in 53 innings with Averages of 50, 48, 30, 72 and 54 respectively. The only bad one is SA.
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You don’t have to inform me that Smith’s overall record is misleading because he was a late bloomer.

However, that does not explain the full story. His resurgence as a Test batsman happened in 2013-14 but he has still underperformed in ODIs relative to his skill as a batsman.

Since the 2015 World Cup, he is averaging 48 in ODIs which is well below his potential. Players like Root, Babar, Faf, Warner, Stokes, Mushfiq have averaged higher than him in ODIs.

The three best ODI batsmen - Kohli, Rohit and de Villiers have averaged 68, 62 and 60 in this period. Smith should have produced similar numbers.

Now please don’t tell me that he only scores tough runs and saves his best for big matches. That is no excuse and justification.

Had he failed in this series, you would have said that he doesn’t care about bilateral ODIs, and now that he has performed, you are praising him.
 
Mobashir said:
Forgot to say that your first comment after two- 62 ball hundreds has nothing positif about him, just negativity- surprising...
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I am saying he is a much better player than what he has produced in ODI cricket till date. How is that negative?
 
What a player. Love watching him and Kohli bat.

Can see Smith having another golden summer.
 
What a player he is. Just can't get him out man. Wow. Just amazing.
But his record in a couple or countries outside Australia isn't good though. Only drawback regarding his odi record.

Still one of the best in odi too. Top 5.
 
Insane cricketer

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Smith is GOAT no doubt in this one. But Kohli is not far behind. I would say even ahead in ODI. Nothing new in this what are we even discussing here 😀
 
Different level is Smith.

He knows his game so well and his hitting zones.

At times his strokeplay is effortless.

Brilliant to watch.
 
Saj said:
Different level is Smith.

He knows his game so well and his hitting zones.

At times his strokeplay is effortless.

Brilliant to watch.
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Today he was even better than in the first ODI. He was litteraly toying with Indian bowlers.
 
shamaan said:
Smith outside of Australia

In england 59
In india 60
New zeleand 131
South africa 41

He only struggled against south africa and sri lanka
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ODI format.

In ODIs, Smith averages 36 away from home. Since 2013, he averages 39 away and 60 at home and has an overall average of 48 at S/R of 88.
 
Gautam Gambhir said that Steven Smith is not that far from Virat Kohli in ODIs. Virat will always be ahead in terms of numbers , because of Smith's impact in last 2 games was pure class he can match Virat (Espncricinfo).

Thats it!!!. No more discussions

:acp
 
One thing is for certain he is probably the most meantally tough. Alaways against his best game against the toughest opposition in the most adverse of conditions. For me his most memorable innings are
3 hundreds vs ind against Ash and Jadeja
Twin Ashes ton at Edgebaston
Ton vs Eng at Brisbane
46* vs SA when the whole tram was out for 85
 
Mamoon said:
Smith turns into ODI version of Bradman against India.

Against all other sides, he has seriously underperformed and his numbers are dirt poor for a player of his capabilities.

He should have had 30+ ODI hundreds at this stage of his career.

Again, don’t give me this rubbish that he doesn’t care about bilaterals. He is a competitor who loves scoring runs.

It is not as if he turns up against Pakistan, England, South Africa or New Zealand and says that hey I am not going to score today because it just a bilateral match.

Had he failed in this series the same people would say that he doesn’t care about this series because it is only a bilateral and he brought his A game against India in the 2015 World Cup semifinal.

So please keep illogical and dumb comments out of the way. Smith has underachieved massively in white ball cricket and there are no questions about it.

He should have had far, far better numbers at this stage of his career.
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I think he has time to make up for it to an extent. I remember Sanga going on a tear in his last few years, and really bumped up his average and number of centuries in ODIs. Smith won't get Kohli-level stats in ODIs, but will likely retire a cut above rest.
 
Smith is a very good ODI batsman, but most of his tons are at home. The twin tons were monstrous knocks, but I wouldn't rate him more than Kohli, Rohit or even Root in the ODI format.

Ominous signs for India in the Test series with Smith in this touch.
 
Mamoon said:
Smith turns into ODI version of Bradman against India.

Against all other sides, he has seriously underperformed and his numbers are dirt poor for a player of his capabilities.

He should have had 30+ ODI hundreds at this stage of his career.

Again, don’t give me this rubbish that he doesn’t care about bilaterals. He is a competitor who loves scoring runs.

It is not as if he turns up against Pakistan, England, South Africa or New Zealand and says that hey I am not going to score today because it just a bilateral match.

Had he failed in this series the same people would say that he doesn’t care about this series because it is only a bilateral and he brought his A game against India in the 2015 World Cup semifinal.

So please keep illogical and dumb comments out of the way. Smith has underachieved massively in white ball cricket and there are no questions about it.

He should have had far, far better numbers at this stage of his career.
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He clearly doesn’t care. I don’t know why that’s hard to believe. Even in ‘marquee’ bilateral ODI series such as this one his record goes up. Btw his ODI record looks worse than it is because he played bunch of matches as a #7-8 all rounder at start of his career. Never played many matches in that role in tests which is why his Test stats aren’t reflective of that period. If you look at his ODI record post 2013-14 he has a good record in ICC tournaments and marquee ODI series’

By end of his career, Smith would have made his ODI record more than respectable. It will be nowhere near KOhli’s beastly stats; but Smith’s performances in WC knockouts coupled with Kohli’s multiple chokes would ensure their level in ODIs May be similar.
 
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Slog said:
He clearly doesn’t care. I don’t know why that’s hard to believe. Even in ‘marquee’ bilateral ODI series such as this one his record goes up. Btw his ODI record looks worse than it is because he played bunch of matches as a #7-8 all rounder at start of his career. Never played many matches in that role in tests which is why his Test stats aren’t reflective of that period. If you look at his ODI record post 2013-14 he has a good record in ICC tournaments and marquee ODI series’
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That is not always the case. The problem is that people who do not want to accept that he has underperformed in ODIs always excuse his failures by saying that he didn’t care.

They use his performance in the series to decide if it was important or not, which basically eliminates the possibility that he tried and failed.

If Smith doesn’t score = he didn’t care

England thrashed Australia 4-1 in Australia in 2017-18 and Smith couldn’t buy a run. England were #1 at the time and it was certainly a marquee series.

Had he dominated that series we would have told that it was a marquee series and Smith brought his A game as usual.

Now that he didn’t score, it has suddenly become an unimportant series.

I bet that if he failed in this ongoing Indian series, the justification would have been that he doesn’t care about bilaterals and is saving his best for the Test series.

Now that he has performed brilliantly, he is being praised for performing in big series.

People who do not want to accept that he has underperformed in ODIs fail to see this fallacy in their argument.

Also, it is not about his overall stats. Of course they are diluted because of his early days. However, post 2015 World Cup when he had already established himself as an elite Test batsman and a top order ODI player, he is averaging less a lot of inferior ODI players and hasn’t been close to the numbers of Kohli, Rohit and de Villiers.

Potential wise he is right up there and should have produced similar numbers.

All this talk of he doesn’t care is just hogwash. He is obsessed with batting. Players like him always give their best whenever they step onto the pitch. It’s just that technique and style is more vulnerable in ODIs and T20Is than it is in Tests.

In Tests, he is pretty much invincible and has only been occasionally tested over the course of a series by the likes of Rabada and Wagner, but in ODIs, he is brilliant when his method works for him but he also goes through longer spells of inconsistency compared to other elite batsmen.
 
Tubs said:
I think he has time to make up for it to an extent. I remember Sanga going on a tear in his last few years, and really bumped up his average and number of centuries in ODIs. Smith won't get Kohli-level stats in ODIs, but will likely retire a cut above rest.
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Sangakkara was a huge beneficiary of the revised ODI rules after the 2011 World Cup. It perfectly suited his batting style and he became a run machine.

Smith’s case is a bit different. His technique and method of batting is a little risky in ODIs compared to the other great ODI batsmen of his era.

At his best, he is as good as anyone but his worst is worse than theirs, which is why he has averaged lower than them even during his peak years.
 
The Viper said:
Smith is a very good ODI batsman, but most of his tons are at home. The twin tons were monstrous knocks, but I wouldn't rate him more than Kohli, Rohit or even Root in the ODI format.

Ominous signs for India in the Test series with Smith in this touch.
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IMO, Smith vs Root in ODIs depends on the team composition.

Root is the most reliable and consistent ODI anchor in the world and he is perfect for the England team that have explosive hitters from top to bottom. He is the glue that holds everything together.

Smith is better for a weaker, less explosive lineup because although he is less consistent than Root, he is much more explosive and is more than just an anchor.
 
Mamoon said:
That is not always the case. The problem is that people who do not want to accept that he has underperformed in ODIs always excuse his failures by saying that he didn’t care.

They use his performance in the series to decide if it was important or not, which basically eliminates the possibility that he tried and failed.

If Smith doesn’t score = he didn’t care

England thrashed Australia 4-1 in Australia in 2017-18 and Smith couldn’t buy a run. England were #1 at the time and it was certainly a marquee series.

Had he dominated that series we would have told that it was a marquee series and Smith brought his A game as usual.

Now that he didn’t score, it has suddenly become an unimportant series.

I bet that if he failed in this ongoing Indian series, the justification would have been that he doesn’t care about bilaterals and is saving his best for the Test series.

Now that he has performed brilliantly, he is being praised for performing in big series.

People who do not want to accept that he has underperformed in ODIs fail to see this fallacy in their argument.

Also, it is not about his overall stats. Of course they are diluted because of his early days. However, post 2015 World Cup when he had already established himself as an elite Test batsman and a top order ODI player, he is averaging less a lot of inferior ODI players and hasn’t been close to the numbers of Kohli, Rohit and de Villiers.

Potential wise he is right up there and should have produced similar numbers.

All this talk of he doesn’t care is just hogwash. He is obsessed with batting. Players like him always give their best whenever they step onto the pitch. It’s just that technique and style is more vulnerable in ODIs and T20Is than it is in Tests.

In Tests, he is pretty much invincible and has only been occasionally tested over the course of a series by the likes of Rabada and Wagner, but in ODIs, he is brilliant when his method works for him but he also goes through longer spells of inconsistency compared to other elite batsmen.
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Firstly you make it seem like he’s been averaging in 20s or sth in bilaterals. He has not.

And Btw I am not saying his bilateral ODI record even in just marquee series is as good as Kohli or AB. But his record isn’t terrible either. Against top 7 teams he has averaged 50+ at 91 SR post summer 2014 when he publicly stated that he wants to be in first eleven for WC. Prior to that he wasn’t regular in ODIs. That record is respectable.

He has really only failed in the England series of 2018 and NZ series of 2016 and India series Of 2017. And asides from England; he has smashed the other two enough times for that not to he a dent. Rest his series’ have been good or respectable.

But as I said earlier. There’s no argument that his bilateral record doesn’t hold a candle to Kohli’s or AB’s. Theirs is superior but his is still good as the numbers show. But the simple fact is is that his record in ICC crunch games is vastly vastly superior to the other two especially Kohli who has perennially choked in WC knockouts. In ODIs, those tournaments will always get more weightage and hence if Smith keeps improving his ODI record; come the end of their careers, his reputation in the format would’nt be very far off from the other two.
 
Smith is a very good ODI batsman but he is clearly behind Kohli, AB, Rohit, Taylor, Warner, Buttler, Bairstow and Qdk.

He is also behind Williamson, Root, Babar, Amla and Faf.
 
Mamoon said:
IMO, Smith vs Root in ODIs depends on the team composition.

Root is the most reliable and consistent ODI anchor in the world and he is perfect for the England team that have explosive hitters from top to bottom. He is the glue that holds everything together.

Smith is better for a weaker, less explosive lineup because although he is less consistent than Root, he is much more explosive and is more than just an anchor.
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Well put and I do agree Smith is more explosive. Root has an excellent away average in ODI's of 54, so i rate him higher, but yes the team composition does matter,
 
The truth regarding Smith in ODI’s is somewhere in between

He is not an ATG level ODI player, and for most of his career wouldn’t have been in a world XI. His game is just not suited for the form

However, he is remarkably clutch even in his poorer format, and has a playoff record that is incomparable amongst batsmen. In this way he is like Steve Waugh, who had just a decent ODI record but was brilliant in Australia’s successful WC campaigns in both 1987 and 1999
 
therealAB said:
The truth regarding Smith in ODI’s is somewhere in between

He is not an ATG level ODI player, and for most of his career wouldn’t have been in a world XI. His game is just not suited for the form

However, he is remarkably clutch even in his poorer format, and has a playoff record that is incomparable amongst batsmen. In this way he is like Steve Waugh, who had just a decent ODI record but was brilliant in Australia’s successful WC campaigns in both 1987 and 1999
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Gambir is the same. Ofcourse Smith >> gambir. Gambir was still class at his best.
 
Since his Ashes-retaining 211 at Old Trafford 15 months ago, Steve Smith has gone 12 innings and seven Tests without making a Test century.

It's his longest drought since making his first Test hundred against England at The Oval in 2013
 
A very unpopular opinion

Some people don’t like their Alpha position being challenged. It makes them uncomfortable.

I found Smith’s body language to be different since the arrival of Labu.

The fact that Labu is challenging him as the leader of the batting line up and also taking away the limelight from him, I think it’s affecting his mental game.

The more Labu is scoring it’s making Smith more and more uncomfortable day by day.

Hopefully he sorts it out. Or media shouldn’t give as much limelight to Labu as they’re giving him now
 
Babar_Azam_fan said:
A very unpopular opinion

Some people don’t like their Alpha position being challenged. It makes them uncomfortable.

I found Smith’s body language to be different since the arrival of Labu.

The fact that Labu is challenging him as the leader of the batting line up and also taking away the limelight from him, I think it’s affecting his mental game.

The more Labu is scoring it’s making Smith more and more uncomfortable day by day.

Hopefully he sorts it out. Or media shouldn’t give as much limelight to Labu as they’re giving him now
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Labu is scoring > Smith this series.
 
AamchiMumbaikar said:
Labu is scoring > Smith this series.
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May be you missed the point. That is what I am saying, Smith is not comfortable with someone(newbie) challenging his position as the leader

The more Labu scores the more Smith will be uncomfortable. It’s just my take on things.

We all know it’s not a technical issue(he doesn’t have any bookish technique), it’s more a mental problem.

I feel Smith doesn’t want anyone to challenge his position or get the limelight
 
Slog said:
Yup. Worst patch of form ever. But happens to the best of them.
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It is not really bad form. He is basically having the type of series Kohli did against Australia in the 2017 series, where he kept finding creative ways of getting out and looked distracted with all the off-field controversies.

Smith will probably find a way to score runs in the next 2 Tests. He always does.

He would still score a mountain of runs if he was playing some other side.
 
Mamoon said:
It is not really bad form. He is basically having the type of series Kohli did against Australia in the 2017 series, where he kept finding creative ways of getting out and looked distracted with all the off-field controversies.

Smith will probably find a way to score runs in the next 2 Tests. He always does.

He would still score a mountain of runs if he was playing some other side.
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He can no doubt. But I think he is having that loss of form after Ashes 2019 only. As I read the above post by mods, Smith has gone 9 tests without a century now after the Ashes retaining 211 at Old Trafford 15 months ago.
 
Best test batsman of this generation. He will find like ge has done so often. You cant keep a great man down for long
 
Ab Fan said:
He can no doubt. But I think he is having that loss of form after Ashes 2019 only. As I read the above post by mods, Smith has gone 9 tests without a century now after the Ashes retaining 211 at Old Trafford 15 months ago.
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These 9 Tests included several matches vs Pakistan and New Zealand were Labuschagne ate his runs. The way he batted in the ODI series shows he is not in bad touch as a batsman.
 
Ab Fan said:
He can no doubt. But I think he is having that loss of form after Ashes 2019 only. As I read the above post by mods, Smith has gone 9 tests without a century now after the Ashes retaining 211 at Old Trafford 15 months ago.
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Warne was saying in commentary box that Smith hasn't scored a test ton at home for over 3 years now which is really astonishing considering how much he excels at home.
 
Hopefully he does not come back with a daddy hundred in Sydney :bradman

As most innings have been low scoring even a 50 from him will turn the tide in favour of Aussies.
 
AamchiMumbaikar said:
Hopefully he does not come back with a daddy hundred in Sydney :bradman

As most innings have been low scoring even a 50 from him will turn the tide in favour of Aussies.
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It's hard to see him not scoring big even once. He is too good a batsman to not do it especially at home.
 
MP2011 said:
Warne was saying in commentary box that Smith hasn't scored a test ton at home for over 3 years now which is really astonishing considering how much he excels at home.
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Possibly because he’s only had to come in at a point when a strong base was set against PAK and possibly NZD. Was hitting it fine just a few days ago in the ODIs.

The field crowding against Ashwin etc. will have as much a psychological effect on him as physical in terms of drying runs. Will effect his routine and OCD. Bit like say (if you follow tennis) kicking down one of Rafa Nadal’s bottles.

Funny thing is, had he faced Ashwin two weeks ago in the ODIs, with or without this field, a very different dynamic could have been set. Just by virtue of those being ODIs.
 
I think Neil Wagner messed up his mind a bit. Needs to clear up those cobwebs in his mind & spend some time in the middle.
 
Buffet said:
It's hard to see him not scoring big even once. He is too good a batsman to not do it especially at home.
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Seeing instances like these is why I feel Bradman would not have averaged 90+ in today's era. He might still excel but not by so much.

The more varied opponents and pitches and number of games you play, the more likely you are to find a bowler or a pitch or an opposition with your name on it as well as you losing form
 
India just gameplannee well vs him plus India has the best if not top 2 attack in the world.

Smith is still dangerous. Best ever.
 
"I've sort of let Ashwin dictate terms and that's something I've probably never let any spinner do in my career. I've sort of taken it to them, been a bit more aggressive and made them change things," rued Smith

:ashwin:ashwin
 
Form is temporary, class is permanent!

Just hoping that Smith finds his form after the series or Ashwin keeps his mojo for the next two matches also.
 
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