SA vs AUS: Michael Clarke feels Steve Smith should NEVER captain Australia again

Former Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke has suggested that his predecessor Steve Smith would probably never get an opportunity to captain Australia ever again. 38-year-old World Cup-winning Australian captain believes that Australian team should be led by pace bowler Pat Cummins. Cummins is currently vice-captain of Australia in red-ball format and has been dominating Test charts across world.

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Will Steve Smith ever captain Australia again? Michael Clarke doesn't think so

After ball-tampering disaster at Newlands hampered Australian cricket in March 2018, n captain Steve Smith was banned from cricket for a year and denied any leadership role in Australian side for two years. latter is about to come to an end and Steve Smith will soon be eligible to captain Australia again. Here is where former Australia Test skipper Michael Clarke believes that Smith should decline an offer to captain Australia again and Pat Cummins should be handed role instead.

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Talking on an Australian morning sports show, where he serves as an analyst, Michael Clarke said that albiet unconventional, bowling all-rounder Pat Cummins should be appointed as new skipper of Australia across all formats since his reading of game is impeccable. Clarke added that although he ackwledges that Steve Smith is Australia's best batsmen, he is t best captaincy material for national team. former Test captain added that Australian stereotype of a batsman being a captain need to be challenged.

Clarke also thanked current captains, Tim Paine (Test) and Aaron Finch (T20I, ODI), for ir contributions and vital performances and felt that end of this year would be perfect time for m to relinquish ir captaincy duties. Australia will host India and ors in T20 World Cup in Australia and later, India visit for Border-Gavaskar trophy and Clarke insisted both skippers to retire from captaincy at end of se series. 

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Steve Smith first captained Australia in 2015 and went on to captain 93 games for Australia across formats. In 34 Tests he captained, Australia won 18 and drew 6. He was an accomplice in ball-tampering scandal of 2018 where Cameron Bancroft was caught roughing up ball with sandpaper at Newlands. Vice-captain David Warner received a penalty similar to Smith's. 

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Australian team is currently playing South Africa in an away SA vs AUS ODI series where y are currently trailing, 0-1. ir next match is on Wednesday, March 4. SA vs AUS Live Telecast in India is available on Sony SIX and Sony SIX HD. South Africa vs Australia live Streaming is available on Sony LIV.

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