Sydney, Oct. 19 (ANI): Australia's new leg-spinning hope Steve Smith says that he is biding his time for a permanent national squad berth, knowing that sooner or later he will make the grade.
Smith knows of the need to deliver in a style substantially removed from the Australian slow bowling tradition on sub-continental pitches.
Experience for NSW in last year's Twenty20 Champions League, plus numerous turn-outs for Centre of Excellence touring sides, will aid Smith's quest for the right pace both on this tour and in the future.
"It's a little bit different (to Australia)," he said.
"For me personally I need to identify how the wicket's playing, how fast or slow it is. It's something big for me to identify that and identify the pace I need to bowl from there," the Sydney Morning herald quoted Smith, as saying.
"Bowling over here a couple of times you bowl into the wickets a bit more ... it sort of sticks into the wicket a little more and turns out of there. So it's a little bit different and takes some getting used to," he added.
"I'd like to become a genuine all rounder down the track so scoring runs whenever I can is going to be good for me to get my best foot forward ... something I want to do is bat in the top six at some point. But at the moment it's probably going to be my spin that'll give me a game," Smith said. (ANI)
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