Brisbane, Nov. 30 -- Steven Smith could follow former West Indies batter Shivnarine Chanderpaul's style of sporting 'eye black' strips on his cheeks during the second Ashes Test at the Gabba in Brisbane, as per ESPNcricinfo.

Smith tested the anti-glare patches while batting in the nets during Australia's floodlit training session on Sunday evening, ahead of Thursday's day-night pink-ball match in Brisbane.

Steve, who is set to captain the Aussies in the second Test as well in the absence of designated captain Pat Cummins, has played 13 of Australia's 14 previous pink-ball Tests but has not been able to mirror his red-ball cricket record. He has scored only 100 runs in 24 innings in day-night Tests, averaging 37.04 whereas his record in ...