AUS vs PAK: Smith Misses Team Bus, Runs 3 km To Punish Himself For Getting Out Cheaply

Smith failed to perform against Pakistan with the bat. He scored just 4 runs before getting bowled by spinner Yasir Shah

Former Australian skipper Steve Smith may have notched up the top spot ICC Test batsmen’s ranking following his Ashes heroics but he couldn’t do much with the bat against Pakistan in the recently-concluded first Test at Gabba. Smith made a roaring comeback to Test cricket as he scored a whopping 774 runs at an average of 110.57 in the Ashes series this year. However, he failed to continue the same rhythm against Pakistan and scored just 4 runs before falling against Yasir Shah. After the end of the 1st Test on Sunday, Smith punished himself by running all the way back from the Gabba stadium to the team hotel as he missed the team bus. “I always punish myself when I get no runs, just like I reward myself when I score runs with a chocolate bar at the end of the night if I get a hundred,” Smith said on Tuesday. “So yeah, if I get no runs I always like to have a run or go to the gym or do something just to give myself a bit of a punishment,” he added. Smith also reacted to the Yasir’s send who signalled ‘7’ after rattling the former’s stump.

Yasir Shah has now dismissed Steve Smith seven times in Test cricket - and knows it! #AUSvPAK pic.twitter.com/ykTqg1imIS

— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) November 23, 2019

“Yasir's send-off has given him extra motivation to be more careful in the 2nd Test, which will be a Pink ball affair in Adelaide, played from November 29 to December 3. “I feel the times he (Yasir Shah) has got me out, I have been on a few runs. I have been slogging in a couple of second innings ones where I was playing some funky shots and stuff so I'm not too worried. It (the send-off) gave me a bit more motivation next game to not get out to him. So, I will probably be a little bit more disciplined against him,” he added.