Smith to step up seamlessly as Australia captain - Starc - video Dailymotion

Mitchell Starc said it will be 'easy' for Steve Smith to return as Australia captain in Pat Cummins' absence

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00:00I think it's a pretty easy transition for him

00:03and then particularly around with Pat leading

00:07he and Steve have worked really well in partnership

00:11during test matches,around test matches

00:14in prep for test matches

00:16I think Steve still has been a great sounding board for Pat

00:20throughout his tenure as captain as well

00:22and then for a lot of us players

00:24I guess that is another positive of the experience we have

00:29in our group is the fact that you know

00:31we've got a group of us that have played cricket

00:33with Steve as captain anyway

00:35and then the times that he's filled in

00:37over the last few seasons for Pat

00:39whether it be for personal reasons

00:41for illness or for injury

00:45it's an easy transition for Steve

00:48certainly it seems that way from

00:51I'm not going to go and ask him about it

00:53but yeah he's obviously a very experienced cricket brain

00:58and thinks heavily about the game

01:00and we have a team of experienced guys

01:02that can give their two cents worth along the journey as well

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