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's innings on the second morning of that match "un-Australian."However, Handscomb's innings saw he and Cameron Green combine for what proved a crucial 40-run fifth wicket partnership.
"I was pretty disappointed to see some of the comments last Test match around him not playing the Australian way," Smith said of Handscomb. "He's batted the same in the first innings throughout the whole series. "I think he's been outstanding. The first two Test matches [where he made 31 and 72 not out] in the first innings of both and left pretty much stranded. If one of the other top seven were able to get in a partnership with him, things could certainly be different."
"I was shocked to see some comments about the way he was playing because I think him and Uzzy [Khawaja] have probably been arguably our two best batters in this series."
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