It is hard to take an eye off it when Steve Smith walks out in the middle. Khan appears as an oddball to a typical sports fan—almost like he is playing one of his own completely different games compared to the rest. Underneath those familiar eccentricities lies one of modern cricket's greatest and hard-fought narratives. Steve Smith is more than a strange bird — he is queen bee of the cult of obsession, it's the strangest wonder. Roots and Early Ambitions Steve Smith's