That's been more relatively recent. Definitely didn't used to play that as much as he did this Ashes. I expect he'll be a bit more conventional and play more off the front foot come the home summer.
Hardly a glowing endorsement. If you asked me to pick one guy in the world who DOESN'T rely on hand eye coordination as much, I'd be picking Steve Smith. You don't average over 10 runs more than anyone else because you have great hand eye coordination. You must have to think that Smith has a freakish eye that is 200% better than everyone else's to think otherwise. It just makes no sense. Where is people's common sense?
Although I don't disagree with your point re Smith, Ponting did this from 2002-07 (though Kallis was close).
Which is a statement that I find utterly ridiculous on it's own. It essentially requires that there are top-level, borderline ATG cricketers around (eg. Kohli, Williamson) that are simply not making the full use of their "natural assets", whereas Smith is. Absurd.
So now it’s not possible for some Human Beings to make more use of their natural assets than others. I’d like to know what colour the sky is in your world.
You're being deliberately obtuse. We're not talking about any random Human Beings, we're talking about the elite of the elites. You don't get to the level of Kane Williamson and Virat Kohli without making the most of your natural assets. If you genuinely think that a major reason Smith is better is because he's making more use of his hand-eye coordination than Williamson and Kohli, that's fine, that makes sense. It's dumb and wrong, but at least it is logical.
He has an unorthodox technique that is heavily reliant on hand/eye coordination. As usual you’re the only one who thinks differently and are completely wrong. But that’s life.
You could be right. His worst innings of the series was on Sunday when it should have been his day off.You're both wrong. Smith is a God
I don't know why I get so invested in things like this. I don't mind dumb and erroneous opinions, but for some reason when I see one that seems to be widely held for no logical reason like this it triggers me a little bit. Looks to me that in this case it's the result of trying to look for an explanation and finding one that would fit and just going with it despite the fact that it's clearly nonsense.
Unintentional comedy has always been a staple of Cricket Web and you’re keeping the tradition going, so no one is complaining.
He’s only 30 so could have two more tours of England in him if he stays fit and motivated, irrespective of his eyes.
