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Message: [QUOTE="Fitzy, post: 3582683, member: 9881"] Beautiful bowling into the rough nothing much Marnus could do there. Well batted. As for Smith I put it down to desire and enjoyment for the game dropping. I genuinely think he will try to beat in Usman for next to retire, his resting bitch face might have intensified but to me he just doesn’t look remotely as passionate or happy during the game and even in the sheds when you get vision and stuff and it shows in his ability to convert starts into 100’s. Still averaging nearly 60 there is no question about his position in the team but I do question how much longer he is willing to go. Travis’ ascension to co-VC might suggest he is next to retire. The new doco will be a good insight into whether this is a hunch or not. But in my opinion his batting trends, his body language and even his physique and fitness don’t suggest he is quite as passionate and committed as he once was. I have no issues with that either he has given everything to his cricket he never switches off ever it seems so he was always likely to burn out quicker than others will be interesting to see if my hunch is right or not. Can’t blame a 34 year old who has given everything to cricket to not be as intense on his cricket when he is still performing at a high level. [/QUOTE]

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