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Hate to see Steve Smith undermining captain Tim Paine: Ian Chappell

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Ian Chappell, former Australia captain, has accused Steve Smith of undermining the current Australia skipper Tim Paine on the field. Steve Smith was seen making field changes in the recently-concluded second Test between Australia and Pakistan. During a podcast for Macquarie Sports Radio, Ian Chappell expressed his disliking for Steve Smith's actions on the field. "I tell you what I don't like to see, Steve Smith is moving a few fieldsmen around," Ian Chappell said.

"He did have a chat with Tim Paine, trying to talk Paine into moving a fielder on the off-side, but I'm not sure Paine moved him as far as Steve Smith wanted. Smith started moving him, and 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," Chappell added.

Steve Smith, who was Australia's leading run scorer in the Ashes, could only manage 40 runs in two innings against Pakistan.