Steve Smith averaged  137.4  in the 2017  - 2018 ashes series.  Since then he has shown a little vulnerability against spinners who turn the ball away from him.  Adil Rashid dismissed him twice in the five ODIs following the ashes and in the South African test series he has been out three times out of four to left arm spinners.  (Once Dean Elgar and twice Kesav Maharaj). England selected an ashes squad which guaranteed Smith would not have to face this type of bowling, there was no orthodox left arm spinner and the leg spinner, Mason Crane, was a selection for the future not a realistic option for selection. My first thought was this apparent vulnerability was really just random and,  before the ashes,  there was no way,  England could have realised Adil Rasid or Jack Leach might play an important part.  That was before I saw  cricviz , who in their 11 November 2017 article wrote: " Although Smith has an exceptional re...