By a great captain in the past and would do a “great job” if he gets to lead the national team again. Wade said that Smith has “plenty of say” in how the team is driven on the field.
Notably, Smith was sacked from the skipper duties and was banned from captaincy for a two-year period after the ball-tampering scandal in South Africa. His captaincy ban period ended in March 2020 but the Australian management is yet to take a call about him.
Wade was named as temporary Australia captain for the 2nd T20I between Australia and India at the SCG after Aaron Finch suffered a hip injury in the first match of the series in Canberra on Friday and was ruled out.
“We have so many good leaders, I have been given the captaincy but we have got Smith, we have got Moises (Henriques), who captains his BBL team. We have guys with a lot of experience, there is a lot of discussions among the seniors but we are all working together,” Wade said.
“It is not me driving the field, obviously Finchy (Aaron Finch) is our captain and we all work together when he plays well. So Smith has plenty of say, he has been a great captain for a long time and he will do a great job if he gets an opportunity,” he added.
“Yes, I’m 32, and I’ve been around a long time, but I see myself as a completely different player. Matthew Wade, the guy that played as wicketkeeper-batter, is a completely different player than the one that’s been playing the last three years,” Wade said.
“I almost feel like I restarted my career a couple of years ago, debuting at 30,” added the player, who smashed a thrilling fifty in the second T20I.
