{"id":11745,"date":"2018-05-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/steve-smith-is-about-to-make-a-cricket-comeback-with-a-new-team\/"},"modified":"2018-05-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T00:00:00","slug":"steve-smith-is-about-to-make-a-cricket-comeback-with-a-new-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/steve-smith-is-about-to-make-a-cricket-comeback-with-a-new-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Smith Is About To Make A Cricket Comeback With A New Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Suspended former Aussie captain Steve Smith has reportedly been named as a \u2018marquee player\u2019 in Canada\u2019s T20 league.<\/h3>\n<p>According to Fairfax, Cricket Australia is \u201cfully supportive\u201d of Smith playing T20 during his suspension.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian league starts on 28 June and will feature other international stars including Chris Gayle, Andre Russell and Shahid Afridi.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Steve Smith&#39;s comeback to cricket has begun, with the suspended former Australia captain being named as a marquee player in Canada&#39;s Twenty20 league: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xJd1hKDNzM\">https:\/\/t.co\/xJd1hKDNzM<\/a><\/p>&mdash; SMH Sport (@SMHsport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SMHsport\/status\/999784532655181825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 24, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote>&#13;\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suspended former Aussie captain Steve Smith has reportedly been named as a \u2018marquee player\u2019 in Canada\u2019s T20 league. According to Fairfax, Cricket Australia is \u201cfully supportive\u201d of Smith playing T20 during his suspension. The Canadian league starts on 28 June and will feature other international stars including Chris Gayle, Andre Russell and Shahid Afridi. 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