T20 World Cup: Australia are through to the T20 World Cup semi finals after defeating India by nine runs, while India face a nervous wait to progress
National selector George Bailey confirms Steve Smith won’t open the batting in the Border-Gavaskar TrophyNational selector George Bailey has revealed that Steve Smith won’t open the batting against India this summer but didn’t confirm whether he’d return to the No. 4 position.
However, after consulting coach Andrew McDonald and captain Pat Cummins, Smith is expected to return to the middle order this summer,“Pat , Andrew and Steve Smith have been having ongoing conversations, separate to the untimely injury to Cameron anyway,” Bailey explained. “As far as the order goes, you’ll have to direct that towards Pat and Andrew at the appropriate time.
“You don’t know how each Test is going to play out in terms of the workload for the quicks, or how much of an impact Nathan Lyon’s going to have across the summer.
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