South Africa deserve to be in Test final - Smith - video Dailymotion

Steve Smith says Australia have ignored the media criticism concerning South Africa's place in the final

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00:00We're obviously playing in a big game, I think both teams deserve to be here for the Test Championship Final

00:07You know, they've got a really good side

00:09You know, particularly their bowling attack led by Rabada, who's obviously record speaks for itself

00:14and some other quality performers around

00:16I think Marco Jansen's, you know, a quality performer

00:19Ingiddy's done it for a while

00:21and there's some other options there that can do a really good job as well

00:24with a good spinner in Maharaj

00:26So, yeah, the batters are going to have their work cut out for them

00:31But we're all prepared and ready to play

00:33I'm tired of speaking about it to be honest

00:35We're here and that's all that matters

00:37We get a chance to walk away as the World Test Champions

00:43Playing Australia

00:45Doesn't get any bigger than that

00:48So, yeah, what's gone before counts for absolutely nothing at the minute

00:53And we'd be quietly confident going into this game

00:58That we can pull one over them

01:01We're a confident bunch

01:03We play well as a unit

01:06And if there are any vulnerabilities amongst them

01:11I'm sure we'd be able to exploit that

01:13We're on a tournament