Australian cricket legend Ricky Ponting has been keeping a close eye on Smith’s recent plight at the Test level, with Ricky using the latest episode of The ICC Review to dissect Steve Smith’s current form.

Ricky Ponting gets his crystal ball out as the race to the #WTC23 Final begins to heat up and also looks at who could knock Joe Root off his rankings perch 🔮https://t.co/LVnoogtncB

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Ponting has been closely monitoring Smith’s recent plight at the Test level and hasn’t noticed much of a difference in the way the right-hander is approaching the game.

But he says the opposition sides have better plans on how to tackle Smith and the former Australia captain recently broke an 18-month drought without a century when he played for the second Test against Sri Lanka in Galle. During this, triple figures were reached.

Joe Root’s captaincy as the No. 1 batsman in Tests:-

Root was recently rewarded for his red-ball form when he overtook Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne as the top-order Test batsman, but several leading batsmen across the world are set to overtake the Englishman.

England has three Tests against South Africa next month, where Root will have a chance to extend his lead at the top of the batsmen’s rankings, but after that, he will not play any red-ball cricket until the next day. Will not tour New Zealand in February. year.

“Their record at home is absolutely excellent, they are a very tough team to beat at home as we have just seen with Sri Lanka.

There’s a bit of doom and gloom in Sri Lankan cricket:-

“There’s been a bit of doom and gloom in Sri Lankan cricket over the years. But for them to sit where they are and beat a good Aussies in that Test match a week ago. Is a very good, positive sign for them. moving forward.

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“Talking about Pakistan’s ability to be there consistently and not play much international cricket at home for so long. Shows how passionate they are about the game and what great players that country has. Year after year years to produce.”