SMITH MADE RIGHT CHOICE

WITH a four-man attack, you never enforce the follow-on. What Steve Smith wanted was to bat England out of the game and give his fast bowlers a rest. It reminds me of a decision that was made for me in my captaincy days at Lancashire when, on a tour game in Germany, there was no alternative but to bat first. Only two of my team-mates had turned up — the rest had been Amstel-ed.