Justin Langer Defends Steve Smith

Australian coach Justin Langer, while defending Steve Smith, said “As for Steve Smith, I literally cannot believe some of the rubbish I’ve read — an absolute load of rubbish.” The Australian coach went on to add that, “I mean, anyone who knows Steve Smith, he is a bit quirky… and we have all laughed about it for the last couple of years. What Steve Smith does at the crease he does it probably most games, he’s just thinking about the game. Anyone who suggests for one millisecond he was trying to do something untoward, they’re way out of line. On that wicket, that was that flat, and it was like concrete, you’d need 15-inch spikes to make an indent on the crease and he went nowhere near the crease.” He felt the whole blame which Smith copped was pretty ludicrous.