Smithy ready to step up

He got two hatricks ...but it wasnt his debut


Jimmy Matthews was a small, leathery, but remarkably tough legspinner whose place in cricket history was secured when he took a hat-trick in each innings of the Old Trafford Test against South Africa during the ill-fated 1912 Trinagular Tournament. Both feats came on the same day, and were his only wickets in the game. That particularly wet year was a good one for Matthews - he took 85 wickets at 19.37. He had only made his Test debut the previous winter, doing enough in the last three Tests against England to win selection for the tour. In all, he played more games on the 1912 tour (28) than he did in his entire first-class career in Australia. He did not resume playing after the war, even though he was still comparatively young, and for many years was curator at Williamstown.

Rain around London, North in the side as a decent off spinning option......Will Smith even get a start at Lord's?

Smith could play as a batsman anyway given we already have 4 pace bowlers.

still not even the best Steve Smith to represent Australia

And he runs like a gimp.