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[jwebber86]

Is Steve Smith a new signing for new balance?  I thought he was with slazenger.

Are b3 making his bats? If so I should buy one and then I would be a good batsmen [emoji33]

[Gingerbusiness]

In order - Yes, He was, No, Why not? With Steve Smith's technique, no one thought he was going to be as good as he has turned out to be!!! Proves that technique is b0110ck5 and its runs on the board that matters. (Hopefully the England top order are reading this!)

[ppccopener]

I think Boycs described him as a club player
Not sure what the standard of club cricket is in Yorkshire these days!

[johnno001]

Perhaps about the standard of the Indian test attack?

[uknsaunders]

Perhaps about the standard of the Indian test attack?

He has improved but the Indian attack haven't asked many questions. The pitches have been good for batting with nothing in it for the seamers. He has been almost able to trust the bounce walk across his stumps and work balls to leg.  The key thing with his technique is how the bat comes down. He does a bit of an Amla, bat goes over gully but comes down pretty straight.

[Manormanic]

He has improved but the Indian attack haven't asked many questions. The pitches have been good for batting with nothing in it for the seamers. He has been almost able to trust the bounce walk across his stumps and work balls to leg.  The key thing with his technique is how the bat comes down. He does a bit of an Amla, bat goes over gully but comes down pretty straight.

I think also that the particular conditions that Indian seamers are used to - ie those that reward consistent bowling at the stumps - plays into SMith's hands because his biggest strength is his ability to play in the arc through the stumps to square leg.  He's done well, but I don't think we should assume he'll score a thousand runs in the Ashes just yet!

[arsenal123]

Not looking like too bad a signing for New Balance at the moment though! I imagine between him and Finch sales are up in Aus!

[Wickets-then-runs]

Smith has played exceptionally well scoring so many runs with the pressure of captaincy thrust upon him. The same can said of Kohli: this bodes well for the next few years of Test cricket with a couple of young captains like this!
As for the pitches, they are the flattest I've seen here in many years: surely the changes in dates couldn't mess their preparation up this much.....? Without wanting to get into "conspiratory theories".... Lol

[Wickets-then-runs]

Not looking like too bad a signing for New Balance at the moment though! I imagine between him and Finch sales are up in Aus!

If you could buy anything even resembling the bats they actually use, the sales probably would be going off! 

[WalkingWicket37]

If you could buy anything even resembling the bats they actually use, the sales probably would be going off! 

If you ask B3 nicely you'll get the exact same shape as Finc uses with different stickers 

[Stuey]

 I like Smith a lot, I'd rather see players with their own techniques who can learn and react to different situations and playing conditions and over time prove themselves to be world class players, than seeing someone with an over coached perfect technique fail to adapt and move from the safety of coaching. Give me a player who can manage his own technique and adaptions any day over a completely coached player. We (English cricket) tend to be guilty of looking for perfect techniques from perfectly educated youngsters, than maybe the rough diamonds who can read and react to game situations much quicker, because they are used to relying on their own judgements.
(Sorry went off topic).

[WalkingWicket37]

I like Smith a lot, I'd rather see players with their own techniques who can learn and react to different situations and playing conditions and over time prove themselves to be world class players, than seeing someone with an over coached perfect technique fail to adapt and move from the safety of coaching. Give me a player who can manage his own technique and adaptions any day over a completely coached player. We (English cricket) tend to be guilty of looking for perfect techniques from perfectly educated youngsters, than maybe the rough diamonds who can read and react to game situations much quicker, because they are used to relying on their own judgements.
(Sorry went off topic).

How many times have you heard English commentators talking about a new player say "he has a lovely technique, he'll score a lot of runs" (or something to that effect).

Newsflash England - scoring runs is what matters, give me an aggricultural player who will consistently score 50s/100s over an Ian Bell who makes a lot of pretty 30s any day!

[iand123]

Cant wait for Vic or Gerry to see this thread

[procricket]

I thibk Steve Smith is a good reminder to people trying to get better and score more that just because it looks good doesnt alwats mean it is.

Agree about the English mentality and the fact i thought Smith was bobbins too.

Can't knock the lad fair play in charge of his game

[AndrewS]

Steve Smith unnerves me and I really don't like him. Half the time he looks gormless, a quarter of the time he looks like Odie from Garfield and the rest he seems to be sulking (and pointing at the sky )

I think it's the fact that there's obviously more going on in his head than his face.