{"id":248755,"date":"2025-10-29T13:47:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T13:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/248755\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T13:47:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T13:47:11","slug":"australia-vs-england-ashes-news-steve-smith-david-warner-video-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/248755\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia vs England, Ashes news, Steve Smith, David Warner, video, highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Test opener David Warner has backed Steve Smith to score \u201cfive centuries\u201d against England this summer, predicting the Australian vice-captain will finish his career as the undisputed best since Bradman.<\/p>\n

After skipping the start of the Sheffield Shield summer to enjoy a brief holiday in New York, Smith announced his return to competitive cricket with a century for New South Wales, hitting 118 against Queensland at the Gabba.<\/p>\n

The 36-year-old struck 20 boundaries and a six during his 176-ball knock, guiding the Blues towards 5-349 at stumps on day two.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf that man Steve Smith can score big runs (this summer), they\u2019ll be fine,\u201d Warner told Fox Cricket\u2019s coverage on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Smith gets on a roll and he starts scoring runs, it\u2019s going to be a challenge for England.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Asked whether Smith will finish his career as Australia\u2019s second-best batter behind Sir Donald Bradman, Warner suggested he could achieve that recognition by the end of this summer\u2019s Ashes campaign.<\/p>\n

\u201cI reckon he\u2019s got five centuries in him,\u201d Warner declared.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe only had one (net session) the other day and came out and scored a hundred today; that\u2019s Steve Smith.\u201d<\/p>\n

Smith currently has 36 Test hundreds, five less than Australian legend Ricky Ponting on 41, the nationl record.<\/p>\n

Warner also predicted that Smith, who retired from ODIs earlier this year, would continue playing Test cricket through to the 2027 Border-Gavaskar Trophy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe one thing missing from him is winning in India,\u201d Warner said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe knows his body now, he knows what he\u2019s capable of \u2013 if he wants to get to that Indian series, he will.\u201d<\/p>\n

Steve Smith of New South Wales. Photo by Bradley Kanaris\/Getty ImagesSource: Getty Images<\/p>\n

Indian legend Ravi Shastri warned that Smith would flourish as captain \u2014 the right-hander, who will lead Australia in the absence of the wounded Pat Cummins \u2014 averages 112.28 in Ashes Tests as skipper.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s always amazed me about Steve \u2026 is his ability to adapt to different conditions and improvise, even in the middle of a series, sometimes in the middle of an innings,\u201d Shastri said.<\/p>\n

\u201c(Captaincy) will get the best out of him, that\u2019s for sure.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019ll be tuned on, absolutely.\u201d<\/p>\n

Warner added: \u201cHe\u2019s still learning.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf he\u2019s still learning, god help everybody else.\u201d<\/p>\n

The first Ashes Test between Australia and England gets underway at Perth Stadium on November 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Test opener David Warner has backed Steve Smith to score \u201cfive centuries\u201d against England this summer, predicting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248756,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2095,143926,1724,64,63,689,18754,1208,2057,3738,1209,133409,147605,673,1025,2041,2067,3583,677,1948,701,21530,91336,28637,11341,12540,85,18784,5338,2614],"class_list":["post-248755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-america","tag-ashes-news","tag-asia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-david-warner","tag-england","tag-europe","tag-fox-sports","tag-india","tag-indian-legend","tag-indian-series","tag-new-south-wales","tag-new-york","tag-north-america","tag-northern-america","tag-northern-europe","tag-oceania","tag-pat-cummins","tag-queensland","tag-ravi-shastri","tag-scoring-runs","tag-sir-donald-bradman","tag-south-wales","tag-southern-asia","tag-sports","tag-steven-smith","tag-the-gabba","tag-united-states-of-america"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}