Honeymoon period for Stevens smith is over

[gakgupta]

He is the guy who was compared to our sir jadeja in ICF.

All of a sudden he has hit the purple patch. Infact he played well in all the conditions. But he has such a awful stance. Moreover, he covers all the 3 stumps and plays max to leg side. Its effective and worked for him. But for a viewer its a curse.

Finally his honeymoon period is over.

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[Adi_91]

I haven't followed him since the India series. How has he played?

[Ankit_sharma03]

 

Against India he avg -63 

Against Nz in Test series he avg - 131

Honeymoon period over . How ?????? What ??????

 

[Ankit_sharma03]

He is a big HTB nothing else 

 

Flop in Sub continent 

In Test 

In india avg- 40

Uae- 43

N odi he played mostly in subcontinent wen he was more of bowling all rounder

N he still has an avg of 63 in UAE

 

How is that a flop in subcontinent

Edited March 4, 2016 by Ankit_sharma03

[Bigg Brother]

He is good player...

Beast at home and only aussie at present to perform at away venue also...Was fighting in subcintinent turning track also when every other aussies had given up against India and Pakistan.It is not matter whether his stance is painful for our eyes or not.At the end,performance matters.

[The Realist]

He's garbage in T20s though - just check his stats.

[Ankit_sharma03]

He's garbage in T20s though - just check his stats.

t20 yes his stats are crap,but even Ab devillers n dhoni stats arent gr8 either

Edited March 4, 2016 by Ankit_sharma03

[Bigg Brother]

proof of 40 in ind ??

I dont know exactly,but.i think he played 2 test in india where at Mohali he and starc rescued australia and both got out in nervous nineties..He played very well compared any other players..was fighting out there and didnt give up..

[Ankit_sharma03]

proof of 40 in ind ??

Avg of 40 in India 

 

Edited March 4, 2016 by Ankit_sharma03

[Bigg Brother]

Mohali test scored 92 in 1st innings,5 in 2nd

Delhi test scored 46 in 1st innings,18 in 2nd.

[Ankit_sharma03]

IN UAE- Test & Odi

So how is avg of 43 in test and 63 in odi a total flop 

 

Edited March 4, 2016 by Ankit_sharma03

[Ankit_sharma03]

FLAT TRACKS MY FRIEND DON'T SEE ANY DIFFERENCE WHAT SO EVER..  UAE - Younis Khan is a legend so if he can score runs on these roads so can smith

Those tracks in India were not flat, they were turning

N in uae , those tracks can be flat for home team but not touring team if u see those test matches in aus line up only steve smith scored n against yasir shah. nt as easy as it sounds. Teams have struggled against pak in UaE in test

N about younis khan n those flat decks, younis khan avg 

In Aus- 43

NZ- 65

eng-58

India- 76( against kumble n bhajji)

SL-45

So again he is not only a flat deck bully,

 

Does anyone check their stats here, Ppl Avg above 40-50 are considered to be struggling . 

 

[Ankit_sharma03]

your screen shot isn't working mate.. that's what i said in post above

[HippoSucks]

Smith has good test records everywhere despite playing as a leg spinner for the first few years. 

Edited March 4, 2016 by HippoSucks

[Ankit_sharma03]

Smith has good test records everywhere despite played as a leg spinner for the first few years. 

Exactly n when he toured india he was nt the transformed batsman what he is now. Lets judge when he tours India Next time. 

He has a gud footwork against spinner and again the skill to know how to make runs. M sure he ll get runs

N there wud one or two places where a batsman avg might not b gr8 n thats with a lot of gr8 batsman. 

Ricky pointing didnt have runs in india in 1st 2-3 tours

Still he is way above ppl who were always batsman - rohit, pujara, whole pak new batting lineup, jp duminy, yuvraj singh, raina and so many. These guys were always batsman lets not judge smith so soon whose transformation into a batsman has been just few yrs. 

[Yami]

Well, he is such a good player for all format, he will bounce back in India, his IPL heaven so his honeymoon restarts in few week.

Yes but Australia lost 5 matches in a ROW 3rd. Time in last 12 years.(t20i) under his captaincy I do not think finch captain anymore .

[Ankit_sharma03]

Lets not even go near t20 in sub continent prob jaddu has better t20 record outside than this guy..

 

He is crap in t20s , crap in sub continent in odis and just played 2 tests in india not good enough to judge.. but he played 13 ODIS with that average 

1st yes he has been a t20 failure but dhoni n ab devillers t20 stats arent gr8 either, does make them less of batsman

2nd Even kohli, rahane n rohit have played 2-2 test in Sa n NZ , wats ur opinion on them . 

N last 

Read those stats carefully, wait ill do that for u 

5 matches in Sri lanka N  India n both times he got only two innings to bat  and 3 matches in banglades again got innings to bat

that means 6 innings in total

AND YOU DIDNT EVEN CARE TO CHECK THAT HE BATTED AT 7 IN 5 INNINGS OUT of 6 , WHERE YOU HARDLY GET BALLS TO FACE

Before giving such stats u shud actually study them a bit

So let me get this 

Smith who avg above 40 in Ind n SL in test N 63 in UAE in ODI, where he gets 1st time a chance to bat up the order is basically a failure in subcontinet 

Younis khan who Avg In Aus- 43, NZ- 65, Eng-58, India- 76( against kumble n bhajji),  SriLanka-45  is a flat track bully 

 

So Basically u judge a batsman by his Perfomance in odi n t20 and that to without checking  where he batted how many balls he faced. 

N Avg above 40 doesn't matter( wah kya logic hai )

 

Then by ur logic jadeja shud be a bigger batsman than smith , i think he avg above smith in that position. Raina does well in t20 so he shud be legend compared to Smith, ab devilers, Younis khan , dhoni 

 

 

 

[HippoSucks]

Exactly n when he toured india he was nt the transformed batsman what he is now. Lets judge when he tours India Next time. 

He has a gud footwork against spinner and again the skill to know how to make runs. M sure he ll get runs

N there wud one or two places where a batsman avg might not b gr8 n thats with a lot of gr8 batsman. 

Ricky pointing didnt have runs in india in 1st 2-3 tours

Still he is way above ppl who were always batsman - rohit, pujara, whole pak new batting lineup, jp duminy, yuvraj singh, raina and so many. These guys were always batsman lets not judge smith so soon whose transformation into a batsman has been just few yrs. 

Smith does have some technical issues. It will be interesting to see how he fares against Asif and Ehsan Adil. 

[HippoSucks]

It is laughable to use Smith's overseas ODI statistics from 2 years back to undermine him. 

[Ankit_sharma03]

It is laughable to use Smith's overseas ODI statistics from 2 years back to undermine him. 

Not even two yrs back, these stats are from 2011. 

He was in side becoz they didnt have a leg spinner and he also cud hit a few at that time add his fielding

but he was nt in team for his batting .

This whole thread is nonsense, i rem such a thread made for virat kohli.

As if none of earlier gr8 batsman few bad matches

Edited March 5, 2016 by Ankit_sharma03