Steve Smith will still be in his 20s when he rises from the dead; age and talent will still be on his side. Had he retired just before the Cape Town Test, he might have been spoken of as a batting great, a role model. The role model is now a cautionary tale.
Steve Smith has been on my mind. Not the man who orchestrated Australia’s cheating in the Cape Town Test, but the man he was a week, a day, an hour before that. The best batsman in the world. Leader of a successful bunch of cricketers in a country where sport is a passion. A good guy, as former England captain Michael Vaughn called him.
He is still many of those things, but the ‘Before’ and ‘After’ images scarcely look like the same man. When he restarts his career, how and when will redemption arrive?
Drug cheats return to sport after serving out their ban, matchfixers get into the commentary box after sitting out for a while, those accused of manslaughter get into Parliament, so what is the future for a cricket captain who sinned?
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