Australia batter Steve Smith on Wednesday backed under-fire David Warner to seek out Test kind, saying the opener tends of doing effectively when his “back’s up against the wall”.
Warner has been struggling within the longest format of the sport. His final Test century got here virtually three years in the past.
The opener might handle solely three runs, which included a golden duck, within the first Test in opposition to South Africa, which the hosts received by six wickets inside two days.
Prior to the primary Test in opposition to the Proteas, he had scores of 5, 48, 21, 28 within the 4 innings this summer time.
“You only have to look back a (few) weeks ago (to) a one-day game out here (at the MCG) against England, he scored 100 on what was a pretty tough wicket,” Smith was quoted as saying by Australian Associated Press (AAP).
“We’ve seen David when his back’s up against the wall, he’s done pretty well.” Warner had undergone an analogous hunch forward of the T20 World Cup final yr however the 36-year-old had turned it round in unbelievable trend to assist Australia win their maiden T20 World Cup. He was additionally adjudged participant of the event.
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“It doesn’t matter what format of the game, Davey always plays in a pretty similar way, which has been the beauty of him in Test cricket, being able to take the game on from ball one,” Smith stated.
“Sometimes it doesn’t work, and he hasn’t had a great deal of luck lately.” While Warner needs to play in India and the Ashes subsequent yr, if his woeful kind continues, the Southpaw is more likely to be dropped kind the Test aspect.
Australia will tackle South Africa within the second Test starting right here on Monday.