Smith hot in Canada T20

FORMER Australia captain Steve Smith, looking to revive his career after being mired in a ball-tampering scandal, scored 61 runs yesterday as his Toronto Nationals team defeated the Vancouver Knights by six wickets in the opener of the Global T20 Canada cricket tournament.

Smith was stumped by Chadwick Walton after missing a Fawad Ahmed delivery.

Smith, who was almost caught on 27, hit one six and eight fours in compiling his 12th T20 half-century.

“Honestly, when I’m out in the middle, everything else is a blur,” he said after the game.

“I just concentrate on what I’m doing. It’s almost like my haven, I guess, if you want to call it that.”