England stew over Smith match-up at Lord's
Having bewildered bowlers at Edgbaston like a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma, Steve Smith has now entered the minds of England's selectors.
The hosts are under 圧力 to bounce 支援する in the Ashes after Australia grabbed a 1-0 lead in the five-実験（する） series.
That 感情 適用するs to England's batsmen and bowlers but also their selectors, who are 推定する／予想するd to 減少（する） off-spinning allrounder Moeen Ali for the Lord's 実験（する） that starts next Wednesday.
Moeen's 実験（する） 記録，記録的な／記録する with the ball over the past 12 months is sensational, having snared a world-best 48 wickets at 25.27 during that stretch.
But his struggles with the bat against Nathan Lyon in Birmingham, coupled with an underwhelming day-four 成果／努力 with the ball, has left selectors pondering whether to 支援する the 現職の or 促進する left-arm tweaker Jack Leach.
Smith, so 明確に the difference in the series opener, is likely to 影響（力） the final call.
One of the most impressive elements of the batsman's man-of-the-match 業績／成果 was the fashion in which he swung 勢い in the second innings, 得点する／非難する／２０ing remarkably 自由に given the match was in the balance.
Moeen failed to create dot-ball 圧力, partly because of his 欠如（する） of 支配（する）／統制する but also Smith's peerless ability to manoeuvre the ball where he wants.
Smith had no obvious 証拠不十分 for England to 的 in the first 実験（する） but there is a school of thought that left-arm 正統派の spinners, like Leach, are his kryptonite.
CricViz 分析 shows Smith's 打率 against left-arm finger spin is 34.9, incredibly modest when compared to his 全体にわたる 実験（する） 普通の／平均（する） of 62.96.
The obvious caveat is that Sri Lanka's Rangana Herath and Indian Ravindra Jadeja have done most of that 損失 on the subcontinent.
But Smith's ill-運命／宿命d 小旅行する of South Africa last year also featured two 解雇／（訴訟の）却下s to Keshav Maharaj and one to part-timer Dean Elgar, both left-arm 正統派の spinners.
The 反対する argument in the 選択 審議 is that Moeen should be better placed to trouble Australia's left-handers, such as Travis 長，率いる.
長，率いる 示唆するd Smith deserved all the credit for getting on 最高の，を越す of Moeen during their 130-run 共同 at Edgbaston.
"I was very lucky to have Steve at the other end. He's one of the best players of spin in the world," 長，率いる said.
"For left-handers it was やめる difficult (直面するing Moeen) throughout the 実験（する）.
"I probably didn't have the 計画（する） of going after him.
"Wadey (Matthew Wade) has a 逆転する sweep in the 捕らえる、獲得する and put a lot of 圧力 on him."
長，率いる 賞賛するd Smith's 静めるing 影響（力） at the crease, as much about presence as it is pointers.
"Not a lot was said between us," 長，率いる said.
"Very relaxed ... he's fantastic to bat with. He sucks the 勢い out of the 対立.
"He 明白に takes a bit of 圧力 off myself.
"They are trying to think of some 計画（する）s to him, so I was able to go a little bit under the レーダ."
