The 34-year-old has averaged 28.5 with a high score of 91 not out in four tests but, in the absence of any other glaring weaknesses in the team, has come under scrutiny for his 51 runs over four innings in two tests against New Zealand. “I think it’s unfair,” McDonald told reporters after Australia swept New Zealand 2-0. “I don’t think it’s deserved. I think he’ll be able to work through that. It’s a new challenge for him, a new position.
“If you bring in a new opener and you gave them four test matches, and then said, ‘okay, we’re going to shift that after four test matches’, would you think that’s fair or unfair? I think it’s reasonably unfair.”
McDonald echoed skipper Pat Cummins’s view that Smith remains one of the six best batsmen in Australia and said the batting group would be “hard to infiltrate”.
“He is a great player and his ability to problem solve is one of his great strengths,” he added. “There will be a debate as to what his best position is … but he’s up for the challenge, and I think any time that Steve Smith fails, he sees it as a greater challenge.
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