Smith hit the first one for four before missing a ramp, prompting the Barbados-born bowler to have a few words.<\/p>\n
However, it took just one sentence for the stand-in skipper to sum up England\u2019s efforts.<\/p>\n
\u201cBowl fast when there\u2019s nothing going on, champion,\u201d he delivered, the words etched into Ashes folklore by the stump mic.<\/p>\n
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Steve Smith has fired off an epic sledge to Jofra Archer. Credit: Darrian Traynor\/Getty Images<\/p>\n
Archer went short at the body again next ball but could only watch as Smith top edged one for four and then sent the next over fine leg for a maximum, much to the delight of the Gabba fans.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt just felt like a chance to play a few shots,\u201d Smith said post-game.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was obviously bowling pretty quick to the short boundary behind, and I thought I\u2019d try and hit a few up and get a hold of a couple.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were in a nice spot there and tried to finish it quick.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat stays on the field, but nah, it was good banter. He\u2019s a good competitor, he comes hard at you, and it\u2019s good fun.\u201d<\/p>\n
Steve Smith took an all-time catch to set Australia on the path to victory on Day 4 in Brisbane.<\/p>\n
Smith then hit the winning runs off Gus Atkinson with a six over square leg.<\/p>\n
Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting loved the exchange and emphatically backed Smith\u2019s response.<\/p>\n
\u201cI like it,\u201d he said on Channel 7 commentary.<\/p>\n
\u201cJofra\u2019s finally come to life. Six days into the series, and the Test match is gone, he starts chirping.<\/p>\n
\u201cToo late for that, champ. That\u2019s what Smithy said to him as well: \u2018Bowl quick now mate when the game\u2019s over, good on ya\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019ve all started. Too late, boys. You\u2019ve had your chance for four days. You haven\u2019t been good enough, and it\u2019s too late to start.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Steve Smith has fired off an epic sledge as he maintained his dominance over English firebrand Jofra Archer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":333146,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[740,43,44,588,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-333145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-cricket","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-sport","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333145","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=333145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}