Australia coach Justin Langer has said that Steve Smith is in the “best physical condition of his life.” Smith showed ominous form in Australia’s practice matches against New Zealand scoring an unbeaten 91 on Friday to lead Australia to victory. This was after he had scored an unbeaten 89 off 77 balls in the previous match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Langer said one of Smith’s \ngoals when he started serving his one-year ban following the 2018 \nNewlands ball-tampering scandal was to return to the squad in better \nphysical shape. The 48-year-old former opener said that Smith has \ncertainly done that in his time out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I think his skin folds are\n the lowest they’ve ever been and they’re talking elite level,” Langer \ntold SEN. “I certainly slept a lot better last night. It warmed my \nheart, to be honest. I actually watched him on the weekend, he had a \nnets session on Sunday night and I was sitting with a couple of coaches \nand I just said \u2018How good is this kid’.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Langer said that Smith’s\n innings in the second practice match was a “tutorial in batting.” He \nalso stated that David Warner, who is also returning to the squad after a\n one-year ban has done the same. Both players had recently undergone \nelbow surgery with Smith’s being a more serious case than Warner’s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“They’re\n in pretty good shape, they’re not throwing like Nathan Coulter Nile or \nJason Behrendorff at the moment or Glenn Maxwell, but they’re certainly \nworking their way up to it and that’s good for us,” said Langer. \n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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