Smith was the difference with his defiant unbeaten 141 in Australia’s 10-wicket win over England in the first Brisbane Test. Anderson, who looms as England’s big hope in Saturday’s historic first-ever Ashes day-night Test at Adelaide Oval, is hoping quicker pitch conditions will help the tourists’ cause. “Obviously, the plans to him, I wouldn’t say they didn’t work, but we didn’t get him out, so they worked to an extent,” said Anderson. It took 261 deliveries for Smith to reach triple figures in Brisbane in what was the slowest of his 21st Test centuries in terms of balls faced. But there’s still that small matter of someone getting 140 which we need to deal with.”Read full story

Source: The Express Tribune November 30, 2017 13:52 UTC