Nick Tsagaris - Steve Smith denies claims he is undermining Australian Test captain Tim Paine
Former Australian Test skipper Steve Smith has rejected claims that he has been undermining his successor Tim Paine. Former captain Ian Chappell accused the star batsman of white-anting Paine during the second Test against Pakistan by making fielding adjustments without consultation. Chappell made the comments while calling the play during Australia's comfortable win over Pakistan in Adelaide and said he "hate[d] to see" the former skipper taking a lead role in tactics. "I tell you what I don't like to see, Steve Smith is moving a few fieldsmen around," Chappell said on Macquarie Sports Radio. "He did have a chat with Tim Paine, trying to talk Tim Paine into moving a fielder on the off-side, but I'm not sure Tim Paine moved him as far as Steve Smith wanted. "Steve Smith started moving him, I hate to see that. "England used to do it a bit, blokes other than the captain and I always felt it was white-anting the captain."