Michael Vaughan has echoed the sentiment of Michael Clarke and says leaving out Steve Smith has been a “shock” and a “mistake” heading into their do-or-die T20 World Cup match against England on Friday.
Clarke, the 2015 World Cup-winning captain, was the most outspoken cricket of Australia’s selection ahead of the T20 tournament.
The former batsman, who scored centuries at the top of the order and in the middle during a glittering career, slammed Australia’s decision to drop Smith on the eve of the tournament.
Speaking during the lead-in matches against England, Clarke said Smith would be the leading run-scorer of the tournament if he opened the batting and added that the right-hander was essential to Australia’s World Cup defence because he added balance to a big-hitting order.
“Like, they took Steve Smith to Western Australia. Flew him to Perth to make him 12th man -…
