Aus vs NZ: New Zealand brag about decoding Steve Smith's weakness after Perth 'failures'

New Zealand coach Gary Stead is determined on looking at positives after losing to Australia in first Test at Perth by 296 runs. Stead said that dismissing batting great Steve Smith early in both innings of match was one such positive. Australia secured a victory without any major contribution from Smith, which may be encouraging for hosts but New Zealand had satisfaction of successfully executing ir plan of using short ball against Smith.

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right-hander fell for scores of just 43 and 16, which is way below lofty standards he has set for himself. He is yet to score a Test fifty in Australia's home summer, making it longest wait for him to reach milestone so far. Earlier at World Cup this year, Kiwis mand to dismiss Smith for just 5 runs after he was spectacularly caught at leg gully by Martin Guptill. In Perth, he picked out fielder who was stationed at exact same position of a short ball once again before pulling to deep backward square leg in second, both times off bowling of Neil Wagner.

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Steve Smith worked out? Gary Stead comments

New Zealand coach added that re has been a lot of planning gone into decoding Steve Smith's weakness and that any time he is dismissed for a score below his aver of 64, is probably a good thing. However, Stead warned his Kiwi side that Smith will t take this lying down. He urged m to have more backup plans to continue ir success against Australian great in 2 Test matches to follow in Melbourne and Sydney. 

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Stead continued that having plans and executing m over a long period is a completely different ball game. He emphasized on pride he has for New Zealanders for sticking to ir plans. second Test between Australia and New Zealand will begin on Boxing Day, December 26 at  Melbourne Cricket Ground.

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