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Is less more? Will Smith follows 'Mr. Cricket's advice?
“I just said (to Smith), 'It's worth taking a moment to think about how much you hit, and is it really helping you, or is it a bit harmful?'
IMAGE: Steve Smith goes into the third Test in Brisbane under intense pressure after amassing a total of 19 runs in three innings. Photo: Andrew Boyers/Reuters
Australian batsman Steve Smith is weighing up a “less is more” approach to training in a bid to halt his decline in form following advice from former teammate Mike Hussey during the first Test against India.
The 35-year-old Smith, once the team's batting maestro, goes into the third Test in Brisbane under intense pressure after amassing a total of 19 runs in three innings.
The poor results in the series opener in Perth and the second match in Adelaide came despite a return to his favored number four in the batting order after an unsuccessful stint as opener.
As pundits wrote off his chances of regaining the best form of his career, Smith approached fellow batting obsessive Hussey, who produced perhaps his best cricket when on the wrong side of 35.
“It's well documented that he and Marnus (Labuschagne) in particular hit a lot of balls, practice very hard and do a lot of preparation,” Hussey told the Cricket Australia website (cricket.com.au).
“And I just said (to Smith), 'It's worth taking a moment to think about how much you hit, and is it really helping you, or is it a bit damaging?'”
“I think volume is very important as a young player. But as you get older, I definitely found from my own perspective that it wasn't about hitting more balls and working yourself into the ground.”
“It was more about coming into games as mentally and physically fresh as possible.”
Hussey, nicknamed “Mr Cricket” for his enthusiasm for the game, scored eight Test centuries after turning 35 before retiring in 2013 with an average of 51.52 from 79 Tests.
Smith took a leaf out of Hussey's book and did not train the day before the Adelaide Test, hoping to be fresh for a big score.
It didn't work out as he was out for two runs and tapped Jasprit Bumrah down the leg side.
“In an ideal world, I probably wouldn't hit as many balls as I did in the run-up,” Smith said.
“If I want to feel better about something or work on a certain movement or whatever, I might need that last session.”
Smith has been dismissed by the Indian pace on every occasion, raising questions about his defence.
Fans are left wondering how long a team crying out for regeneration can afford to carry him.
Once the standard setter in Australian batting, Smith is now looking at what works for his teammates in more bowler-friendly conditions that have emerged in recent years.
“In the last two years, although the wickets have been tough, the guys who are getting runs are probably the ones who are going harder at the ball, keeping their bodies almost out of the way, giving themselves space in a way and hitting hard and fast score,” he said.
“Travis (Head) and Mitch Marsh are two good examples of that.”
“For me there is a balance. Obviously you have to try to put pressure on the bowler and dictate the terms a little bit.”
“But that can also be difficult with those types of wickets.”
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