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    "excerpt": "European T20 Premier League: Senior Australia batter Steve Smith has raised doubts over his participation in next year's Ashes tour of England, revealing he is managing his Test career on a series-by-series basis while targeting to play in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.",
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    "editor1": "European T20 Premier League: Senior Australia batter Steve Smith has raised doubts over his participation in next year's Ashes tour of England, revealing he is managing his Test career on a series-by-series basis while targeting to play in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.<p>Smith, 37, is currently featuring for the Amsterdam Flames in the European T20 Premier League (ETPL). The right-handed batter has played 125 Tests and scored 37 centuries and is currently the second-ranked men\u2019s Test batter behind England's Harry Brook.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>\"I don\u2019t even know if I\u2019ll be there yet. I\u2019m kind of a series-by-series proposition, as I\u2019ve been for a while, and that\u2019s still a fair way away for me right now. So, yeah, I\u2019d love to win one there or to have won one there, but you wait and see if that comes to fruition.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>\"Right now probably it\u2019s just the Olympics (as a goal) to try to be a part of that. One of the reasons why I wanted to play with Amsterdam here was just to continue playing as much T20 cricket as I can,\" Smith told The Telegraph on Monday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>While Smith has not set a firm retirement date, he acknowledged that his remaining playing time will increasingly lean toward franchise T20 cricket. \"I still like to think I could play T20 cricket for a while. What\u2019s next for me when I finish? I\u2019m not sure, but yeah, hopefully a bit more time left playing.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve achieved a lot in the game. It\u2019s been a great ride for the last 15 years or thereabouts. I\u2019ve had a lot of fun. I\u2019m still enjoying it, so I don\u2019t have an end date, we\u2019ll wait and see. But it\u2019s been a good ride.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>While Smith has not set a firm retirement date, he acknowledged that his remaining playing time will increasingly lean toward franchise T20 cricket. \"I still like to think I could play T20 cricket for a while. What\u2019s next for me when I finish? I\u2019m not sure, but yeah, hopefully a bit more time left playing.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h5><b>Also Read: <\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-special\">Special Cricket Stories<\/a><\/h5><p>\u201cOh, for me, it\u2019s just another series. All that happened a long time ago, and we\u2019ve played a lot of cricket \u2013 we\u2019ve been back to South Africa since then for one-dayers. They\u2019re a good side at the moment \u2013 obviously beat us in the World Test Championship final. They have a really good pace attack as well, so should be a cracker of a series.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h5>Article Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/ians.in\/english-wire\/sports\/1\" rel=\"nofollow\">IANS<\/a><\/h5>",
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