Veteran Australia batter Steve Smith is being assessed for concussion after getting a helmet blow by Anrich Nortje’s delivery and failing to take to the field in the fourth innings of the first Test against South Africa.
Hopefully, you know, he’s back out with this either tomorrow or in the next Test in Gqeberha. “He obviously copped a nasty knock in the head there… (we are) wishing him all the best. However, Smith did not return when Australia began to field, with the vice-captain expected to undergo further assessment over the next 24 hours, and Australia are hopeful he will be passed fit to return to action. Smith has suffered from concussion and vertigo symptoms in the past, with the right-hander famously stood down from an Ashes Test in 2019 courtesy of a Jofra Archer bouncer when Marnus Labuschagne was parachuted into the Test side as his replacement.
“I hope he’s OK,” Webster said of Smith.
