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Steve Smith returns to South Africa: Between the deed and the redemption falls the shadow
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Smith, who is a modern great, but this focus on what his action did to him rather than to his team or the game throws light on the gap between self-obsession and self-awareness
- Smith, who is a modern great, but this focus on what his action did to him rather than to his team or the game throws light on the gap between self-obsession and self-awareness
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- Steve Smith returns to South Africa: Between the deed and the redemption falls the shadow
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