“There’s plenty of dialogue there just talking about what’s coming up, what’s important and all those kind of things,” Smith said. “You want your best players available in particular for the big tournaments or big series. Things like that.
“Outside of that I can’t really say too much, it’s just about going from series to series and seeing where everyone is at mentally and physically and trying to put the best team on the park as much as possible.
“We’re always talking about what we have coming up, what’s our best preparation. How can we say fit physically and mentally more importantly to be able to go out and perform. The schedule is pretty busy these days so having guys in a good headspace to go out and perform is important. There’s plenty of talk around that.”
Upon leaving the India tour due to a hairline fracture of the elbow suffered in Delhi, Warner stated he was wise to the prospect of being dropped from the Test side this year, and still intended to continue as a white ball international player either way.
Former captain Ricky Ponting, who chose to retire before the Perth Test in 2012 as his batting returns ebbed away, spoke earlier this week about how he felt Warner had missed the ideal opportunity to retire on his terms at the SCG in January.
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“I thought the absolute best time for Davey to retire, if he was thinking about it at all, was after the Sydney Test match here in Australia,” Ponting told the ICC Review podcast.
“He’d just played his 100th Test in Melbourne, and obviously got 200 in the first innings down there. And to bow out in front of his home crowd is obviously the way that every player would like to finish their careers.
“Who knows now that opportunity might not come around again for Davey, you know. That’s nearly another 12 months away.”
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