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Steve Smith ready for Boxing Day Test, says his back issue manageable

Steve Smith is confident a nagging back complaint won’t prevent him from building on his excellent MCG record in the Boxing Day Test against India.
Key points:
- Smith took the field in the first Test despite withdrawing from a nets session days prior
- He says he believes his back issue will not prevent him from playing in Melbourne
- Smith has scored four centuries and three fifties in seven Test matches at the MCG since 2010
The former captain was hampered by the injury in the build-up to the first Test in Adelaide, which Australia won by eight wickets, and failed to have his usual impact with the bat.
Smith made just one run from 29 balls before nicking Ravichandran Ashwin in the hosts’ first innings and finished unbeaten on one in the second…
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