What Steve Smith teaches us about handling trivial tasks at work


Though it got over just a month or so back, Cricket World cup 2019 seem like such a distant memory. Ashes series between England and Australia is grabbing all the attention these days.

Going beyond the results, which often makes up for headlines, there are these seemingly small moments that make sport interesting, and memorable.

Once such moment is captured in the video that i share here.

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