Training In Baseball Cage: How Steve Smith Prepared For West Indies Test Series In New York, he began by facing tennis balls and other soft balls in the nets before facing the hard cricket ball.

St George's (Grenada), Jun 30 (PTI) Charismatic Australian batter Steve Smith's quick recovery from a "compound dislocation" in the little finger of his right hand, and his sooner-than-expected ...

"Hitting the ball felt completely fine," Steven Smith says of the training sessions with a hard cricket ball in a baseball cage in New York ...

Steve Smith believes he is ready to return for the second Test against the West Indies after having some hitting sessions in a baseball batting cage near his apartment in New York.

Smith ready for the real stuff after passing baseball-cage test Steven Smith had a splint fitted to the injured little finger during the WTC final. (ICC/Getty Images) ...

Charismatic Australian batter Steve Smith's quick recovery from a "compound dislocation" in the little finger of his right hand, and his sooner-than-expected return to the squad for the second ...

Steve Smith tested his injured finger in a baseball batting cage in New York and is adamant he’s now pain free as he prepares to bat with a splint in the second Test against the West Indies.

The injury forced him to miss the opening game of the three-Test series against the Caribbean in Barbados from June 25 to 27, which Australia won by 159 runs.

Steve Smith tested his injured finger in a baseball batting cage in New York and is adamant he’s now pain free as he prepares to bat with a splint in the second Test against the West Indies.