England followers are once more on the centre of a tempestuous Ashes collection, welcoming Steve Smith to the crease for his one centesimal Test with a barrage of boos.
As tempers fray throughout an emotion-charged and at instances spiteful collection, followers at Headingley jeered the legendary batter onto the bottom on the opening day of the third check.
It comes simply days after the extreme end to the second Test at Lord’s, the place Alex Carey’s controversial stumping of Jonny Bairstow introduced the collection to boiling level.
Smith’s relationship with the passionate English followers have been fractured since he made his return to Test cricket from an 18-month ban on the 2019 World Cup and Ashes collection, within the wake of the sandpaper-gate scandal.
He arrived after England took the early wickets of David Warner and Usman Khawaja, with long-time English antagonist Stuart Broad whipping followers right into a frenzy.
Smith’s stand didn’t final for lengthy. After being welcome to Headingley by a hostile reception he obtained an equally distasteful exit, booed off the bottom once more.
In between instances he scored 22 and was dropped by Bairstow, whose week within the headlines continued with a horror day with the wicket-keeping gloves.
He wasn’t the one Australian to cop it from the English. Captain Pat Cummins misplaced the toss on the morning of day one to a frosty reception that drowned out his pre-match interview.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
