The disgraced Australian cricketer Steve Smith was seen having a beer in a shabby bar of New York, while his former teammates were being embarrassed by the English team in the ODI series. He was spotted in the Big Apple after doing some window shopping at real estate agents as he gets ready for a match of an altogether different caliber.
Smith is facing a year ban from Cricket Australia for his role in the infamous South African ball-tampering scandal, will now ply his trade in the fledgling Global T20 competition, which begins in Canada on Thursday. According to Cricket Australia, Smith was “taking a couple of days there adjusting to the time zone”, but a witness said he appeared to be taking advantage of the break to indulge in some real estate research.
An Australian who spotted Steve said, “It was an absolute shock to see the former Aussie cricket captain all by himself. He looked quite sad and lonely, and it’s a good thing he had his phone otherwise he would have had no contact with anyone.”
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According to a Cricket Australia spokesman, Smith dined with Jackman to discuss former’s involvement with the charity Gotcha4Life – the organization through which Smith has been completing community work. The spokesperson said, “They met to discuss Steve’s involvement in the charity and further opportunities.”
On his way there, Smith had appeared to conduct some property research in the West Village, according to a witness. He said, “Steve made an obvious effort to go and look at various residential buildings as he walked to Hugh and Deb’s. When he got to the building he wanted to see he would look at his phone for several seconds, then back up at the building.”
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Smith also was seen at the Irish pub anonymously, with drinkers seemingly unaware they had a millionaire sportsman in their midst. A witness said, “It was quite raucous but all the fun was happening around him and there was loud rock music playing. Steve seemed to be content with just himself for a company though.”
Smith is no stranger to New York having traveled there to join his fiancee Dani Willis in Manhattan after the wake of the ball-tampering saga.
On Sunday Australia slumped to a humiliating 5-0 defeat in the ODI series against England as it happened for the first time for the visitors.
