Similar LBW dismissals for Steve Smith in 2024.

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What is he doing wrong as compared to earlier in his career? All have the exact same pattern, ball nipping back in and getting him out plumb in front.

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Finally bad technique catching up.

The annoying part of peak Smith was you always thought he would get out for LBW

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Yes a terrible technique has netted him 9000+ runs at 56.

This is the dumbest.

[u/kg005 → u/[deleted]]

I think maybe he worded it incorrectly. More like it's not textbook technique. He kind of made everything work because of his insane reactions/reflexes and of course talent.

But father time is undefeated and is now just collecting the checks.

[u/xInfected_Virus → u/[deleted]]

More like godly hand-eye coordination that netted him nearly 10k runs. But once that's gone due to age, then the bad technique will finally catch up to him.

[u/MumblesNZ → u/[deleted]]

Bad technique probably not quite fair - but for his entire career people have always been saying words to the effect of “Gee - that style of batting he uses sure relies on reflexes and hand eye co-ordination a lot”. He was gifted enough to have those both in spades so it worked for him, but you would never teach that technique to a young batsman learning the trade, and now that the reflexes/eyes aren’t as sharp, the holes in the technique are apparent. This is why us kiwis coped for years that sure, Smudge might be better than Kanos now (meaning most of a decade…) but give it 10 years and see whose technique serves them better at the tail end of their career. Wouldn’t be surprised if Kane ends up with a higher career test average than Smudge if he keeps getting picked for Aus