FILE PHOTO: Cricket - ICC Cricket World Cup - Sri Lanka v Australia - Kia Oval, London, Britain - June 15, 2019 Australia's Steve Smith in action Action Images via Reuters/Paul Childs
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Practising cover drives in shower is just one manifestation of Steve Smith's batting obsession but the Australian has assured his anxious team at the World Cup that he is not overdoing it.
The 30-yer-old has returned from a ball-tampering scandal with his hunger for runs intact as his three half-centuries in five innings would attest.
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