Steve Smith Says He Would Be “Keen” To Lead Australia Once Again | Cricket News

Three years for the reason that Sandpaper-gate scandal, Steve Smith has expressed his willingness to guide the Australian cricket workforce as soon as once more. Smith, who was banned together with two different gamers for ball-tampering, stated that he’s prepared for a second probability to captain his nation. Smith was handed a one-year ban adopted by a two-year ban on captaining the nationwide workforce, for his position in Cape Town in March 2018. “I’ve certainly had a lot of time to think about it and I guess now I’ve got to a point where if the opportunity did come up again, I would be keen,” Smith advised News Corp.

“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 now, that’s for sure.”

After the incident, Australia’s Test captaincy was handed over to wicketkeeper-batsman Tim Paine, who was on the receiving finish of criticism in the course of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

“I’m always going to have to live with Cape Town regardless of whether I lead again or not. It’s always there. I’ve been through all that now. Time keeps moving forward, and I’ve learnt so much the last few years about myself and grown as a human being. I feel as though I’d be in a better place if the opportunity did come up,” Smith added.

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“If it doesn’t, that’s fine as well and I’d support whoever is in charge the same way I’ve supported Tim (Paine) and Finchy (Aaron Finch). I haven’t always felt like I wanted to do it again. That’s only come in the last little bit,” he additionally added.

During the ball-tampering scandal in South Africa, Cameron Bancroft was caught on digicam attempting to vary the situation of the ball utilizing a sandpaper. While Bancroft was handed a nine-month ban, Smith and Warner, who held their management position within the facet again then, had been slapped with a 12-month ban.