Steve Smith Reveals His Unusual Superstition: No Sleep Until First Innings Batting

Imagine you have a big test at school, and you can't really sleep until you've taken the first part of it!

That's a bit like how a famous cricket player named Steve Smith feels.

He can't sleep at night before a big cricket game starts if he hasn't already gone out to bat in the first part of the game.

He says it's not because he's scared, but because he gets excited and uses that time to practice his moves in his head, like shadow batting.

Once he's had a chance to play, even just for a little bit, then he feels relaxed and can sleep.

He also has a funny story about a teammate who had to keep throwing balls to him every morning because Steve was scoring so many runs after that happened once before.