The premier Australian batsman, Steve Smith is obsessed with batting and his wife Dani Willis has come up with proof of the same by sharing a hilarious clip of the batsman. The former Australia skipper is going through one of his leanest phases as a batsman in Tests and will be desperate to score big in the upcoming third Test against India a the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Smith is yet to score a century in Tests since September 2019 when he played the 211-run knock in Manchester during the Ashes. Since then, he has scored only 4 fifties. Surprisingly, Smith has been struggling to perform at home in the last couple of seasons. In last season, he scored just one half-century in five Tests while his form this season has been even worse.
At the start of the home season, Steve Smith scored back-to-back ODI tons against India. But since then, India has managed to keep him silent especially in the ongoing Test series. In four innings so far, he has scored 1, 1*, 0, and 8. With Australia’s batting faltering in the first couple of games, the hosts will be hoping that their batting mainstay delivers in the must-win game, scheduled to start on Thursday (January 7).
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Smith’s wife Dani Willis recently shared a hilarious video of the batting star from the hotel room where he could be seen in the full Test kit and practice his shots. Captioning the video on her Instagram story, Dani wrote: “Sometimes you’ve just got to shadow bat in the full kit to get the feel. Like a kid on Christmas kid”.
Steve Smith is ready to go 😂
(via Insta/steve_smith49) #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/XM79FjFzg9
— 7Cricket (@7Cricket) January 6, 2021
Meanwhile, Smith and Dani recently reunited after staying away from each other for more than four months. Smith was away from his wife since August 31 and they finally got united on Christmas. He was so excited about it that he had even posted about the meeting on Instagram.
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However, Smith could not celebrate Christmas with Dani because of the new rules introduced by Cricket Australia following a COVID-19 outbreak. But the couple recently met after Dani completed her quarantine period.
