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    "editor1": "<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Sydney, Nov 18 (IANS) Steve Smith should serve a captaincy apprenticeship at the helm of Australia&#39;s one-day team as Test skippers Steve Waugh, Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke did before him, former pacer Stuart Clark said Tuesday.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Clark&#39;s views come at a time when Cricket Australia (CA) looks to avoid saddling Smith with the burden of carrying the tag of the &quot;Next Test Captain&quot; and is banking on Brad Haddin being fit to lead the Test side against India Dec 4 in regular captain Michael Clarke&#39;s absence.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&quot;If I was making the decision, I would probably go down the path we have seen with Michael and Ricky and even Stephen to some extent before that, to make him captain of the one-day team for a little while,&quot; Clark said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&quot;As much as George Bailey does a wonderful job, Steve Smith is the long-term future, so I would like to see them go down that path and work his way through the one-day team as Ricky and Stephen and Michael did. That seems to have worked.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Waugh and Ponting both captained the one-day team for two years before taking the Test reins, while Clarke took the One-Day International (ODI) helm after the 2011 World Cup and became Test captain when Ponting retired two seasons later.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Smith led the Sydney Sixers to the inaugural Big Bash League (BBL) title in 2011-12 and has gained in stature both as player and captain since then.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&quot;Since he came into the New South Wales team when I was still playing, he understood the game and wasn&#39;t afraid to speak his mind but he knew when it was the right time to do it and when it wasn&#39;t. He was happy to make decisions and stand by them and be accountable for them if it went wrong, and he was happy to get them right as well,&quot; Clark said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&quot;Everyone saw it, but sometimes the worst thing you can do is make it happen all so soon. Like anyone who comes into the team it takes a bit of time to believe you&#39;re good enough but I think he has shown in the last 12 months he has really matured as a cricketer. He&#39;s good in the field, he can bowl, he can bat. He understands when to attack and when to defend and understands when people are struggling a little bit.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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