Former Australian cricket captain Mark Taylor believes there’s a “flawed plan” with the T20I side as Steve Smith’s omission continues.

Young prodigy Jake Fraser-McGurk has been anointed as the successor to David Warner at the top of the order for the Aussies but had a disappointing series against Scotland, finishing with two ducks and a 16.

Smith wasn’t selected in the Australian squad for the tour of Scotland and England and wasn’t selected in the final squad for the T20 World Cup earlier this year.

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Australia was bundled out in the Super 8s of the USA and West Indies edition, which included a shock 21-run loss to Afghanistan where they were set a total of 149.

With the next T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka in 2026, Taylor believes there’s still a place for Smith in the future.

“I’m interested to see what Australia does from here on with that top order to replace Dave Warner,” he said on Nine’s Wide World of Sports.

“It seems to be at the moment it’s about putting more and more hitters in there and eventually one of them will come off.

“I think that’s a bit of a flawed plan because I’d like to see Steve Smith back in our order somewhere.”

Taylor believes the loss to Afghanistan in the World Cup proves exactly why Smith is still valuable to the Aussie side.

“If or when you get a slow pitch as we did in the recent World Cup, we lost to Afghanistan which forced us out of that World Cup, we needed someone like Steve Smith in that middle order,” he said.

“I still think the better batsmen in the world will bat well in all formats so I just worry about our philosophy that Warner’s out, let’s go with another hitter.

“I’d still like Australian selectors to think about putting Steve Smith back in the side somewhere to add a bit of stability for a slow pitch.

“On a flat pitch sure, put all your hitters in and go for it, try and make 200.

“On a slower pitch, sometimes 150 can be hard to chase as we saw when Australia played Afghanistan in the recent World Cup.”