Steve Smith and Jack Leach both came together and ended the “spectacles” controversy after England defeated Australia by 135 runs in the fifth Test at The Oval. The Ashes ended in a draw by 2-2 on Sunday. After Australia won the fourth Ashes Test in Manchester to retain the Ashes urn, an excited Smith was seen making funny faces during the celebration and many fans assumed that he was trying to mimic and mock England’s Jack Leach, who came into limelight for his spectacles during the five-match series.
However, the former Australia captain Steve Smith rubbished the controversy on Sunday and he posed a picture, that too in glasses, with Leach.
“An all-time great – and Steve Smith. Congratulations on an incredible #Ashes series @stevesmith49. Leachy loves the glasses,” England Cricket captioned the photograph on Twitter.
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An all-time great – and Steve Smith 😉
Congratulations on an incredible #Ashes series @stevesmith49. Leachy loves the glasses 🤓 pic.twitter.com/q5mpc8UK1n
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) September 16, 2019
Some fans reacted on the post as well which became viral in no time.
“So you’re telling the media hyped up a non-story that the players themselves didn’t care about? Surely not…” a user replied to the tweet.
So you're telling the media hyped up a non-story that the players themselves didn't care about? Surely not…
— Joel Heritage (@joalhe1997) September 16, 2019
Great photo!
— Scott Gumbleton (@scottgumbleton) September 16, 2019
Smith made a remarkable comeback to Test cricket after completing a 12-month ban for his involvement in the ball-tampering scandal in South Africa in March 2018. The 30-year-old batsman scored 774 runs which came at an average of 110.57, including three centuries and three half-centuries. With this, he broke his own previous record of scoring most runs in a Test series in the 21st century. He had previously amassed 769 runs against India in the 2014-15 season.
