Alex Carey reacts to Allan Border calling out Steve Smith's 'ridiculous' act in 1st Test

Australian wicketkeeper Alex Carey has responded to legendary Allan Border’s cryptic remarks about Steve Smith for his hand gestures during India vs Australia, first Test match in Nagpur. Speaking on Fox Cricket, after Australia’s loss by innings and 132 runs in Nagpur, Border suggested Aussie side lacked aggression and criticized Smith for his ‘thumbs up’ gesture while batting for Ravindra Jadeja. former Aussie skipper was seen giving thumbs up whenever he faced a good ball.

As per Sydney Morning Herald, reacting to Border’s comments, Carey said, “We highly respect Allan Border. I guess among group, guys do it differently. We come up against se players a lot. You're probably alluding to Steve Smith comment more than any but, you kw, he's mates with a lot of m”.

“y're obviously strong comments”

“And that's way he [Smith] plays. He does it in all situations. He plays around with his hands and does all that stuff. And I think that's probably what gets him pretty focused. y're obviously strong comments but, as a group, we believe in what we're doing and come second Test we're ready to put a few learnings into place,” Carey furr explained. 

What did Allan Border say about Steve Smith?

As reported earlier, speaking on Fox Sports, Donald expressed disappointment with Smith and said, “What hell is going on? That is just ridiculous. Don’t go stupid, but Australia play hard se cricket. We’re even giving someone thumbs up … bloody hell. re’s so many scars re w, it’s going to be a tough few days. You can talk talk, but ultimately boys with bat in hand and ball in hand have got to do job”.

“It’s going to be hard to find a way, but y’ve just got to do it. A big, soul-searching dressing room drink-a-thon tonight, just to try to thrash something out. That’s as bad as we can play, re’s only one way to go from here,” he added. Border-Gavaskar Trophy has been partly named after former Australian captain Allan Border, who is revered figure in Australian cricket. 

It is pertinent to mention that Australia was dominated by Indian spin bowlers during Nagpur Test. Ravindra Jadeja took a fifer in first innings of match, while R Ashwin took a three-wicket haul. In third innings, Ashwin registered a five-for, whereas Jadeja tched up three wickets, bowling out Aussies on 91 runs.