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So, there we have it. Smith reaches 60, again. At the moment, his series batting average is 146. The plan to intimidate him and exploit his “weakness” against the short ball is working, though - he hasn’t reached 100 (yet) since they started trying to hit him in the head. It’s probably just a little galling for them that his average since they started aiming at his brain is 152. Still, if one looks more closely, one can see the merit in England’s strategy: when they concussed him, they confined him to just the bare 92, whereas when they haven’t managed to concuss him, his series average is 173.
It's hard to have a plan to bounce someone when the tracks are all flat. (I doubt that is the plan.) If they're going to produce tracks that turn from day 1, the Leach plan may be better. I wonder what Lyon thinks. If it were Warne, they would not dare do this. (If it were Warne, the disaster of the last Test wouldn't have happened, of course.)
But for Smith's changed plan against the bouncer in this Test, have a look at the comments of Athers & Ponting quoted in this thread.