Summary Smith was rested from the Sydney Sixers' first two domestic Big Bash League Twenty20 matches.
SYDNEY (AFP) - Test skipper Steve Smith said Sunday he would play on despite niggling injuries and intended to turn out in all of Australia s international games this season.
Smith was rested from the Sydney Sixers first two domestic Big Bash League Twenty20 matches as he treats knee and hip complaints.
Despite a heavy workload in recent months, Smith said he planned to play in the Melbourne and Sydney Tests against the West Indies and in next month s one-day and T20 home series against India.
"I d love to play every game. I think this little break is going to be good for me to make sure I can sustain it," Smith told reporters.
"I m just looking forward to everything else coming up and hopefully being out on the field every game.
"I think the rest will do me a world of good. Obviously there is plenty on for the rest of the summer and going forward so a little break is not a bad thing for me. I m good to go for Boxing Day (Test)."
Smith has been playing with a knee injury since the one-day series in England in August. He suffered a flare-up during this month s first Hobart Test against the West Indies.
"(The knee injury) popped up in the one-dayers after the Ashes and it s sort of stuck around," Smith said.
"It feels okay and then if I dive and land on it just irritates it a bit.
"I guess it s fine going at 90 percent, it s just if I have to go at 100 percent it s a little bit sore.
"That s why I m not playing the T20s (Big Bash) because I m a pretty competitive guy and it s a pretty fast-paced game and you ve got to go 100 percent to do well in this format."
