MELBOURNE: If Steve Smith is reinstated as captain of the Australian Test squad for the upcoming Ashes following Tim Paine‘s exit after the sexting scandal it will only “add to the circus”, said former wicketkeeper-batter Ian Healy.
Paine had stepped down as Australia’s Test skipper on last Friday after it emerged that he had sent unsolicited explicit image of himself along with a string of lewd messages to a female co-worker in 2017, months before he was made captain.
Paine had stepped down as Australia’s Test skipper on last Friday after it emerged that he had sent unsolicited explicit image of himself along with a string of lewd messages to a female co-worker in 2017, months before he was made captain.
Smith, whom Paine had replaced as captain following the ball-tampering scandal in 2018, has now emerged as one of the candidates for the captaincy role.
However, Healy said making Smith captain again won’t help Australian cricket.
“We’re going to add to the circus by Steve Smith being appointed after that (the Tim Paine episode),” Healy told Sportsday with Satts and Jase on Tuesday.
“I’ve got no problems with Steve Smith captaining Australia again; he paid a heavy price for just being a lazy captain, that’s about all…
