Will Steve Smith Play In Second AUS vs WI Take a look at In Grenada? Heres The Newest Replace

After successful the primary Take a look at towards West Indies inside three days, Australia may very well be boosted additional earlier than the second match with skilled batter Steve Smith all set to affix the squad by Sunday.

Smith missed the primary Take a look at between Australia and West Indies in Barbados as a consequence of a finger harm. The 36-year-old had flown to his residence in New York after dislocating his finger through the World Take a look at Championship last towards South Africa at Lord’s. 

After his facet took a 1-0 lead within the sequence, Australia skipper Pat Cummins offered an replace of Smith, saying that the veteran batter has resumed batting apply. 

“He is had a couple of hits over in New York, which I feel was with a tennis ball and an incredi-ball,” mentioned Cummins.

“I feel his wound is trying good, so the following stage is to come back over right here and hit some balls within the nets. So we’ll know extra over the following few days,” he added. 

With Marnus Labuschagne getting dropped and Smith coping with his determine, Australia’s high 4 struggled within the first Take a look at. Within the first innings, Australia had been lowered to 22/3 they usually misplaced high 4 with simply 65 on the board within the second innings. 

Nevertheless, Cummins reiterated that the staff administration would again their younger batters.  

“You noticed right this moment how tough a wicket that was, there weren’t too many 50-run partnerships all through the entire recreation,” the Australian skipper mentioned.

“In fact, the highest order wish to rating some extra runs. The problem of Take a look at cricket, particularly for younger gamers, is once you get thrown totally different situations, you have to discover a approach to be efficient. That is the problem for our younger batting group,” he added. 

The second match between Australia and West Indies begins on July 3.