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*Official* Australia in India 2023

Nintendo

Nintendo

Cricketer Of The Year
Raz0r6ack said:
I think Mark Waugh is on the money. I think the Ashes this year will be the last of Steve Smith in Test cricket. Especially if Australia win.
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Why lol. He was averaging 70 odd across 10-15 tests before this series playing in asia and against good attacks at home and he clearly still has the hunger for runs. He's also at the age where most batsmen traditionally hit there peaks, no?
 
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Raz0r6ack

U19 12th Man
Nintendo said:
Why lol. He was averaging 70 odd across 10-15 tests before this series playing in asia and against good attacks at home and he clearly still has the hunger for runs. He's also at the age where most batsmen traditionally hit there peaks, no?
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There is no real reason for Smith to keep playing Test cricket. He has already achieved all you can as a batsman. He'll play his hundredth Test in the Ashes. That's the last real milestone for him to tick off.

The money is in Twenty20 cricket. Why play a longer, harder form of the game when you could get paid just as much (or even more) to play a shorter form of the game?
 
Spark

Spark

Global Moderator
Raz0r6ack said:
There is no real reason for Smith to keep playing Test cricket. He has already achieved all you can as a batsman. He'll play his hundredth Test in the Ashes. That's the last real milestone for him to tick off.

The money is in Twenty20 cricket. Why play a longer, harder form of the game when you could get paid just as much (or even more) to play a shorter form of the game?
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What if he just really, really enjoys playing Tests for his country?
 
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slippy888

International Captain
Steve Smith will be broke if he plays test cricket for another 4 years by the time he 50 the retirement years the best years of life.
 
duffer

duffer

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Raz0r6ack said:
There is no real reason for Smith to keep playing Test cricket. He has already achieved all you can as a batsman. He'll play his hundredth Test in the Ashes. That's the last real milestone for him to tick off.

The money is in Twenty20 cricket. Why play a longer, harder form of the game when you could get paid just as much (or even more) to play a shorter form of the game?
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Eh, he's nothing special as a T20 player. Should give that up and focus on playing Tests as long as he can
 
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Raz0r6ack

U19 12th Man
Spark said:
What if he just really, really enjoys playing Tests for his country?
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I'm going off what he said after the SCG Test where he said he doesn't know if he'll be back next Australian summer and that he plans on playing the twilight of his career in the BBL.
 
Spark

Spark

Global Moderator
Raz0r6ack said:
I'm going off what he said after the SCG Test where he said he doesn't know if he'll be back next Australian summer and that he plans on playing the twilight of his career in the BBL.
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Yeah but then just yesterday he said that he hasn't yet decided if he wants to keep going until the next tour of India which is in four years. If he was planning to retire, you'd think that'd be an easy question to shut down. I think he genuinely doesn't know either way, he certainly hasn't decided to wrap up his career yet.
 
Nintendo

Nintendo

Cricketer Of The Year
Raz0r6ack said:
I'm going off what he said after the SCG Test where he said he doesn't know if he'll be back next Australian summer and that he plans on playing the twilight of his career in the BBL.
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Can you link that? Don't remember him saying anything like that, but may have just missed it.
 
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Raz0r6ack

U19 12th Man
GotSpin

GotSpin

Hall of Fame Member
Spark said:
Yeah but then just yesterday he said that he hasn't yet decided if he wants to keep going until the next tour of India which is in four years. If he was planning to retire, you'd think that'd be an easy question to shut down. I think he genuinely doesn't know either way, he certainly hasn't decided to wrap up his career yet.
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He’s not retiring from tests. It’s ridiculous
 
Spark

Spark

Global Moderator
centurymaker

centurymaker

Cricketer Of The Year
Raz0r6ack said:
There is no real reason for Smith to keep playing Test cricket. He has already achieved all you can as a batsman. He'll play his hundredth Test in the Ashes. That's the last real milestone for him to tick off.
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Nah he hasn't achieved everything! And this was a big year for him. If he continues in this vein he is definitely not top 5 all-time.

I actually believe that Smith will retire when his average goes below a certain point. Perhaps when it dips below 58. (He is acutely aware of his average). This could genuinely happen after the Ashes... but unlikely.

Regardless, I think he is in his final 1-2 years. He will try to finish with a high final average. So I see him retiring at age 35, not 38 or 39.

Next home Border Gavaskar series will be his last series imo.
 
Spark

Spark

Global Moderator
centurymaker said:
Nah he hasn't achieved everything! And this was a big year for him. If he continues in this vein he is definitely not top 5 all-time.

I actually believe that Smith will retire when his average goes below a certain point. Perhaps when it dips below 58. (He is acutely aware of his average). This could genuinely happen after the Ashes...

Regardless, I think he is in his final 1-2 years. He will try to finish with a high final average. So I see him retiring at age 35, not 38 or 39.
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This is complete nonsense
 
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