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Smith could move back down order

Chief among the questions for Australia's new captain Steven Smith to ponder is where he will bat now he has control over the order of positions

14-Aug-2015•Daniel Brettig

'Mature' Warner ready for added responsibility

David Warner will speak with the Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland and hopes he can win over "the boss" as he has done the selectors and the board to become Steven Smith's vice-captain

14-Aug-2015•Daniel Brettig

Warner appointed Steven Smith's deputy

David Warner's image makeover has been rewarded with his appointment as Steven Smith's lieutenant after Michael Clarke announced his retirement from international cricket

14-Aug-2015•Daniel Brettig

Smith foiled by England's swingers

Australia's captain-elect Steven Smith admits he has been drawn into playing strokes too often by the English skill of bending the ball on both directions

10-Aug-2015•Daniel Brettig in Nottingham

Can Steven Smith be the great unifier?

10-Aug-2015•Daniel Brettig in Nottingham

Clarke removes captain's mask

Michael Clarke's insistence before this match that he would not retire was a mask he wore to shield Australia's Ashes squad from the doubts he was feeling about his future every time he came to the batting crease

08-Aug-2015•Daniel Brettig at Trent Bridge

Clarke's tribute to Rogers and Smith

Australia's captain Michael Clarke believes the hardy union of Chris Rogers and Steven Smith on the first day of the Lord's Test was the performance that decided the match

19-Jul-2015•Daniel Brettig at Lord's

England in a hole after Smith's 215

Steven Smith scored 215 in the first innings at Lord's. By the end of day two, there was no guarantee England's entire team would manage that many

17-Jul-2015•The Report by Brydon Coverdale

Smith questions Bayliss' tactics

Australia's vice-captain Steven Smith has followed up his unbeaten stand of 259 with Chris Rogers by delivering a verbal whack to his former state coach Trevor Bayliss

16-Jul-2015•Daniel Brettig at Lord's

Rogers and Smith lead Australia plunder

Chris Rogers and Steven Smith placed Australia in a dominant position on the first day at Lord's, where they reached 337 for 1 at stumps

16-Jul-2015•The Report by Brydon Coverdale

Smith concedes top spot; career-bests for Root, Broad

Steven Smith has conceded the top spot in the Test batting rankings after an underwhelming display in the first Ashes Test against England in Cardiff

12-Jul-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

Ageing Australia seek to overturn England's home Ashes hold

ESPNcricinfo previews the opening Test of the Investec Ashes which takes place in Cardiff, the scene of a dramatic outcome in 2009

07-Jul-2015•Andrew McGlashan

Smith aims to silence England doubters

Steven Smith has named Ian Bell and Kevin Pietersen as two of his chief verbal tormentors on Australia's last Ashes tour to England, and is determined to silence any remaining doubters with a pile of runs from No. 3 this summer.

04-Jul-2015•Daniel Brettig

Australia tick boxes but Bell-Drummond's ton reinforces Test future

Victory soon after tea, runs and wickets for pretty much everyone and an ahead-of-schedule bus departure for Essex made this a more or less perfect warm-up fixture for the Australians

28-Jun-2015•Daniel Brettig in Canterbury

Broad senses opportunity with Smith at 3

Ahead of the Ashes some in the England camp feel the decision to promote Steven Smith to No. 3 in the batting order may weaken a significant strength in the Australian line-up

27-Jun-2015•George Dobell

Confident Smith limbers up for Ashes

No matter what the bowlers do, right now the only man in the world who can get Steven Smith out is, well, Steven Smith

26-Jun-2015•Daniel Brettig in Canterbury

Shaun Marsh makes his pitch for Test retention

Shaun Marsh began his Ashes tour with a century against Kent to stake a claim for retaining his spot in the Test side but there were also runs for Chris Rogers

25-Jun-2015•Daniel Brettig in Canterbury

England must 'nullify' Starc - Swann

Australia may be strong favourites to retain the Ashes, but Graeme Swann believes there is little to fear from them

21-Jun-2015•George Dobell

Smith takes No. 1 Test batting ranking

Steven Smith has jumped to the top of the ICC's Test batting rankings, the first Australian since Michael Clarke in 2012 to hold the No.1 position

15-Jun-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

Smith and Lyon strengthen Australia's grip

Steven Smith was lbw to Jerome Taylor on 199, his career-best score, as Australia were dismissed for 399 after lunch at Sabina Park. Taylor's figures of 6 for 47 were also a career best

12-Jun-2015•The Report by George Binoy

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