From slog to sweet spot: T20 a big hit

20 March 2016 - 02:01
By TELFORD VICE

Cricket saw a flash of the future in the 13th over of the third T20 between South Africa and Australia at Newlands a dozen days ago, and it worked. Dale Steyn's yorker flew flat and fiery at Steve Smith's feet. Would he dig it out? Would stumps be smashed? Would bones be broken?Instead, Smith opened his legs, closed the face of his bat, and squirted the ball between his feet to fine leg for four with a stroke as deliberate as it was outrageous.

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