Published 12:10 IST, November 19th 2019

Steve Smith's Ashes heroics captured magnificently by Cricket Australia in recent video

In a video that Cricket Australia posted on their Twitter, Australian players talked about the genius of Steve Smith and how he has scripted his return.

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Steve Smith has made a marvellous return to international cricket since his ban in 2018. Smith made a whopping 774 runs in this year's Ashes series and solidified his im as arguably world's best Test batsman. Cricket Australia hyped up ir first home Test series of new season by posting a video on ir Twitter.

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Smith is on a different level

video which was posted on Cricket Australia's social media focused on contribution Steve Smith has made to Australian cricket and his teammates who can still t believe how fidgety right-handed batsman mans to do it. Smith made a fantastic return to Australian Test team after being ousted in 2018 because of ball-tampering incident that involved captain Smith, vice-captain David Warner, and batsman Cameron Bancroft. Smith made his Test return for Australia in Ashes of 2019 and dominated entire series.

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In video, teammates like current Australian Test captain Tim Paine, ODI captain Aaron Finch, vice-captain Pat Cummins and or Australian stars reflect on how Smith is peculiar in way that he treats his batting and how he still mans to be best in world. Smith is currently World 1 Test batsman according to latest ICC rankings. He is currently first with 937 points, followed by Indian maestro Virat Kohli who has 912 points.

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Smith had a spectacular Ashes series, earlier this year, as he helped Aussies retain urn. In his very first match, Smith made 144 in first innings and 142 in second innings. Smith suffered a concussion in second Test and still went on to score 92. He returned in fourth Test to score 211 and become first batsman to score more than 500 runs in three successive Ashes series. Smith ended Ashes with 774 runs, most runs scored by any batsman in an Ashes series since 1989. Australia will w begin its home season by taking on Pakistan in two Tests with first one being played at Gabba in Brisbane on vember 21.

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09:26 IST, November 19th 2019