Facing South African attack will be 'big step up' - Steve Smith

An agreeable 2-0 series win against the West Indies has Australia in great stead as they point toward the South Africa next, with substitute captain Steve Smith figuring that their main genuine concern is that their lower center request wasn't tried in the equitable closed series. Australia pronounced in every one of the four innings against the West Indies, losing just 19 wickets altogether, as they won by 164 runs in the primary Test in Perth and enrolled a significantly greater 419-run triumph in the pink-ball Test in Adelaide. "I thought we played some great cricket," expressed Smith at the post-match question and answer session following Australia's triumph on Sunday (December 11). "Clearly first Test match, nobody beneath the main five got a bat so you are ever figuring things out. This Test, two major hundreds in the main five. That is the very thing we're about and the way in which we're attempting to play our cricket. "I don't think there are any worries. It's likely not ideal that a couple of our players from six onwards haven't had a lot of time in the center. That is most likely the possibly genuine concern if you have any desire to call it that. However, they are likewise investing a ton of energy in the nets endlessly batting great. It's been a decent series for us. We have played great cricket and ideally we can bring that into South Africa," Smith said. Marnus Labuschagne scored a twofold ton and two hundreds in progressive innings, Smith himself struck a twofold hundred, while Travis Head was among the runs as well, scoring 99 in the main innings in Perth followed by a profession best 175 in Adelaide. Usman Khawaja, in spite of not scoring hundreds of years, gave great beginnings 60s in the principal innings of the two games. While the top request has been in great structure, Smith cautioned that confronting the nature of the Proteas pace assault will be a "major move forward" for the Australian hitters. "It's a major move forward. They have a quality speed assault, some experience there. It makes for a decent series, all the young men are truly invigorated for it. "Once in a while you're confronting quicker bowlers, that can be more straightforward to score than when you are confronting 130 and snacking them around. I believe that is the way in to any assault, is having that assortment so you're never getting into a genuine musicality as a player. That's what south Africa give, they have [Anrich] Nortje bowling 150, [Kagiso] Rabada 140 to 150 bowling somewhat unique. And afterward a left-armer in [Marco] Jansen too and afterward a spinner in [Keshav] Maharaj. So it will be a decent test. Also, ideally we can proceed with how we have begun the late spring." Contrasted with a portion of the top Test countries he has played against, Smith's numbers against South Africa fall somewhat behind as he midpoints 41.53, having scored 623 runs in 17 innings, with 103 fifties. "South Africa are presumably the one group that have bowled well to me. My record isn't exactly as great against them as a portion of the others," recognized Smith. "A portion of the bowlers I will face I have faced beforehand. I'm truly anticipating the series like every other person. Ideally I can get into a decent depression and contribute and score a few runs. "I feel in a decent spot, I feel like I am batting pleasantly. I feel in great musicality and I'm anticipating it. I had a hit against the red ball toward the beginning of today, readiness, changing from pink to red. Center can now totally go to South Africa and I can hardly pause," he said. Smith likewise came to the safeguard of David Warner, who didn't cross 50 in that frame of mind against the West Indies, winding up with a most elevated of 48. When inquired as to whether there were any worries with Warner's structure, Smith answered: "I have to take a hard pass. It's in his non-verbal communication, the manner in which he goes out and is truly certain and in a decent mood. I have watched him in the nets. The manner in which his feet are moving, he is truly sharp."