Steve Smith resets between deliveries in the nets

SportLocation Cricket Desk · 2 Oct 2026

Steve Smith’s outdoor net sequence brings the focus to the reset between deliveries: bat close, stance set, eyes on the next ball.

Steve Smith’s outdoor net session is about the small reset between deliveries. After a red ball comes through, he is back in front of the stumps with the bat close to his body, ready for the next one.

There is no need for a big flourish in that moment. The bat returns to a compact position and Smith settles again at the crease. In net practice, that repeated return to a ready stance is part of the batting work: one delivery ends, then the next begins with the basics in place.

The sequence stays close to that simple rhythm—ball, movement, reset—with the stumps immediately behind him.