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    "excerpt": "Australia skipper Tim Paine has backed Steve Smith to return at the helm once he quits captaincy of the national team. The 36-year-old Paine, who has lost two home series against India, may not be abl",
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    "editor1": "<p>Australia skipper Tim Paine has backed Steve Smith to return at the helm once he quits captaincy of the national team.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The 36-year-old Paine, who has lost two home series against India, may not be able to continue for long and Australia is looking to zero in on his replacement.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>One of the choices available to the selectors is Steve Smith, who was banned from a leadership role for two years following the ball-tampering scandal in South Africa in March 2018. The ban ended in March 2020.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Asked if Smith would be an option, Paine said, &quot;<strong>I think so. Obviously, I don&#39;t make that decision but the time I played with Steve as captain he was excellent.<\/strong>&nbsp;&quot;<strong>Certainly tactically he is as good as you get,<\/strong>&quot; he was quoted as saying by News Corp media.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;<strong>Then obviously South Africa events happened and he&#39;s not doing it anymore. But, yeah, I would support him getting that job again,<\/strong>&quot; Paine said he has no plans to relinquish captaincy. But may quit if Australia dominates England during Ashes later this year.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;<strong>If I feel like the time is right and we&#39;ve beaten the &#39;Poms&#39; 5-0, what a way to go out,<\/strong>&quot; he said. &quot;<strong>But it might be a tight series and we might be chasing 300 on the last day and I&#39;m 100 not out and hit the winning runs and then I might go again.<\/strong>&quot;<\/p>\r\n",
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