If new coach Darren Lehmann has his way we will be seeing much more of Steve Smith's leg-spin.

Michael Clarke's decision to toss the ball to Smith late on the opening day of the Lord's Test was a masterstroke and there has been a clear attempt behind the scenes to encourage Smith to rediscover his confidence in the difficult art. Smith had practically shelved his bowling to concentrate on becoming a top-shelf batsman but Lehmann asked has him to dust off his leg-breaks. Cricket Australia was so keen to have a leg-spinner against England that it went to extraordinary lengths to fast-track the citizenship of Pakistan-raised bowler Fawad Ahmed.

But Smith, who is also a much-improved batsman, a brilliant fielder and a potential future captain, has been there all along even if he had almost given up on his bowling.

Smith made his Test debut as the team's main spinner, against Pakistan at Lord's in 2010, taking 3-51 in the second innings, but he bowled just 10 overs in two Tests in India this year.