Steve Smith Gives Mouthful to Aleem Dar Before DRS Saves Him During 1st Ashes Test Between England-Australia | WATCH VIDEO

England vs Australia: Smith went on to register a memorable hundred. Smith slammed his 24th Test century on a lively Edgbaston pitch when the team needed it the most. Smith's gritty ton powered Australia to a respectable 284. 

England vs Australia: Its the Ashes and tempers are bound to flare! Former Australian skipper Steve Smith was spotted giving a mouthful to Aleem Dar after the umpire raised his finger in the 34th over of Day 1 when Smith was on 34*. Aleem Dar had raised his finger after Smith shuffled and then left a delivery that came back in just enough to rap him on the front knee. The umpire looked convinced, but Smith was quick to disagree. Remember, the impact did not matter here as Smith wasn’t even close to playing a shot. But, but, HawkEye showed it’s just not coming back in enough – missing off.

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Steven Smith saying ”Ben Stokes” after umpire Aleem Dar gave a false LBW decision against him. 😂 Virat will be proud. #Ashes #ENGvAUS @benstokes38 @imVkohli pic.twitter.com/tP5aI9pE9e

— Sudheesh Mohan (@SudheeshMohan47) August 2, 2019

Meanwhile, Smith went on to register a memorable hundred. Smith slammed his 24th Test century on a lively Edgbaston pitch when the team needed it the most. Smith’s gritty ton powered Australia to a respectable 284.

Playing his first Test since the infamous ball-tampering scandal in Cape Town, Australia’s ace batsman Steve Smith received a tough reception from the harsh English crowd on the day one of the Ashes opener at Edgbaston, Birmingham. Aiming to complete the double after winning their maiden 50-over World Cup title, England are extreme favourites to clinch the keenly-awaited Ashes series against arch-rivals Australia.

England crowd riding high on the confidence of being crowned as ‘world champions’ wasted no time and welcomed the Australian team with non-stop chants of – ‘Aussie cheats’ in the first Test. The Aussie trio of Cameron Bancroft, David Warner and Smith playing their first Test match after returning from the tampering ban got a hostile reception. The crowd went a step further and carried ‘sandpaper’ along with them to the stadium and face-masks to disturb the opposition.