{"id":332758,"date":"2025-12-07T12:37:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T12:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/332758\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T12:37:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T12:37:17","slug":"jofra-archer-torn-to-shreds-as-steve-smith-smashes-winning-runs-after-perfect-sledge-too-late-boys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/332758\/","title":{"rendered":"Jofra Archer torn to shreds as Steve Smith smashes winning runs after perfect sledge: \u2018Too late, boys\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Steve Smith<\/a> has inflicted the knockout blow in his latest Ashes<\/a> bout with England fast bowler Jofra Archer.<\/p>\n

Sunday night\u2019s chapter in the story of Smith versus Archer was the spiciest written yet, with the pair exchanging words during the dying stages of a Test in which Australia thumped England by eight wickets at the Gabba.<\/p>\n

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Archer infamously forced Smith out of the 2019 Ashes Test at Lord\u2019s when he hit him on the head during a fierce spell of short-pitched bowling.<\/p>\n

But despite Smith having sit out of the rest of that game and the next with concussion, and the hysteria that surrounded Archer\u2019s express spell that day, the England quick has to this day still never dismissed Smith from 222 deliveries in Test cricket.<\/p>\n

They have faced off since then \u2014 albeit sparingly, mostly due to Archer\u2019s constant battle with injuries \u2014 but never with as much heat as what permeated the already humid Brisbane air in the night session of Day 4 of the second Test.<\/p>\n

Chasing just 65 to win, Smith came out to bat at No.4 with only 24 runs left to get, eight wickets in the shed, and a result that was beyond doubt.<\/p>\n

But the state of the game belied the level of its tension and drama when Archer started breathing fire with 150km\/h thunderbolts coming out of his hand.<\/p>\n

Up to the task, Smith slapped him for two boundaries and a six in the ninth over of the innings, which was when hostilities exploded.<\/p>\n

\"SteveSteve Smith and Jofra Archer went head-to-head. Credit: Channel 7\"ButBut it was Smith who got the better of Archer. Credit: Channel 7<\/p>\n

It was at that point, having been well below his best throughout the series until then, that Archer decided to start verbally sledging Smith.<\/p>\n

The Aussie stand-in skipper came right back at Archer, noting that he was \u201cbowling fast when there\u2019s nothing going on, champion\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like it, I like it,\u201d Ricky Ponting said of Smith\u2019s response to Archer.<\/p>\n

\u201cJofra\u2019s finally come to life, six days into the series, when the second Test match is gone \u2014 he starts chirping. Too late for that, champ.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what Smithy said to him as well, \u2018Bowling quick now, mate, when the game is over \u2014 good on ya\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow they\u2019ve all started. Too late, boys. You\u2019ve had your chance for four days.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou haven\u2019t been good enough, (and) it\u2019s too late to start.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"AustraliaAustralia go 2-0 up after the fireworks of the last half hour. Credit: Darrian Traynor\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

England skipper Ben Stokes got involved and tensions were at boiling point, but they were turned down to a simmer just moments later because Smith smashed the winning runs over the fence off Gus Atkinson and the game was done and dusted.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s worth reminding the world,\u201d Ponting noted, \u201cthat Steve Smith\u2019s record against Jofra Archer…\u201d, he began saying, before letting an on-screen graphic \u2014 which pointed out that Archer has never dismissed Smith \u2014 do the talking.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not going to say anything because I don\u2019t want to jinx it, I\u2019m just going to let everyone read exactly what it is,\u201d Ponting said of Archer\u2019s frankly poor record against Smith.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe perception going around, certainly around the UK, is that Archer\u2019s had the wood on Steve Smith \u2014 well, that is factually incorrect.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s game-on now. This is what Ashes cricket\u2019s all about. The hairs on the back of my neck are standing up, I can tell you that right now,\u201d he added, before play had finished.<\/p>\n

Dramatic and abrasive as it was, England\u2019s last-minute surge of energy baffled Ponting for its irrelevant and utterly meaningless timing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I\u2019m really interested here is what Ben Stokes actually thinks about what\u2019s happening right now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cDeep down, as the England captain, when he\u2019s probably been asking for this right the way through the series, where\u2019s it been? Why can they just all of a sudden turn up and do it now?\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked after play what was said out on the field, Smith said \u201cthat stays on the field\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was good banter, he\u2019s a good competitor, he comes hard at you, so it was good fun,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Australia take a 2-0 lead heading into Adelaide, with Pat Cummins and probably Nathan Lyon still to come back into this side, plus Josh Hazlewood not far behind them.<\/p>\n

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