Steve Smith looks set to start as Australia prepare for first ever Test in Grenada

PL reports from training at one of cricket's most picturesque locations

Out the back, Steve Smith went through the process of asking Matthew Wade for leg and then off.

Wade, who was on wanger duties, pointed out that both times his bat was already exactly where it should be, and he needn’t have asked, but such rituals need attending.

Steve Smith was back at work.

Having established the parameters, the man who has scored 10,350 Test runs took a series of throwdowns by way of testing the recovery of his recently disrupted right index finger. He smacked the first through point and continued as if he had never been injured and wasn’t wearing a splint beneath the batting gloves.

After a short period, Smith moved onto the centre wicket and faced the quicks.

He will still have to get medical clearance to play, but barring the digit being slammed in a dunny door, it seems very likely that he is set to play the second Test.