‘Couldn’t track the ball’, due to this illness Steve Smith could not play the third Ashes Test

Steve Smith Vertigo Problem: Steve Smith told about the vertigo disease, due to which he had to stay out of the Adelaide Test against England in the Ashes series. This was the second time in the last 6 Test matches that Smith remained out of a match. The 36-year-old player had faced symptoms of dizziness earlier in his career. Usman Khawaja was included in place of Smith for the third match of the series.

Smith will captain in Melbourne Test

Smith is back and will lead the Australian team in the fourth Test in Melbourne and he talked about his troubles ahead of the third match. The star batsman said that he was not able to see the ball properly and told Australia coach Andrew McDonald that he was not feeling well.

Told the coach about my condition

Smith said, ‘As soon as I started batting in Adelaide, I was not feeling well, I was not able to track the ball properly, something was going on in my mind. 3 days later, batted again, played golf that afternoon. I had already spoken to Ron (coach Andrew McDonald) and said ‘I’m not feeling good’, so he said ‘Just go out and try some things and see how you feel’.

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Decision not to play the third test

Smith further said, ‘So I played that afternoon, felt very bad that night. The next day also I felt very bad, didn’t hit much or do anything special. Then the next morning I hit it and felt normal again. I tried the next day, the morning of the game, and I just couldn’t track the ball. felt dizzy. When I turned my head back up (towards my face), every time my head came up, I had to readjust everything, everything was moving around, and finally we made the right decision.

Smith regrets

Steve Smith was very disappointed about not being able to play in the Adelaide Test, he expressed regret and said, ‘I was feeling very bad that day. And playing in that heat was not going to help me. It was very hot for the first two days. So, yes, I took this decision, which was the right decision, although I think I would have liked to bat on that wicket.

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