'Smith missed great opportunity to make a statement'
Brendon McCullum, in the Daily Mail, writes that Steven Smith will "look back at the Ben Stokes dismissal at Lord's on Saturday and realise he missed a great opportunity to strike a blow for the spirit of cricket"
07-Sep-2015
"It's probably too early in Steve Smith's captaincy career to appreciate this but one day he'll look back at the Ben Stokes dismissal at Lord's on Saturday and realise he missed a great opportunity to strike a blow for the spirit of cricket," writes New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum in his column for Daily Mail. "We've all done things on the field that we regret later. I know I certainly have. But it was disappointing that Smith had a chance to make a statement about the way he wants his side to play the game and chose to go the other way. Don't get me wrong: winning is important. But the longer you play this game the more you realise that some things are too valuable to spoil."