London, May 26 -- : Even after coming back to the team from a year-long ban, Australia batsman Steve Smith did not receive the same welcome from the crowd as he got from his team-mates at The Rose Bowl. However, Smith expressed that he focuses on playing rather than giving attention to the "white noise".
"It doesn't bother me, it's just doing my job and I know that I've got the support of my team-mates up on the balcony and that's the most important thing. If I can make them proud out in the middle and make Australians proud as much as I can well, that's my job. I just blank it out. They call it white noise. When I am out there I pay no attention to the crowd and just move on with playing the game," ESPN Cricinfo quoted Smith as saying.
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