Steve Smith reckons Australia needs to follow suit to Pat Cummins, whose perfect delivery to dismiss England captain Joe Root on Day 4 of the Manchester Test, he considers, a "blueprint" of what the visitors must do in order to go 2-1 up and retain the prestigious Ashes urn this Sunday (September 8). 

Cummins bowled a peach to go past the defense of Root at the closing stages of the penultimate day to leave England 18/2 overnight in the run-chase of 383, more realistically needing to survive Day 5 to go to The Oval still levelled 1-1 in the series. 

"I think that ball to Root is a blueprint of what we need to do tomorrow," Smith was quoted as saying by ICC after the stumps. "If they do that again and hit the top of the stumps, that same length as the Root ball, hopefully, we can see a lot of bowled, LBWs and caught behind the wickets."

Smith once again stood up for his team with a solid innings of 82 after a poor start and helped stretch the lead to a mammoth 382 before Australia declared at 186/6. 

"I think when it is tough, you want your experienced players to step up. I've played quite a lot of cricket now, so I like to get into those situations and be the one to take the team through," he said. 

"It's been tough with the new ball, for both sides. The ball's probably done the most when it's new, and when it's a bit softer, it doesn't do quite as much, so it gets a bit easier."

"They (England) have bowled pretty well with the new ball, and I think they're particularly good bowlers to left-handed batters, both [Stuart] Broad and [Jofra] Archer," Smith concluded. 

(Inputs from ICC)