Former Australian captain Michael Clarke is still fuming at Steve Smith’s omission from last year’s T20 World Cup, blasting the national selectors for their “embarrassing” backflip.
Smith was dropped from Australia’s T20 side last season following an underwhelming couple of years in the game’s shortest format.
Despite predominantly batting in the top four, he could not muster a half-century in 23 consecutive T20I knocks, with his most recent fifty coming back in November 2019.
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The right-hander has averaged 19.23 in T20...
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