"WE’VE got some pretty quiet characters ..."You won’t hear many Australian captains say that‚ but Steve Smith did on Monday before his one-day squad’s departure for SA.So Smith wants his men to find their inner Aussie when they play Ireland in a one-day international in Benoni next Tuesday and SA in five more ODIs‚ starting at Centurion next Friday."Even if it’s not making noise verbally, it might be just about having a bit more presence and the old Australian way of puffing your chest out and making your presence felt for the quieter guys‚" Smith told reporters in Sydney."It’s trying to ... get into the game that way and try to provide some sort of energy that way."Smith arrived at his theory while watching television coverage of David Warner captaining Australia to victory in their recent ODI series in Sri Lanka that ended on September 1."I thought his energy was magnificent throughout those games and, looking forward, that’s the sort of energy we want from him and all the other s...
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