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Steve Smith expressed uncertainty about his 2027 Ashes participation due to age, despite Australia's dominant home series win. Mitchell Starc and Travis Head shone in the 4-1 triumph. Smith praised Alex Carey's wicketkeeping and highlighted the squad's sustained consistency and depth,
Even the control tower at Sydney Airport would struggle to provide a radar system as sensitive as Steve Smith’s faculties. Here is a man capable of being disturbed at the crease by the rustle of distant biscuit wrappers,
The dust has barely settled on Australia’s triumphant Ashes campaign but Steve Smith is already eyeing more cricket.
The twin unscaled peaks of Test series wins in India and England loom large for Australia’s ageing trophy hunters after another comprehensive home Ashes triumph.
On the other hand, Travis Head scored his first hundred at the SCG. He now has a century at all seven venues in Australia where he has played. Only four others scored hundreds at seven Australian venues - Steve Waugh, Matthew Hayden, Justin Langer and David Warner.
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