Steve Smith gets a duck for the first time in three years – India Today, Indiatoday.in

Steve Smith broke multiple records at the 2019 Ashes series. (IANS Photo)

HIGHLIGHTS

• Steve Smith was dismissed for duck as he returned to the Sheffield Shield
• This was Smith’s first duck in first class cricket since November 2016
• Smith earlier scored 774 runs in the four Ashes Tests

After a successful Ashes campaign where he racked up 774 runs in four Tests against England, Steve Smith was dismissed for a duck as he returned to the Sheffield Shield on Thursday.

Smith scored two hundreds and a double hundred in the Ashes series at a Bradman-esque average of 110. 57 a s he finished the series with scores of 144 & 142; 92; 211 & 82; 80 & 23. In the process, he also surpassed India captain Virat Kohli as the top ranked batsman in the ICC Test Rankings.

However while batting for New South Wales, Smith was removed for a fifth-ball duck by Queensland and American pacer Cameron Gannon as the Australian edged a wide ball to Joe Burns at the slip.

This was Smith’s first duck in first class cricket since November 2016.

Turns out Steve Smith is human after all! Out for a duck on a day of# SheffieldShieldcarnage at the Gabbapic.twitter.com/9LI8VPga8x

cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) (October) , 2019

Gannon, who got the precious wicket of world’s best Test batsman, was banned from bowling after his action was found illegal. However, the 30 – year-old returned with a changed action and also made his international debut for the United States in the Americas qualifier for the ICC T 20 World Cup.

Returning to Test cricket in the Ashes series after serving one-year ban for his involvement in the ball-tampering incident, Smith became the highest run-scorer in a single Test series in the 21 st century. Incidentally, on his way to 774 runs, Smith went past his own record of scoring 769 runs against India during the 2014 – (Border-Gavaskar series).

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