‘I don’t like waiting to bat……’ – Steve Smith’s hilarious answer on why he chose to open in Tests for Australia

Australia’s star cricketer Steve Smith has recently revealed his decision to take up the opening spot in Test cricket for his side. Notably, the 34-year-old cricketer will now open the innings in Test cricket after David Warner retires from the longest format of the game. The star cricketer was batting at number four in Test cricket and gained huge success while in the middle order.

The stylish right-handed batter had a hilarious take when he was asked about the top-order position. In addition, the great batter revealed that he didn’t want to wait much for his turn in Test cricket, which pushed him to go to the top position.

“Since I guess Marnus [Labuschagne] has been playing at No. 3, I’ve been waiting to bat for quite a long time and I don’t like waiting to bat. So I thought, why don’t I put my hand up and have a crack up top and that way you can get Cameron Green in and you’re playing your six best batters so hopefully it works out,” Steve Smith told Fox Cricket.

I’m looking forward to that challenge: Steve Smith

Meanwhile, Steve Smith is very excited to take the top position in the red-ball game. The South Wales-born cricketer has already played at the top spot in Ashes 2019 and possesses great experience in facing the new balls. Moreover, the swashbuckling batter feels no difficulty in facing new balls, as he has a lot of experience batting at number 3.

“I am [excited]. I like facing the newer ball. I think if you look back to the 2019 Ashes I was in pretty early most of the time there where I was facing the new ball. I batted No. 3 for several years as well and was in early and did pretty well against the new ball so it’s nothing new or foreign to me. You know I enjoy getting in there and getting amongst it and yeah, I’m looking forward to that challenge,” he added further.