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Steve Smith desires for captaincy, Justin Langer shuts him down

by
Zainab Shafiq
March 30, 2021

Steve Smith, the former skipper of the Australia Cricket Team, is not on the agenda of Cricket Australia (CA) for appointing him as a captain once again.

Interacting with the media, Smith revealed that he would not miss any opportunity if comes his way. Notably, Smith suffered a twelve-month ban along with at that time’s vice-captain, David Warner for being involved in a ball-tampering scandal.

CA told that Smith had knowledge of the tampering scandal but did not stop Cameron Bancroft. The incident was spotted in South Africa when Bancroft was spotted on screen roughing the ball surface.

Bancroft, who actually tampered with the ball, was banned for nine months, whereas, the CA announced that David can no more be holding any high-authority leadership in the team.

Steve Smith desires for captaincy, Justin Langer shuts him down

“I guess now I’ve got to a point where if the opportunity did come up again I would be keen. If it was what Cricket Australia wanted and it was what was best for the team at the time, it’s certainly something I would be interested in. I’m always going to have to live with Cape Town regardless of whether I lead again or not. It’s always there. Time keeps moving forward, and I’ve learned so much the last few years about myself and grown as a human being,”

As Smith desires for captaincy, the head coach of the team, Justin Langer says that they already have the best two captains available and do not have any such vacancy.

“We have two very good captains and two important competitions coming up – an Ashes and a T20 World Cup. Our future looks good. Despite the media chatter, there is no captaincy position available,”