Athletes can be a superstitious lot. But Australian star Steve Smith has one strange superstition: he doesn’t sleep until he has batted in the first innings during a Test match.

Smith recently opened up on this superstition in an episode of The Switch with former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen.

“I’d probably struggle (to sleep) until I’ve batted in the first innings and then I’m pretty chilled. Even if I go out and face like five balls in the first innings and it’s the end of the night or something like that, I’d be fine. But until I’ve actually gone out and played that first innings, I don’t know. I just, I’ve always struggled,” Smith told Pietersen.

WATCH: Steve Smith talks about his superstitions

To this, Pietersen asked if it was a case of pre-match nerves. He added that he had

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