The Ashes: Steve Smith not thinking about retirement as Australia face England in final Test of series in Sydney

Australia's Steve Smith says he has no plans to follow team-mate Usman Khawaja into international retirement, increasing the prospect of one last Ashes trip to England.

Smith, speaking ahead of the final Test of this winter's series in Sydney from Sunday, will be 38 when the Baggy Greens tour England in the summer of 2027.

The batter has never won an Ashes series overseas, although has drawn the previous two, in 2019 and 2023.

Smith told reporters at the SCG, as 39-year-old Khawaja bows out where he played his first Test in 2011: "With Usman dropping off now, that's one of our experienced players and it probably wouldn't be ideal if he and I both went out this week, for instance.

"It's a shame he's gone, now I'm the oldest one here. I want to keep playing, I'm still enjoying it. We've got a really good team.

"I've said for a while I'm taking it day by day, series by series and we'll see where things land.

"I feel like I'm doing alright at the moment, I'm contributing and having fun so there's no real end date for me, I suppose."

Smith will captain Australia once again in Sydney, deputising for the rested Pat Cummins.