Steve Smith

Australia star Steve Smith revealed he'd been battling a nasty flu before his innings in sweltering conditions at the MCG.

"I wasn't really thinking too much about my score but it was it was nice to have that partnership with Davey to get us in a nice position." "I was pleased I was able to grind out for as long as I could but I would have liked to have been there a bit longer. "It was a tough day in terms of the heat but also rewarding."

Smith's tattered baggy green has caused quite an uproar on social media. Many fans have called it a sign of “disrespect for a national icon.

He changed the cap in 2002 before retiring in 2004. He has blamed it on the rats in the Galle change room. Overnight he was 30-odd not out playing really nicely and just came out and continued on from where he is left off.” He made his debut in 1985. Smith’s tattered baggy green has caused quite an uproar on social media. I really like the old one, looks like…

Australian batter Steve Smith yet again grabbed the eyeballs for his baggy green after the end of day two's play of the ongoing second Test against South ...

Overnight he was 30-odd not out playing really nicely and just came out and continued on from where he is left off.” He signed off by saying, “He loves batting here at the MCG, and yeah he looked on from ball one yesterday. I really like the old one, looks like…

Steve Smith is one of a number of Australian stars fighting personal injury battles during the second Test...

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Australia's star batter Steve Smith revealed that he was struggling with the flu ahead of the Boxing Day Test against South Africa.

It was an amazing knock and nice to be up the other end for a large chunk of it. The hosts finished Day 2 at 386/3, ahead by 197 runs and in prime position to take a 2-0 series lead. He was like, 'I’m cramping.' I was like, 'Good. It was a tough day in terms of the heat but also rewarding." Smith revealed that he kept encouraging his statemate to keep going despite the cramps, adding: He then went on to score 85 off 161 deliveries as temperatures in Melbourne shot up to 38 degrees, exhausting the players repeatedly.

That was the not-so subtle urgings of Steve Smith to energy-sapped David Warner's cries of cramp as the heat enveloped them both during an epic MCG innings ...

“He certainly saw the ball well today. I think in Sri Lanka I‘ve seen it a few times. “He was like, ‘I’m cramping”. It was just like, ‘keep batting’,” Smith said of their mid-pitch meetings. “A couple of times. I was like, “Good.

Aussie cricket star Steve Smith has revealed he'd been battling a nasty flu when he put on a sensational 239-run partnership with David Warner in sweltering ...

Aussie cricket star Steve Smith (pictured) revealed he'd been battling a nasty flu when he put on a sensational 239-run partnership with David Warner in sweltering conditions at the MCG Smith's 86 on the second day of the Boxing Day Test was overshadowed by Warner's brilliant double century but the 33-year-old revealed his own battle with illness [flu](/health/flu/index.html) when he put on a sensational 239-run partnership with [David Warner](/sport/david-warner/index.html) in sweltering conditions at the MCG.