Steve Smith had cricket fans raving about his masterful batting — but a strange act in the field saw everybody quickly change their tune.
Former England captain Michael Vaughan tweeted: “This is very very poor from Steve Smith!!”
Fellow sports journalist Paul Hayward chimed in, writing: “It’s the cheapness of it that’s so hard to grasp. People have compared you to Bradman, you’ve been banned in a massive sandpapering scandal, but you see a batting mark and think … I’m going to scrub that out. So odd.”“What even makes him consider doing that? I’m not sure you’d find the most junior cricketer with that idea going through their heads,” he tweeted.
Former professional cricketer Fabian Cowdrey wrote: “Steve Smith was just in his own world, much like the way he goes about his own batting. I don’t believe he has attempted to cheat in any way here.” British cricket journalist Elizabeth Ammon said: “Not a massive issue but a bit odd no? Just a bit weird and for no apparent benefit.”
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