If you did not see this ball from Matthew Potts then you did not see anything, he clean bowled Steve Smith

By News Update On Sep 23, 2024

Australia defeated England by 68 runs in the second match of the 5-match ODI series on the basis of the excellent performance of the bowlers. With this victory, Australia took a 2-0 lead in the series. However, despite this victory, Steve Smith's form remains a matter of concern for Australia. For some time now, a big innings has not been seen from Smith's bat and this trend continued in the second ODI as well.

Smith started his innings in the second ODI with a four but this four proved to be the first and the last for him as Matthew Potts bowled a brilliant ball to which he had no answer. This incident happened during the fourteenth over of Australia's innings, when Steve Smith was trying to build a strong partnership with Mitchell Marsh after the dismissal of Travis Head and Matthew Short.

England captain Harry Brook decided to bring in Potts in his fifth over, which worked wonders for the hosts. The right-arm pacer beat Smith with a dream delivery. Potts bowled a dot ball before getting the veteran Steve Smith out. From over the wicket, Matthew Potts bowled a full-length delivery, which came back sharply to Smith after pitching slightly outside the off-stump. Smith tried to play a fast drive on this ball and the ball went between his bat and pad and hit the stumps.

Steve Smith has just been CLEANED UP by Matthew Potts 🤯👏 pic.twitter.com/pbDiDfCv6D
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) September 21, 2024

After being clean bowled, Smith could not believe how he got out. Potts bowled brilliantly in this match and took 2 wickets for 30 runs in 7 overs. Now England is trailing 0-2 in the series and they have to win the next match at any cost to stay in the series. If they do not win the third match, they will lose another ODI series on their own soil.