Smith is best test batsmen in last decade he played great in India also not just Aus and England. Apart from him Haydo is the other player who had success all-round the world.
I think losing Lyon is less of an impact on Australia than losing Leach was for England. Australia has Todd Murphy waiting in the wings, England had to drag Moeen Ali out of Test retirement and he lasted less than 1 match.
It’s a good opportunity to give Murphy some valuable experience. If selected, he’s not coming into the side a complete novice at test level. He held his own in the series in India earlier this year. But Travis Head bowled a useful spell yesterday picking up a couple of wickets with Smith & Labuschagne able to bowl a few overs if needed. At 35, Lyon has fewer years left at test level so the selectors need to earmark and blood a long term replacement so they don’t make the same mistake after Shane Warne retired. Many in that department were tried before Lyon made that position his own. It’s a fair point that Leach being unavailable for England may be a bigger impact than Lyon. I was surprised having called him up, Ahmed wasn’t picked. Mystery spin that the Aussies won’t have seen much of would have given them a different variety in their attack other than 4 right arm bowlers and a half fit Stokes.
I’ve watched a lot of cricket over the last 25 years. Steve Smith is the best test batter I’ve ever seen by a long shot. Every other great is a distant 2nd. What a player!
Statistically speaking, Yes he is the best test batter since Bradman. But I do have to point out that the likes of Richards, Tendulkar, Kallis, Lara, Gavaskar etc. did it in a much harder era and they did not necessarily played for the best team meaning they had more pressure to deal with.
@@rishabhpant6790 Modern players will always be more consistent than past gen players because of better fitness diet, better pitches, better physios, basically sports science is much advanced that is why modern players in terms of consistency are better than past gen. In terms of skill the aforementioned players are equally as good or even better than Smith since they did in a tougher test era.
Steve Smith will never retire!! As an England follower, I can honestly say that watching Steve bat, field and bowl is an absolute pleasure. The finest player for several generations. All the best Mate!
Hes got an atrocious technique. Bowl full consistently to him and hed not make these big scores,, hes got a poor technique that yorkers would get him out routinely.
@@avikabhala-3rdb17Against quality spinners and against short pitch bowling his technique can be exposed and we saw that in recent BGT series and even NZ exploited that weakness when they toured Australia last time.
I wish Nathan all the best in his recovery. Not too soon though! Summer nights can be difficult to sleep through, especially when The Ashes series is in town! Enjoy!
If you'd gone to the England camp this morning and offered them the current state of play, I'm sure they'd have bit your arm off. So all in all a good day for England BUT at 180/1 and Lyons going off injured.... They really had Australia on the ropes. And then they went and let the Aussies back into it. It's a very similar feeling to the first test. You just get the feeling that England will live to regret that crazy half hour of batting, the same way they no doubt regret that first innings early declaration at Edgbaston. This is shaping up to be an Ashes series of regrets & "What ifs" for England
@@shubhsinghal4364 Did he and when ? If so then it's great bec even I thought this was his last trip to Ind. But I seriously hope he comes back as he missed out on the hundred this time. What a player though, amazing.
I can think of 686 reasons why he should keep playing, he’s the G.O.A.T. when it comes to swing bowling. The problem was there was no variety in England’s attack, I would have picked either Wood or Woakes instead of Robinson
He's already said he dosnt see himself playing to long he did interview saying cricket isn't most important thing in his life or did I hear him wrong it was during first test match
He has an appetite for batting that I’ve not seen since maybe Sachin. If you saw him coming back into the long room at Lords after his innings looking disappointed and berating himself, you’d think he was out first ball and not for 110.
He doesn't make mistakes, it's error free batting..... well that was a pretty expansive drive he got out to today when they needed him to settle in for a big one
At this moment England has every chance of gaining a reasonable lead with half of the game still to go. With England's recent record of chasing totals, Australia needs at least a 350 lead to feel in any way safe with a day or more to go. A classic Bazball situation. England may not be batting quite as deep as they have done, but most of their batters seem in reasonable form and making useful contributions on a fairly flat pitch. As Australia will know that their opponents have the confidence to chase virtually any score with a day to go, this puts them under an unusual amount of pressure. It means that they can rarely feel that they are in control of the match even when they may be.
Smith loves test march cricket. Could see him playing for another decade, if anyone can play till there 40s then Smith can. 50 test centuries not to far fetched
I agree with Ricky. I got no problem with Pope or Root doing it Pope is in and like to get on with it and is good vs the short ball and Root will back himself. But Duckett should had road it out and let then get on with it but he play stay. Like Stokes did with Brook
@@parthsspace In South America ,football icons are given godly status. Eg Pele ,Maradona ,Messi People go crazy over european footballers like Christiano Ronaldo . It happens in sporting arena.
@@Ajay.369v look at their humility and ours..im not against anyone..there is a vast difference in cricket and football. football is watched all over the world.
No not at all. Has it occurred to you that the games have turned out as close as they have not in spite of the English team's tactics but because of them? Is it not better to score a quick 30 runs rather than hang around for many overs simply to end up scoring 20? How does this improve the chances of an entertaining game, an England Innings score in excess of 300 runs, an England victory, or indeed a victory for either team? Draws can be very exciting but most times they are incredibly boring and predictable at a very early stage in the game. As for reckless shots. The Australians have been as guilty in this regard as the English or almost as much. There is a fine line between winning and losing when the batsman gets on with it, which is how it should be. I would argue that it always should have been this way. Surely it is better to get out after a reckless shot after scoring a quick 30 or so, than getting out after playing a reckless shot after scoring a very slow 20 or less? England's best and most notable wins have been predicated upon particular plays smashing the ball to all parts for many decades. On the other hand, many of England's best draws have been achieved by the Geoffrey Boycott style of batting often against obviously inferior teams. Australia is currently the World Champions of Test Match Cricket while England has taken them close twice already, what is not to like? Would you seriously have been happier if England has secured two bore draws so far? Would you wish to spend your hard-earned and valuable spare time watching that?
I hope he leaves in his prime and isn't one to linger and linger like a bad smell. There comes a time and a place where you must step aside and let the youth have a crack.
Why this Heading? He is the last player in the world to retire based on performance and his love of the game? Sounds like Russian propaganda: keep pushing a wrong point and there must be something to it? When he is 40 he can play like the older English openers and block 9 out of 10 balls.
Root is 32 years old smith is 34 as smith mentioned bgt 2023 in india was his last series it means 2025 ashes will be last he might extend his test career may retire after 4 year he can score 20 more centuries. Root has 30 centuries can play 7 years it means he may end up with most number of centuries in test
@@raghavanrajesh250 are u kidding root is 32 years old odi formats only 7 hours game where as test cricket 5 days they will never give up i doubt they might not even left T20 cricket
“We can get back to your England..” straight into talking about Lyon’s bowling, Carey’s keeping, Smiths bowling, Lyon’s injury.. Some balance would be nice.
When will a woman face a 95-100mph bouncer session from likes of Brett Lee, Steve Harmison, Shoaib Akhtar, Mark Wood, Makhaya Ntini et al Phil Hughes reached the pinnacle of the sport and was killed. How long would Mel Jones last up against Brett Lee, Harmison, Makhaya Ntini? Easy answer - she would be horribly injured or killed very quickly.
Not necessarily. I played men's University cricket. Not quite those speeds off a bowler but definitely from the bowling machine. I'm surprised you think we don't try it out, we do. A woman's reactions can be the equal of a man's. The difference is not having the power to do as much with it. Phil Hughes was killed as a complete freak accident when the soft part of his neck was exposed. Most women could probably duck a bouncer easier than a man, with superior flexibility and being smaller.
I’m shocked and a little saddened by the view counts on these vids. Passive aggressive Australian presenter (‘your England’😒) on a UK tv channel probably doesn’t help.
@@Tom-fj1zx Are you really comparing using saliva and mints on the ball with using sandpaper? It's like comparing stealing some penny sweets and robbing a bank. Both stealing yes, but completely different levels.
He should be in jail for what he did! How they can let this guy out on the streets is beyond me. I bet he's still sanding the ball every day when no one's looking
I don’t rate this presenter…. Boring as F the questioning…. Lots of fake laughs at rubbish jokes on each show, but she has these A rate guests on, but it’s actually quite boring the whole thing
You should have seen her analysis of how Bairstows footwork was better and more weight going through his left leg today compared to yesterday when catching Mitchell starc.... but yeah the ball was a lot wider, of course he's going to be going that way.
I simply love Steven Smith. I think if he maintains his fitness, he could play another 5 years and score another 20 centuries.
Another 20!? I bit overly optimistic.😄
@@veddyveddygood He is currently scoring one every 2 1/2 tests. If he keeps going at that rate, he could easily do another 20 in 5 years
@@Adam-oy4ixit’s one every 3 tests isn’t it?
@@Adam-oy4ixwhere do you get 2.5 from?
It’s clearly 99 games divide 32 hundreds 99/32=3.09
So roughly 1 every 3 games!
Will always be remembered as a cheat
Smith is best test batsmen in last decade he played great in India also not just Aus and England. Apart from him Haydo is the other player who had success all-round the world.
I think losing Lyon is less of an impact on Australia than losing Leach was for England. Australia has Todd Murphy waiting in the wings, England had to drag Moeen Ali out of Test retirement and he lasted less than 1 match.
It’s a good opportunity to give Murphy some valuable experience. If selected, he’s not coming into the side a complete novice at test level. He held his own in the series in India earlier this year. But Travis Head bowled a useful spell yesterday picking up a couple of wickets with Smith & Labuschagne able to bowl a few overs if needed. At 35, Lyon has fewer years left at test level so the selectors need to earmark and blood a long term replacement so they don’t make the same mistake after Shane Warne retired. Many in that department were tried before Lyon made that position his own. It’s a fair point that Leach being unavailable for England may be a bigger impact than Lyon. I was surprised having called him up, Ahmed wasn’t picked. Mystery spin that the Aussies won’t have seen much of would have given them a different variety in their attack other than 4 right arm bowlers and a half fit Stokes.
I’ve watched a lot of cricket over the last 25 years. Steve Smith is the best test batter I’ve ever seen by a long shot. Every other great is a distant 2nd. What a player!
Statistically speaking, Yes he is the best test batter since Bradman. But I do have to point out that the likes of Richards, Tendulkar, Kallis, Lara, Gavaskar etc. did it in a much harder era and they did not necessarily played for the best team meaning they had more pressure to deal with.
@@samizayn5666they were nothing as consistent as smith at all
@@rishabhpant6790 Modern players will always be more consistent than past gen players because of better fitness diet, better pitches, better physios, basically sports science is much advanced that is why modern players in terms of consistency are better than past gen. In terms of skill the aforementioned players are equally as good or even better than Smith since they did in a tougher test era.
@@samizayn5666 pitches all around the world the last 5 years have been far more bowler friendly than the Sachin Lara Kallis era.
Steve Smith will never retire!!
As an England follower, I can honestly say that watching Steve bat, field and bowl is an absolute pleasure.
The finest player for several generations.
All the best Mate!
Hes got an atrocious technique. Bowl full consistently to him and hed not make these big scores,, hes got a poor technique that yorkers would get him out routinely.
@@therebel4332 LOL
@@therebel4332 and yeah, he's scored just 900 runs at 15
@@therebel4332 he is worst player then babar azam😂
There is no doubt that he is gonna score more centuries in test cricket than any one who could else 💝💝
smith has a good 2 to 3 years. stlil hitting centuries in unreal situations. hats off stevie
He can Play for Another Ten Years the way he is Batting.
His Technique has no Flaws.
@@avikabhala-3rdb17 yes he can easily play and we hope he will
@@brownie43212 Bhai Steve Smith Technique is Flawless.
He will retire at the end of this Australian summer and so he should given the way the Australian cricket board has treated him!
@@avikabhala-3rdb17Against quality spinners and against short pitch bowling his technique can be exposed and we saw that in recent BGT series and even NZ exploited that weakness when they toured Australia last time.
Injury to Lyon could be vital as far as series is concerned.
No it won't...Murphy bowled very well in India this year...he is more than enough to trouble English batsmen
@@darkraider0477 Inida is not England
I wish Nathan all the best in his recovery.
Not too soon though!
Summer nights can be difficult to sleep through, especially when The Ashes series is in town!
Enjoy!
@@matthewjefferson4037India are better then England at playing spin
@@danielkelly4487 doesn’t spin like India in England tho, Root becomes Shane Warne in India
Two of the greatest captains of all time!! both are my inspirations and also for their respective countries..
If you'd gone to the England camp this morning and offered them the current state of play, I'm sure they'd have bit your arm off. So all in all a good day for England BUT at 180/1 and Lyons going off injured.... They really had Australia on the ropes. And then they went and let the Aussies back into it.
It's a very similar feeling to the first test. You just get the feeling that England will live to regret that crazy half hour of batting, the same way they no doubt regret that first innings early declaration at Edgbaston.
This is shaping up to be an Ashes series of regrets & "What ifs" for England
Are you always so pessimistic.
@@James-st9uu A pessimist is just what an optimist calls a realist
Steve Smith is the GOAT in test cricket. 1:39 🏏 🐐
Steve Smith is on another level compared to route. And so far this series has proved it
Absolutely loving the commentary Sky Sports has provided , very professional and entertaining 🎉Keep up the good work🏏
I think Ashes 2025 could be last test series of steve Smith since he's already mentioned that bgt 2023 bgt was his last bgt in India...
He said that he might come back to India
@@shubhsinghal4364 Did he and when ? If so then it's great bec even I thought this was his last trip to Ind. But I seriously hope he comes back as he missed out on the hundred this time. What a player though, amazing.
@@debarshiacharya3729 in one of the interviews I remember
should be saying that when is anderson retiring 🤦♂️ he needs to go after these ashes
Let him get to 700 and that should be it
Mates rates by stokes that's why
Needs to go after this test
It's been 3 innings pal
I can think of 686 reasons why he should keep playing, he’s the G.O.A.T. when it comes to swing bowling. The problem was there was no variety in England’s attack, I would have picked either Wood or Woakes instead of Robinson
Steve smith can play Test cricket for another 6-7 years
He’s 34. I hope you’re right but I don’t think so. We’ll see :)
just 34 if srt can so can smith
No Smith will play another 3 to 4 year's max
He's already said he dosnt see himself playing to long he did interview saying cricket isn't most important thing in his life or did I hear him wrong it was during first test match
@@judshuttie70 yes Smith not going play till 40
He probably will score another 8-10 100s , and will finish ahead of Ponting when it comes to maximum 100s for Australia .....
He has an appetite for batting that I’ve not seen since maybe Sachin. If you saw him coming back into the long room at Lords after his innings looking disappointed and berating himself, you’d think he was out first ball and not for 110.
Harry brook century tomorrow will be the story of the test. Kids different level!
He just got dropped by Marnus he had a cheap first game he’s not next level he doesn’t compare to a smith
Note that if lyon is fit to play he will get him out
He literally tried every possible way to get out yesterday
Steve smith is the best after Bradman
With his fitness he should go four or five years . He should concentrate on centuries so that Australia can win .
He doesn't make mistakes, it's error free batting..... well that was a pretty expansive drive he got out to today when they needed him to settle in for a big one
At this moment England has every chance of gaining a reasonable lead with half of the game still to go. With England's recent record of chasing totals, Australia needs at least a 350 lead to feel in any way safe with a day or more to go. A classic Bazball situation. England may not be batting quite as deep as they have done, but most of their batters seem in reasonable form and making useful contributions on a fairly flat pitch.
As Australia will know that their opponents have the confidence to chase virtually any score with a day to go, this puts them under an unusual amount of pressure. It means that they can rarely feel that they are in control of the match even when they may be.
It's 1-1 already let's move on
@@ggvv6533 Arrogance at it's best.
@@ggvv6533 2-0
Yeah right. We’ll throw it away like we always do trying to play too many reckless shots. But hey, it’s all about entertainment, not winning……
@@ggvv6533 This aged well.
5:42 definitely worth suggesting that training can shorten careers. Pointing thinking outside the box!
Smith loves test march cricket. Could see him playing for another decade, if anyone can play till there 40s then Smith can. 50 test centuries not to far fetched
Steve smith looks so good at the crease it makes you wonder why his record is so rough in S/A.
As rough as sandpaper
Averages 44 with a hundred and a series win. How is that "rough"?
Yes ,Steve has a test average of 42 in SA ,but most other places in world , has an average of above 50
@@aavashkoirala8344whoooosh.....
I agree with Ricky. I got no problem with Pope or Root doing it Pope is in and like to get on with it and is good vs the short ball and Root will back himself. But Duckett should had road it out and let then get on with it but he play stay. Like Stokes did with Brook
I am eagerly waiting for the Headingley and Manchester craziest test.....
Why would he retire
Another 5 or 6 years at 40
ponting still a class act
Best batter in the world
What a stupid question
We need to enjoy such a quality
No test cricket after some years !!
Steve Smith retirement. Lets talk about jimmy Anderson retirement.
Not for a long time if he keeps facing medium pacers like ours.
When the sandpaper runs out.
4 world cups on the panel in the most humble ways.. if an Indian gets 4 world cups he would easily given a godly status.
Numbers matter more here.
Aus has a fan following of around
10 to 20million people.
Ind has a fan folowing of around 600 to 700 million people.
@@Ajay.369v we just have population on our side..nothing else and due to that our arrogance has touched the roof
@@parthsspace
In South America ,football icons are given godly status.
Eg Pele ,Maradona ,Messi
People go crazy over
european footballers like Christiano Ronaldo .
It happens in sporting arena.
@@Ajay.369v look at their humility and ours..im not against anyone..there is a vast difference in cricket and football.
football is watched all over the world.
He could easily play another 5 more years , cant see anything less than that
Time to go jimmy england playing with 10 men
Which were the ones involved in the sandpaper cheating.
No not at all. Has it occurred to you that the games have turned out as close as they have not in spite of the English team's tactics but because of them? Is it not better to score a quick 30 runs rather than hang around for many overs simply to end up scoring 20? How does this improve the chances of an entertaining game, an England Innings score in excess of 300 runs, an England victory, or indeed a victory for either team? Draws can be very exciting but most times they are incredibly boring and predictable at a very early stage in the game. As for reckless shots. The Australians have been as guilty in this regard as the English or almost as much. There is a fine line between winning and losing when the batsman gets on with it, which is how it should be. I would argue that it always should have been this way. Surely it is better to get out after a reckless shot after scoring a quick 30 or so, than getting out after playing a reckless shot after scoring a very slow 20 or less? England's best and most notable wins have been predicated upon particular plays smashing the ball to all parts for many decades. On the other hand, many of England's best draws have been achieved by the Geoffrey Boycott style of batting often against obviously inferior teams. Australia is currently the World Champions of Test Match Cricket while England has taken them close twice already, what is not to like? Would you seriously have been happier if England has secured two bore draws so far? Would you wish to spend your hard-earned and valuable spare time watching that?
Weird to make the entire thing about Australia, despite England significantly dominating the day. Hide your bias a bit better, Mel.
So England won the day but we are going to spend the whole time talking about Australia?
I hope he leaves in his prime and isn't one to linger and linger like a bad smell. There comes a time and a place where you must step aside and let the youth have a crack.
Why this Heading? He is the last player in the world to retire based on performance and his love of the game? Sounds like Russian propaganda: keep pushing a wrong point and there must be something to it? When he is 40 he can play like the older English openers and block 9 out of 10 balls.
Wen wll root retire ?
Root is 32 years old smith is 34 as smith mentioned bgt 2023 in india was his last series it means 2025 ashes will be last he might extend his test career may retire after 4 year he can score 20 more centuries. Root has 30 centuries can play 7 years it means he may end up with most number of centuries in test
Jst 2 years. Age gap.if both smith and root give up odis after the world cup u never know
@@raghavanrajesh250 they will never give up odi they can give up T20 but not odi
@@knowledgehouse9204 jst wait and watch they wll give up white ball
@@raghavanrajesh250 are u kidding root is 32 years old odi formats only 7 hours game where as test cricket 5 days they will never give up i doubt they might not even left T20 cricket
The lady’s voice scares me and I don’t know why
is he not playing well?
He is playing great man , He hits the century yesterday
“We can get back to your England..” straight into talking about Lyon’s bowling, Carey’s keeping, Smiths bowling, Lyon’s injury.. Some balance would be nice.
Retire? 😂
When will a woman face a 95-100mph bouncer session from likes of Brett Lee, Steve Harmison, Shoaib Akhtar, Mark Wood, Makhaya Ntini et al
Phil Hughes reached the pinnacle of the sport and was killed.
How long would Mel Jones last up against Brett Lee, Harmison, Makhaya Ntini? Easy answer - she would be horribly injured or killed very quickly.
Not necessarily. I played men's University cricket. Not quite those speeds off a bowler but definitely from the bowling machine. I'm surprised you think we don't try it out, we do. A woman's reactions can be the equal of a man's. The difference is not having the power to do as much with it. Phil Hughes was killed as a complete freak accident when the soft part of his neck was exposed. Most women could probably duck a bouncer easier than a man, with superior flexibility and being smaller.
Is this supposed to be for English viewers? Who is she? And why aren't they talking about England?
I’m shocked and a little saddened by the view counts on these vids. Passive aggressive Australian presenter (‘your England’😒) on a UK tv channel probably doesn’t help.
Smudge!!!!!!!!!!!!
He’ll retire when the Aussies run out of sandpaper
That's mean he never retire
Will always be remembered as a cheat
Sorry bud wrong one. Two other players we all knew should never have played the game again
Just like Atherton? Sachin? Du Plessis? Nonsense
@@Tom-fj1zx Are you really comparing using saliva and mints on the ball with using sandpaper? It's like comparing stealing some penny sweets and robbing a bank. Both stealing yes, but completely different levels.
He shouldn’t be playing he’s a proven cheat. Yes his record is incredible but his reputation is ruined for me. 🤷🏽
Its all forgotten now.... apparently
Using mints and deliberately standing on the ball with spikes is ok though right?
Maybe they should have done an Atherton instead and filled their pockets with dirt...
You are a confused man
He should be in jail for what he did! How they can let this guy out on the streets is beyond me. I bet he's still sanding the ball every day when no one's looking
BANNED, not retired, he should have been Banned way before.
I don’t rate this presenter…. Boring as F the questioning…. Lots of fake laughs at rubbish jokes on each show, but she has these A rate guests on, but it’s actually quite boring the whole thing
You should have seen her analysis of how Bairstows footwork was better and more weight going through his left leg today compared to yesterday when catching Mitchell starc.... but yeah the ball was a lot wider, of course he's going to be going that way.
Should have retired when he presided over the biggest cheating scandal ever !
Anderson needs to go useless