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Australia captain Tim Paine has heaped praises on his teammate Steve Smith and termed the 30-year-old a genius following his brilliant run in the ongoing Ashes.
Smith has hit three centuries so far in Ashes 2019 helping Australia take an unassailable 2-1 lead in the five-match series. The 30-year-old right-hander has amassed a total of 671 runs in five innings so far, nearly the double of what the second-best has in eight innings (Ben Stokes, 354 runs).
“Anyone who’s watched (Smith) bat in the last three or four years knows the talent and the skill and the hunger that he has got,” cricket.com.au quoted Paine as saying on Sunday evening.
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“People don’t see how driven he is and how much he trains, eats and sleeps batting. He is just a genius and I never had any doubt that he would come back and be the player that he was.
“The scary thing is he’s getting better,” he added.
The Australian skipper further said that the team was just ecstatic and was enjoying Smith’s return to international cricket.
“I don’t know where it’s going to stop but we are enjoying being along for the ride with him, that is for sure.”
Australia take on England in the final match of the series from Thursday at the Oval.
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