Dale Steyn believes that Smith’s technique is alien to the coaching manual and has confused even the best of bowlers.
While Steyn didn’t enjoy much success against Smith in Tests, dismissing him only once in seven innings, he is amongst the few to get him out for a duck that came at Port Elizabeth in 2014. Dale Steyn finished his career in Test cricket with 439 wickets in 93 Tests and is South Africa’s highest wicket-taker in Test cricket.
Steyn believes that Smith is in a league of his own and is lucky not to bowl against him in this kind of form.
The speedster compared his weird technique to that of Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who also had a different set of skill-set while batting.
Australian opener David Warner had a forgetful Ashes where he could only score 95 runs from 10 innings. Steyn still considers Warner to be a world-class batsman and would never drop him from his side as he could change the course of a Test match even in a single session.
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