Smith was not pleased to lose his wicket to part-time off-spinner Aiden Markram on day one of the WTC final
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00:00I think we're in a good spot. We've probably had a few missed opportunities with the bat to try and get a bigger total, but I think the wicket's offered something all day, as we've seen, and we're in a pretty good position, 169 in front. What are they? Four down. So yeah, we're in a decent spot. Hopefully it does a little bit in the morning like it did today. Could have been a better day, but we're still in a nice position.
00:25Is there anything you learned from your lesson today that you might do differently when you get a bat in the second innings?
00:30Don't nick the part-time off spinner. Down the slope. I'm still trying to fathom how I've done that. But yeah, don't do that. Play what's in front of us. It might take a bit more spin as the game wears on. It's pretty dry. I don't know, the seam might go down as the game goes on as well, potentially.
00:47So I think the bounce is going to be variable throughout the game, as we've seen already on day one. So just play what's in front of us. And yeah, hopefully we can get a few early ones in the morning and sort of go through them and have a bit of a lead. That's the ideal scenario for us right now.