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SMITH BATS ON AFTER ARCHER BOMBARDMENT

By Chris Stocks

Flat out: England’s Jos Butler and Australia’s Pat Cummins tend the striken Steve Smith after he was felled by a Jofra Archer bouncer
PICTURE: Getty Image

Lethal: Jofra Archer bowling at 96mph

THIS is the moment that Australia’s Steve Smith was felled by a 93mph Jofra Archer bouncer which brought back grim memories of the harrowing Phil Hughes tragedy.
Thankfully, though, Smith dusted himself down and batted on after a 40-minute injury time-out and took his total to 92 as Australia moved to within eight runs of E...

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