Smith accepts that he may receive a hostile reception from the South African crowds when he takes to the field in the coming weeks. Australia’s first assignment against South Africa is a Twenty20 international at the Wanderers in Johannesburg on Friday night. They will then move to Paarl for the second game, before concluding the 20-over leg of a trip with a showdown at Newlands in Cape Town, where Smith’s world fell apart back in 2018. The star batsman says fans are entitled to say what they like.