{"id":1874,"date":"2020-11-27T07:26:24","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T08:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=1874"},"modified":"2020-11-27T10:22:54","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T10:22:54","slug":"smith-backs-his-word-in-memorable-odi-ton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=1874","title":{"rendered":"Smith backs his word in memorable ODI ton"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australian cricket superstar Steve Smith has well and truly "found his hands" after smashing a memorable century in the first ODI against India.<\/a><\/p>\n

Smith and fellow centurion, skipper Aaron Finch, inspired Australia to a total of 374 at the SCG to kick off the Indian Summer, but it was the former Test captain's knock that had the home crowd in raptures.<\/p>\n

After struggling with the bat in self-described below-par stint in the IPL, all eyes were on Smith ahead of the limited-overs series. He had made just 311 runs at 25.91 for Rajasthan Royals, his lowest batting average in eight seasons in the IPL.<\/p>\n

"I was pretty disappointed with my batting throughout the IPL. I wasn't consistent enough," Smith said.<\/p>\n

\"Smith<\/p>\n

"I started well and had a few innings here and there. I never really got in to a really good rhythm."<\/p>\n

But after publicly proclaiming just days out from the series that he had "found his hands" during is 14-day isolation, all eyes were on Smith as he walked out for his first knock against India back on home soil since the ball-tampering saga.<\/p>\n

From there the diminutive batsman let his hands do the talking.<\/p>\n

After surviving an early DRS scare, Smith's mercurial talent shone through as he quickly turned the innings into a masterpiece by striking the third fastest century by an Australian in ODI cricket.<\/p>\n

\"Steve<\/p>\n

Smith took 62 balls to raise the bat with only Glenn Maxwell (51) and James Faulkner (57) quicker.<\/p>\n

As Kerry O'Keeffe said in commentary for Fox Sports, it was the perfect innings from a No 3 batsman, building steadily before unleashing the full array of shots at the back end.<\/p>\n

"This is an innings of the highest calibre," O'Keeffe said.<\/p>\n

"In the end he missed a full toss trying to work it through point.<\/p>\n

"And I think it's a measure of his hunger that after a brilliant hundred he's so disappointed."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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