Keen for somewhere on Manhattan to have a hit and test his injured finger, Steve Smith was taken by a mate to a baseball cage at the end of 71st Street, beneath the Joe Dimaggio (West Side) Highway.
The overpass provided relief from the sweltering New York summer and the two sessions provided some hope that the Australian should be fit to return to the side for the second Test against the West Indies at St George’s, Grenada.
Batter, batter, you’re up …