September 11, 2022
Smith leads with a century to take Australia to a strong position
There was no fairytale finish with the club for Aaron Finch but Steven Smith, who’ll be a contender to be the new ODI captain, collected a superb hundred- forming a century stand with Marnus Labuschagne- as Australia crushed another tricky launch against the new ball to post what felt a redoubtable aggregate on the former substantiation of this series in Cairns. Smith’s 12th ODI century came from 127 deliveries, the slowest of his career, but his alternate fifty took just 46 balls as he shifted gears having maundered much like a Test match in the first half of the innings. It was the first century made in this run of six matches against …