.tdpaine36 is still intent on playing but he says stevesmith49 wants to take over the captaincy from him when the wicketkeeper calls it quits. Cricket
Pat Cummins has been touted as a possible contender to take Paine’s position, but there are concerns about the workload he’ll face as a fast bowler juggling the captaincy. He was recently, starting in perfect fashion by scoring runs and taking wickets in the Blues’ comfortable win over Victoria earlier this month.
Marnus Labuschagne is also in the conversation, but there are question marks over his maturity after some ofcriticised for his reactions to being dismissed“Pat Cummins is someone we’re trying to upskill, but he’s one of many,” Paine said. “There’s also Travis Head and there’s Marnus Labuschagne. So there are a lot of guys.
“One of the things we’re trying to do is develop more leaders in our team and Steve Smith is certainly one of those.”Smith wants the C next to his name while wearing the baggy green again.Smith has recently had chances to endorse Cummins’ captaincy, but shied away from loudly singing his teammate’s praises.
“I think being a fast bowler it would be tough. But that’s not for me to really answer,” he told SEN before NSW’s win over Victoria. When asked after the cruisy 59-run win if he was impressed with the quick’s captaincy, Smith added: “He was good; pretty easy day I think today.Panellists on ABC’s Offsiders program were taken aback by Smith’s lukewarm comments“Hardly an endorsement,” host Kelli Underwood said last weekend. “That’s a man who wants his captaincy back.
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