MONDAY 5 AUGUST 2019Infallible Smith takes first Test
by scruff of the neck
The Australian celebrates scoring a twin ton (Getty)
ADAM COLLINS
AT EDGBASTON
In the bar at the Kingston Cricket Club, located at deep mid-wicket at the mighty Sabina Park, there are
scores of cricket bats hanging on the wall. They don’t recognise anything that specifically relates to the
historic venue itself, or Caribbean cricket at all for that matter. Rather, the bats take pride of place to
recognise those who have achieved what Jamaicans consider the most mighty thing a batsman can in the
game: score centuries in both innings.
It was on this ground in 2015 that Steve Smith, having just graduated to the fabled first-drop position in the