An injury might have ruled him out of the Big Bash League (BBL), but Steve Smith is determined to make every game count. The Australian captain said that he wants to play as many games as possible. Smith currently, is being monitored as he is Australia’s most decisive batsman going into the ODI series against India. “I’d love to be a part of the World Cup and the T20s here at home as well, so we’ll wait and see how the rest of the summer goes, hopefully I’ll be fine to play those,” said an eager Smith.
“I’d love to play every game,” Smith said. “This little break’s going to be good for me to make sure I can sustain it and I’m just looking forward to everything else coming up, and hopefully be out in the field every game. “I’d have loved to be out here today [for the Sixers] but the rest will do me the world of good. There’s plenty on for the rest of the summer and going forward, so a little break’s not a bad thing for me and good to go for Boxing Day. It’s been good, nice to spend a little bit of time at home and just unwind and do all that.”
Opening up about his injury, Smith said, “It popped up in the one-dayers after the Ashes and it’s sort of stuck around. It feels ok and then if I dive and land on it just irritates it a bit, so I’ve been doing that a little bit.””I guess its fine going at 90%, it’s just if I have to go at 100% it’s a little bit sore. That’s why I’m not playing the T20s because I’m a pretty competitive guy and it’s a pretty fast-paced game and you’ve got to go 100% to do well in this format.”