Steve Smith made 104 not out on the first day of the Australia A match against Ireland yesterday. His second hundred of the Australia A tour of the British Isles. The man keeps reinforcing my belief, not only that he deserves a regular place on the Australian Test squad, but that he could one day captain Australia. Twitter's Richie Benaud thinks so, too. While his Test average may not be great (32.30), remember he outperformed the whole Australian side in India apart from Michael Clarke, making an impressive 92 in the Third Test. In any case, his overall first-class average measures at 40.98 - not too bad.
If you ask me, he should have been in the Ashes squad, preferably in place of Phil Hughes. I'm hoping his performance in the Australia A tour may single him out for a call-up, at least.
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