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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Manchester, Sep 9:<\/strong>&nbsp;Australia captain Tim Paine has lavished praise on Steve Smith and termed him a genius following his brilliant run in the ongoing Ashes. Smith returned at the Old Trafford post a concussion-forced break and amassed 293 runs in the fourth Ashes Test, which Australia won by 185 runs to retain the urn.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The former Australian skipper, who has three centuries to his name apart from two fifties, has scored a total of 671 runs in five outings so far, nearly the double of what the second-best has in eight innings (Ben Stokes, 354 runs) been.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Anyone who&#39;s watched (Smith) bat in the last three or four years knows the talent and the skill and the hunger that he has got,&quot; cricket.com.au quoted Paine as saying on Sunday evening.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;People don&#39;t see how driven he is and how much he trains, eats and sleeps batting. He is just a genius and I never had any doubt that he would come back and be the player that he was.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;The scary thing is he&#39;s getting better,&quot; he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Australian skipper further said that the team was just ecstatic and enjoying Smith&#39;s return to international cricket.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;I don&#39;t know where it&#39;s going to stop but we are enjoying being along for the ride with him, that is for sure.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Having an unassailable 2-1 lead, Australia will now look to seal Ashes 2019 when they take on England in the final match of the series from Thursday at the Oval.<br \/>\r\n&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n",
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