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The legacy of Steve Smith

cnerd123

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Getting harder day by day to not rate him 2nd best since Bradman

I still have him 3rd under Sachin but I feel that one day Smith will catch up longevity wise. Feels like he'll be scoring Test runs into his 40s.
 
Slifer

Slifer

International Captain
h_hurricane said:
The bloke never ceases to come out of form. Even when he had a relative decline(by his lofty standards) during the early stages of the pandemic, he didn't have a sharp drop in his average.

Averaging 60+ over 90 tests now. Looks more or less certain that he will go down in history as the 2nd best ever. Likely to bring back the Border - Gavaskar trophy home after a long time. Thoughts ?
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Don't count your chickens....
 
Slifer

Slifer

International Captain
As for Smith the guy is just relentless. Like others have said, a few more tests and then retirement and his place may be cemented as the 2nd best ever.

Fwiw, I don't think it's guaranteed he'll automatically do well in India and England. In IND on top of Jadeja/Ashwin he'll have to contend with Bumrah. That's an atg attack right there. If he passes that test, I'm completely sold.
 
GIMH

GIMH

Norwood's on Fire
Can’t be considered an ATG unless he lifts that average in Pakistan, I’ve arbitrarily decided that location counts above all others because I am very smart. Therefore he is not fit to lace Harry Brook’s shoes. However this criteria doesn’t apply to Joe Root. Because, reasons.
 
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Ashes81

State Vice-Captain
His stats are staggering and by the time he finishes he could easily be regarded as the 2nd greatest batsman of all time.

How much his legacy will be tainted by sandpaper gate etc remains to be seen but he's some player
 
h_hurricane

h_hurricane

International Vice-Captain
Slifer said:
As for Smith the guy is just relentless. Like others have said, a few more tests and then retirement and his place may be cemented as the 2nd best ever.

Fwiw, I don't think it's guaranteed he'll automatically do well in India and England. In IND on top of Jadeja/Ashwin he'll have to contend with Bumrah. That's an atg attack right there. If he passes that test, I'm completely sold.
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There is fat chance that he will be owned by Bumrah, given that our best bowler is made of glass and may not even walk into the field. Him being picked for the upcoming ODI series keeps me on the edge as that gives him enough time to get injured again and miss the B-G series altogether.

With regards to Jadeja/Ashwin, Smith had pretty much dominated them in the series here 5 years back. And their bowling (especially Jadeja's) has declined a lot more than any marginal dip in his batting, if any.
 
Slifer

Slifer

International Captain
h_hurricane said:
There is fat chance that he will be owned by Bumrah, given that our best bowler is made of glass and may not even walk into the field. Him being picked for the upcoming ODI series keeps me on the edge as that gives him enough time to get injured again and miss the B-G series altogether.

With regards to Jadeja/Ashwin, Smith had pretty much dominated them in the series here 5 years back. And their bowling (especially Jadeja's) has declined a lot more than any marginal dip in his batting, if any.
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India are playing Bumrah in an ODI series? Like wtf? It better be for one or two games to stay match fit. No way would I risk my best pace bowler for such a crucial test series. Fwiw, I mentioned bumrah because it'd be interesting to see how Smith goes vs great spin and pace in the same attack.
 
Slifer

Slifer

International Captain
I still the jury is out on Smith being able to handle pace on a spicy wicket but then again, that isn't unique to Smith. Lara quite frankly sucked vs genuine pace. So Smith has him there. Smith has been immense vs spin and matches Lara for colossal series and is a genius home and away so yeah he's probably already ahead of Brian. But who knows what may happen in a few years time (see Ponting).
 
Burgey

Burgey

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Slifer said:
I still the jury is out on Smith being able to handle pace on a spicy wicket but then again, that isn't unique to Smith. Lara quite frankly sucked vs genuine pace. So Smith has him there. Smith has been immense vs spin and matches Lara for colossal series and is a genius home and away so yeah he's probably already ahead of Brian. But who knows what may happen in a few years time (see Ponting).
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Doesn’t have the ***y Lara back lift.

Have to say I’m enjoying Lara on comms this summer. Also notable the reverence the other commentators have for him. Good to see
 
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Fuller Pilch

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Burgey said:
Doesn’t have the ***y Lara back lift.

Have to say I’m enjoying Lara on comms this summer. Also notable the reverence the other commentators have for him. Good to see
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I'm also impressed by the reverence the other commentators have for Ian (best keeper in the world between peak Dujon and Healy) Smith.
 
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