Eight Down: On the Rise of Steve Smith

 

Warner, Aged and taken

Brings Steve Smith in,

His thoughts are high

Revenge in his eyes,

Stuart Broad's eyes blink

As He does in & out swing,

But he takes it? No way!

Raise bat & let it pass away.

Wickets are down other end

but they aren't finding stand,

Eight are down, still going on

They've brought Nathon Lyon, 

They are trying to get nineth

But they can't get out Smith, 

Jimmy-Stuart has lost hope

Root has appointed O. Pope,

So are coming tenser things

Steve is building his inning. 

He is batting without attraction   

He don't mind what's situation, 

Leave, leave, run single double 

English bowlers are in trouble, 

Steve gets fifty and still playing 

'Smith is back', Joe Root saying, 

He leaves a ball with expression 

Enjoys batting in every condition, 

Leave, leave, duck, duck and dot 

He loves playing drives, cut shot. 

Pace bowlers being back brought 

England is facing wicket drought, 

Steve Smith plays without risk

Step out and hit a huge long six, 

They bowl short he pulls it away

He gets his century at end of day, 

The next day he continues batting

He rarely  lofts and big six hitting. 

He got LBW as the players shout 

Reviews it and safely called not out. 

He bats, bats and bats, didn't stop

He washed away England's hope, 

For the Aussies he brings a glory

As he completes  double century, 

The score is crossed four hundred 

Steve has lofted the ball into stand, 

Now Australians have done it fix, 

Steve Smith pulls away for a six, 

At last the non striker got out

Steve made his highest not out.

~Shyam Sunder