Why this cricket player felt ‘disrespected’ and exploded, a breakdown

fascinating if you don't know cricket

and how it unfolds is really funny. That

made Barbara Exam, player for Pakistan,

who's playing in the Australians

franchise league, upset. Steve Smith

says, "No, I'm taking the power surge."

So, the kid does a cartwheel into the

button. Bam. The power surge is taken.

What's the power surge, you say? Well,

it's a period of the game where only two

fielders allowed outside the inner

circle, meaning they can only have two

outfielders, so to speak, and everyone

else has to be within that circle in the

middle. So, Steve Smith's calling the

power surge for himself. He wants the

short boundary that is on his side right

now. and he knows there's a seam bowler

coming in that he can hit around. And

he's like, "I'm going to take this and

I'll score a lot of runs." And his

teammate Barbara is like, "What the

hell, man? Why'd you deny me the

single?" And Smudge says, "Oh, that's

all right, man. I'm just I'm taking the

power play." Yeah, we're just going to

take the power play and I'm probably

going to score 30 runs. And he's like,

"Well, you don't think I could do that?

I could do that." And he's like, "No, I

I think I'll just do it." And look at

look at Barbber's hand on his hip.

Pissed. Not happy about it. You know, it

better not backfire now. So Steve Smith

walks to the crease, digs in the first

ball. Let's see what he can do. Steps

across and launches it over the short

boundary. Now that is six runs. That's

the most runs you can score. And he did.

So one for one. It's working out so far.

Bam. And you can see how his top hand

hooks almost like a golf shot to make

sure that he pulls it a little

backwards. Steps across to set himself

up so he can hit it to his on side or in

baseball. Pull the ball. Now he steps in

again. Okay, so the infield is stacked.

The outfield only has two fielders. I

know that's not cricket turns, but I

want baseball people to understand

what's happening. I think it's very

cool. Now he's going to step across

again. And that one he launches to dead

center. Straight on. Not a short

boundary. He used a lot of power there

and got it. You can see before the

delivery, he's stepping across his

crease to open himself up to pull it,

but that one was bowled on that side.

So, he just went straight ahead, sent it

back where it came from. You see him

step across right there. Watch this.

Okay, here he is. And he's going to step

across as it comes to open himself up.

But that one was kind of right there.

And he says, "All right, I'll just smash

this." So, two for two, the most

possible runs he can score in the first

two deliveries. Kind of proving his

point as to why he said, "I'll be the

guy who does this." His teammate Barbara

just looking on the next ball steps

across again. It's a full toss and just

flicks that one off his pads deep over

the boundary into the crowd and flashes

the new hand sign he's been doing, which

no one really knows what it means. I

think his teammate said it means like

take a rest or something, but he's been

doing that uh somewhat aggressively

towards the bowlers. The fans love it.

[cheering]

Guy who got the ball make sure he

finishes a beer. Steps across and you

can see the bowler cuz he got taken deep

last time on one that was off stump.

He's trying to now put this behind him a

little bit. But I don't I don't think

he's trying to throw it on the full cuz

that was easy piece. That's exactly what

he wants to do. He doesn't even need to

swing hard for that. That's just timing.

Meeting the ball when it gets there and

sending it direction you want to send

it. So, three sixes in a row. 18 runs

off the over so far, proving to be a

good decision. The next ball steps

across again. Another hook shot. I

They're not calling it a hook shot. I

actually It's not called a hook shot

cricket. Maybe it is, but that's what I

would say. Um, you know, in baseball

speak, he's hitting that deep over the

the third base dugout. The fan loves it.

The bowler doesn't know what the hell's

going on. Like, I'm being targeted and I

don't like it. I should change

something. I should do something

different because he's got four sixes

off me. I'm not going to let him hit

sixes in the over and be part of

history. And look at Smudge being like,

"All right, why don't you take a rest,

whatever that whatever that is, he does

it a lot." And look at uh Barbara just

not pleased. He's still upset. You would

think maybe the points per he's like,

"All right, I gotta give it to you. This

is pretty good. You knew what you were

doing." He's like, "I could have done

it." Now Smith is ready. He's gonna go

five for five. That ball's way off. He

kind of stays with it. That's a nice

little cut shot for four. It hits the

boundary. That means you're getting four

runs. The crowd, they're excited.

History is being made. And the umpire

says that's a no ball. We've got a free

hit. If you don't know what cricket,

I'll show you. The bowler stepped over

the line, which means the batter still

gets the runs for that ball, plus he

gets a bonus run because the bowler did

this. So, it's actually five runs for

the team on that delivery and he has to

give another delivery. So, usually it's

six in the over. Now, he's going to have

to give them seven. So, that's

beautiful. And that now he doesn't know

what to do. Like, where do I bowl this?

Goes full toss again. That one's wide.

So that's automatically a run. And he's

got to bowl another one. Here's a

replay. And you can see again when you

watch cricket, don't watch the bowler at

this point. It's common sense, I think,

from most sports fans to watch the ball,

especially baseball fans. But your eyes

should be on the batter, not the bowler

seeing what he's doing. You can see

Smith is taking a big step across his

stumps, showing him his whole stumps.

Maybe he was trying to hit it and he

misses. And since that is outside of the

hitting zone, the umpire is going to

say, "Yes, I agree with you. It's a

wide," which is another run. So now it's

basically like he has gone five sixes

because he has six runs, six runs, six

runs, and then he got a wide and a no

ball and a four, which adds to six with

two deliveries still to go. So it's like

he's got five sixes mathematically. And

on the free hit, he just he just hits

nothing. So that was a dot ball. And now

here's the final delivery of the over.

He's going to cut that one. It doesn't

get to the boundary. It's stopped

nicely, but they are going to run for

two. And his teammate didn't stop him.

He was like, "All right, fine. You can

run out a second run and you're you're

good because I want to be on strike.

I want to get up and prove that I can do

it." And you can see his face here. He's

just like, "Ah, man. and I hope you're

you're all right. I mean, it worked out,

right? You good? Yeah, you're good,

right? I mean, sorry, Baba. Like, come

on. You all right? He's like, "No, I'm

not." See him turn away. He's pissed.

He's like, "All right. It's all good,

though. I'm Well, you just do it. You

You're up now. You know, you score some

runs." First delivery, he chops it onto

his stumps, which means he's out. So,

he's in a bad mood. You can't play

cricket when you're in a bad mood. He

was pissed off and it led to an

immediate wicket cuz he was in a good

mental spot I guess. Here's the replay.

So you're going to get nice delivery and

just chops it on inside edge into his

own stumps immediately turns walks

fuming. Matt as he walks he's going to

hit the boundary rope with the bat. Oh

no. I mean he went on he didn't come out

for handshakes. There was reports that

he hid in the clubhouse from his

teammates. Then he didn't make the

playoff squad. He left early. It was a

bad time. It was a bad time for him in

the big bash league. Here's what Steve

Smith had to say about it after the

match.

>> Yeah. So, we spoke at the 10 over mark

and they said, um, take the surge

straight away. I was like, no, give it

one over. I want to hit to the short

boundary. I don't want to screw up the

first over and I I'll look to try and

get 30 off that over. I think we got 32.

So, um, it's a good result. I'm not sure

Baba was too happy with me running.

knocking back that single though.

>> He wasn't happy. As I said, also 32 runs

in the over is a record. It's historic.

It's the most expensive, which is what

they say, over in the Big Bash League's

history. So, it worked out pretty pretty

well. And I'd be remiss not to show you

this six from earlier in the match that

Steve Smith absolutely destroyed and hit

the top of the stadium and then bounced

back into the crowd. I mean, sometimes

you're just it's timing and you don't

need that much power in cricket.

Sometimes you just power the ball to go

as far as you can and those are fun as

baseball fans know. I mean, that is a

big bam six. So, if you watch this video

uh as a baseball fan or a fan that's not

cricket, I think you would generally

find it fascinating that this strategy

and the t these tactics exist. So, I

hope you did enjoy that. Um because I

definitely wanted to make this one for

non-riicket fans more than making it for

cricket fans. Cricket fans know how

awesome this is and how cool it is, but

um non-criet fans have no idea this the

intricacies and the weirdness of all of

that. And uh yeah, pretty ballsy move.

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