Former England cricketer Monty Panesar and Australia batter Steve Smith have been exchanging words amid the 2025/2026 Ashes series Down Under.

With Monty Panesar and Steve Smith exchanging words before and during the Ashes series in Australia, Mirror Sport takes a look at what has been said between the pair...

The ongoing war of words between former England spinner, Monty Panesar, and Australian batter, Steve Smith, escalated just before the Ashes series, starting with Panesar's comments on Smith's involvement in the 2018 ball-tampering scandal.

The exchange revolved around Panesar suggesting that England should use the 'Sandpapergate' incident to psychologically target Smith, and Smith's response was to mock Panesar's performance on the TV quiz show Celebrity Mastermind - but it hasn't

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