5 times Steven Smith brought shame to cricket

#3 James Anderson sledging comments, Adelaide 2017

During the Adelaide Test in 2017, umpire Aleem Dar often had to intervene between Smith and James Anderson

After England had lost the first Test of the 2017-18 Ashes in Australia, James Anderson wrote in a piece for The Telegraph in the UK a day before the second Test at Adelaide, “A bully waits until they are in the ascendancy to pounce on people. That is what Australian teams do.”

The same day, host captain Smith hit back at his rival when he was asked to respond to Anderson's comments. "I think it's interesting coming from Jimmy, calling us bullies and big sledgers. I think he's one of the biggest sledgers in the game, to me in particular. I remember back in 2010, when I first started and wasn't any good, he was pretty happy to get stuck into me then."

Things seemed heated up even during the match at Adelaide, with umpire Aleem Dar often having to intervene when Smith was standing at the non-striker's end at the same time that Anderson was fielding at short mid-wicket.