Steve Smith: After winning the first Test match of the Ashes series, Australia’s stand-in captain Steve Smith is now eyeing winning the second match as well. This match against England is to be played in Gabba from 4th December. The match is day-night, the match will be played with pink ball, so Australian captain Steve Smith is also making special preparations for it. Steve Smith took batting practice on Sunday and came to the nets wearing a special kind of strip under his eyes. Let us tell you what Steve Smith had applied under his eyes and what is special about it.
Smith used eye black strips
Star batsman of Australian cricket team steve smith Has done a unique experiment before the second test match of the Ashes series. Smith practiced wearing ‘eye black’ strips for the day-night test to be held at Brisbane’s Gabba ground. Such black strips are used in American football i.e. NFL Players use it. These strips are pasted on the cheeks to reduce glare and enable players to see the ball better. Similar strips were used in cricket by former West Indies batsman and great player Shivnarine Chanderpaul.
Steve Smith is going the Shivnarine Chanderpaul way with eye stickers to contend with seeing the pink ball in the twilight period #Ashes pic.twitter.com/6DHrBCTmlB
— Bharat Sundaresan (@beastieboy07) November 30, 2025
Smith will put this bandage under his eyes
Smith practiced a lot against the pink ball by wearing these strips during Australia’s first practice session. Coaches Andrew McDonald and Michael Di Venuto gave him throw downs and the player faced the pink ball very well. Smith is considering adopting this style, which can prove to be good for seeing the ball in day-night matches of pink ball. Let us tell you that Smith finds it difficult to judge the pink ball. Especially when it is turning from evening to night, it becomes difficult to see the ball. Smith is trying to adopt this trick to deal with this problem.
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