Overview
- Australia’s stand-in captain applied adhesive black strips beneath his eyes during the second evening at the Gabba.
- He sought guidance from Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who recommended strips over chalk and corrected his initial placement.
- Smith said the adjustment cut glare and sharpened contrast under floodlights during the day-night session.
- He reached a half-century while wearing the strips in the night period of the Test.
- The technique is common in NFL and MLB but rare in cricket, scientific evidence remains mixed, and Smith has not confirmed using it for the rest of the series.