{"id":11464,"date":"2023-01-25T11:08:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T05:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/?p=11464"},"modified":"2023-01-24T12:13:34","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T06:43:34","slug":"steve-smith-finds-his-t20-range-after-changing-his-grip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/index.php\/2023\/01\/25\/steve-smith-finds-his-t20-range-after-changing-his-grip\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Smith finds his T20 range after changing his grip"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Smith has scored back to back T20 centuries in the Big Bash League. Smith scored an unbeaten 125 (66) at the SCG this month, the fifth-highest score in BBL history, following up a century against the Adelaide Strikers in Coffs Harbour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Untitled-design-1-10-1024x569.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Untitled-design-1-10-1024x569.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Untitled-design-1-10-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Untitled-design-1-10-768x427.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Untitled-design-1-10.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>A slight change from Steve Smith has unlocked a key to his T20 game. (Screengrab\/7Cricket)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Australia\u2019s prolific batter Steve Smith, who is currently playing in the ongoing Big Bash League (BBL) is in red-hot form. On Monday, the Sydney Sixers batter scripted a unique feat as he helped his side to 16 runs off one ball against the Hobart Hurricanes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the explosive stroke maker achieved this feat, commentators and analysts couldn\u2019t help but decode his ball-hitting techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Former Australian cricketer Greg Blewett has thrown light on how a change in grip helped\u00a0Steve Smith\u00a0find his range in T20 matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a 7 Cricket show, Blewett compared Smith\u2019s BBL 9 and the ongoing season 12\u2019s batting style. He pointed out how the 33-year batter has tweaked his bat-holding technique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou can see on the left, (during season 9) how far is his bottom hand. He\u2019s made a slight tweak (in season 12). He\u2019s opened up a little bit it\u2019s still around a fairway. But you can see in the back face on the left-hand side it\u2019s closed. Then on the right it\u2019s just a little bit more openly spoken about actually under-spinning the ball instead of hitting it with the spin,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Smith has scored back-to-back T20 centuries in the Big Bash League. Earlier this month, Smith smacked an unbeaten 125 (66) at the SCG, the fifth-highest score in BBL history, backing up the century he scored against the Adelaide Strikers in Coffs Harbour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ON THE ROOF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steve Smith &#x1f525;\u00a0#BBL12\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/XLxROgo7hW<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 7Cricket (@7Cricket)\u00a0January 23, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interestingly, he completed both his centuries with a six. Against Adelaide Strikers, he reaches the feat in just 56 balls, including five boundaries and seven sixes. On Saturday against Sydney Thunders, he smoked a 66-ball 125 with the help of five boundaries and nine sixes and call it a sheer incident, he again completed his century in 56 balls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smith has scored back to back T20 centuries in the Big Bash League. Smith scored an unbeaten 125 (66) at the SCG this month, the fifth-highest score in BBL history, following up a century against the Adelaide Strikers in Coffs Harbour. A slight change from Steve Smith has unlocked a key to his T20 game. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11465,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[15530,15531],"class_list":["post-11464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment-news","tag-big-bash-league","tag-steve-smith"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11464"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11464"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11466,"href":"https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11464\/revisions\/11466"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}