Steven Smith - Will he go anywhere?

[OverratedSanity]

Can't be far behind Bradman in that ranking can he?

 

[marc71178]

I'm sure Blocky is loving it...

 

[Spark]

Mercifully that is something we will never find out.

 

[NZTailender]

Steve Smith, Trent Boult, James Harris /bandwagon.

One of my better predictions (Harris notwithstanding).

 

[Gnske]

I'm sure Blocky is loving it...

Gets dropped 5 times in his first ton then makes another on the flattest deck of the series.

He's probably catatonic

 

[vcs]

I almost want him back just to see the meltdown..

 

[Spark]

I almost want him back just to see the meltdown..

Come on, you guys all know better than this: he wouldn't meltdown, he'd start a 15 page argument on why actually this and every other innings meant nothing and Smith's actually a hack because he can't possibly be wrong about him.

 

[Burgey]

I don't like to speak ill of the departed, but Blocky was a **** of the highest order.

 

[Slifer]

Yeah happy riddance to that troll.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Yep. **** him.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

This Smith geezer is going to go down as a better player than Ponting if he carries on like he is for much longer. Can't give him any higher praise than that as Ponting to me is comfortably the best Aussie bat out of the great side they had and while Smith might not be as easy on the eye he gets runs, lots and lots of them.

 

[cnerd123]

I just want to see if Smith has that inevitable form slump all batsmen have, and if so, how he deals with it

 

[Burgey]

He had it in SL. Averaged 40 odd.

No doubt he'll have a time when he's lean, but he's just a run scoring machine. Doesn't care for aesthetics, he just scores runs. It's ridiculous.

Whenever these really good players have a run like this it makes me wonder how the **** Bradman did it for 20 years

 

[Spark]

I just want to see if Smith has that inevitable form slump all batsmen have, and if so, how he deals with it

He's had a few, actually. The thing is that he almost immediately adjusts his technique somehow and then uses sheer willpower to get a hundred in the next Test or so.

 

[Slifer]

Tbf, they've been quite a few players who've averaged around 60 or so after a good amount of tests: Sobers, Hammond, etc. Smith's conversion rate and adaptability imo are what stands out for me.

 

[randycricfreak]

Steve Smith. The next Cam White.

Class NUFAN

 

[randycricfreak]

Should be a cert for a OD call-up this year, no doubt. Will probably play tests, but for some reasons he just smells of another Cameron White.

Class Morgieb

 

[Compton]

Only two 100s so far. This is Smith's lean patch.

 

[Bahnz]

I'm sure Blocky is loving it...

Mercifully that is something we will never find out.

Actually...

Smith has a golden horse shoe up his ass, challenging conditions and he gets five chances, then wins and bats first on the only wicket in India that you can expect to score a 500-600 type score in.

He's done better than I expected, but also shown all of the flaws in his game in his failures that I can't believe aren't exploited more.

From another forum.

 

[vcs]

I can't believe he didn't mention his fatal technical flaw against balls that shoot along the ground.