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, and then particularly around with Pat leading.

00:07He and Steve have worked really well in partnerships during test matches, around test matches,

00:14in prep for test matches. So I think Steve still has been a great sounding board for Pat

00:19throughout his tenure as captain as well. And then for a lot of us players, I guess that is

00:25another positive of the experience we have in our group, is the fact that we've got a group of us

00:31that have played cricket with Steve as captain anyway. And then the times that he's filled in

00:37over the last few seasons for Pat, whether it be for personal reasons, for illness or for injury.

00:46It's an easy transition for Steve. Certainly it seems that way from, I'm not going to go and ask

00:52him about it. But yeah, he's obviously a very experienced cricket brain and thinks heavily

00:59about the game. And we have a team of experienced guys that can give their two cents worth along the

01:05journey as well.