Smith talks up role in Aussie batting blueprint

Sam Barnard | 24.03.2015

Australia batsman Steve Smith says he and Michael Clarke are happy to keep the innings ticking over and lay the foundation for the big hitters to launch an assault late on.

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Sam has been writing for Coral since January 2014, and is the assistant editor of the news site. As well as the main betting sports, football, tennis and cricket, he covers the likes of golf, F1 and darts too, the latter of which has become a particular favourite. Sam enjoys playing as much as writing about sports, but niggling injuries have limited his participation in recent years, so is happy to mainly watch the pros such as Manchester United, Yorkshire CCC, Raymond van Barneveld and even Gibraltar national football team instead.