Smith strolled off the Gabba with 141 after tea on day three, having pushed his team to 328 and a slender lead over England's first innings 302. England then lost two wickets to be 33 for two and leave an enthralling test match still very much in the balance. "The less balls we can bowl at Steve Smith, the more balls we can bowl to batsmen at the other end, and the better for us." "You can so easily lose four-five wickets and that’s the test match gone in those sessions. "It was just proper theatre wasn’t it, proper test match cricket.

Source: The Star November 25, 2017 09:56 UTC