England face ‘catch-22’ dilemma over tactics for Smith | wutube
Australia’s batting talisman Marnus Labuschagne is bracing for another bumper barrage in the Boxing Day Test as England’s taming of Steve Smith merely exposes them to another way to bite the dust on these shores.
“That’s always the catch-22. You can slow the scoring down, it probably takes away the risk of getting wickets, and you’re hoping for a mistake from one of us if we’re one of the two in batters,” Labuschagne said. The conversation would have taken a different tone if England had taken their chances against Labuschagne, who acknowledges their tactics have merit.Reprieved the first of four times on 21 on his way to a game-breaking 103, Labuschagne expects more balls fired at his ribcage in Melbourne, particularly with enforcer Mark Wood poised to return to the XI.
Targeted again this summer with short stuff, Smith is yet to rediscover the form that saw him compared to Don Bradman. The five-and-a-half hours he spent at the crease should have shaken off the cobwebs after a dearth of red-ball cricket.
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