Updated On: 12 December, 2022 11:16 AM IST | Melbourne | ANI
Smith`s statistics against South Africa lag a little behind some of the best Test nations he has faced; he averages 41.53, has scored 623 runs in 17 innings, and has hit one hundred and three fifties

Steve Smith. Pic/AFP
Australia is in excellent shape heading into their upcoming match against South Africa after sweeping West Indies 2-0. Stand-in skipper Steve Smith believes their only genuine issue is that their bottom middle order wasn`t tested in the just-finished series.
Australia declared against West Indies in all four of their innings, losing only 19 wickets overall. They won the first Test in Perth by 164 runs and the pink-ball Test in Adelaide by a much larger margin of 419 runs.