Smith has been warned to expect the unexpected as England aim to get him out of his bubble with Bazball
“There’s also a lot of talented bowlers in our changing-room who have worked out ways we can challenge him. I can’t say too much but there’s slightly different plans this time.”, who was subjected to unconventional tactics himself when England deployed Bodyline bowling during their successful 1932-33 Ashes tour.
Stokes kicked things off by deploying six slips during his first Test in charge against New Zealand at Lord’s last June. And his funky, aggressive fields have become just as much of a trademark of Bazball as the team’s high-octane scoring rates with the bat. Smith reaches his century during day two of the World Test Championship final between Australia and India
“What we’ve been good at as a team is we’ve used different approaches, not necessarily hitting the top of off the whole time in getting wickets and finding ways to get 20 wickets in a match,” said Pope. “Steve Smith is a highly-skilled batter but I think for him we might be looking at even quirkier ways to challenge him, test him out and make him as uncomfortable as we possibly can to try and get his wicket. Hopefully we can find a quirky way of really challenging him.
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