IPL nets give new star inside track on Smith –coach

By Richard Edwards

Friends and foes: Steve Smith and Jofra Archer in India

TWENTY20 and Test cricket may be poles apart in terms of format – but Rajasthan Royals’ coach Paddy Upton has seen enough of Jofra Archer to convince him that he can be as successful in the longer format as he has been in cricket’s shortest. And he might also have a trick or two stored up for when he takes on his IPL colleague Steve Smith in the coming months and beyond.
Archer and Smith came up against each other enough times in the nets for both to eye potential weaknesses.
There has been preci...

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