While acknowledging that Steven Smith took some convincing to sit out the remainder of the Sri Lanka tour in order to rest and re-charge for Australias forthcoming fixtures, coach Darren Lehmann has strongly defended the move as being in the teams best interests.We just wanted to make sure that hes fresh and ready to go for South Africa and then the big summer ahead, Lehmann told reporters in Colombo. It was well-planned and well thought out, and thats what were doing.Australia are due to tour South Africa for 5 ODIs in September-October, before hosting them for three Tests in November. That will be followed by home series against New Zealand and Pakistan. Australia will then tour New Zealand and India early next year.Despite leaving the tour early, Smith has emphasised his desire to continue captaining Australia in all three formats, and Lehmann backed that sentiment.He wants to keep doing that and were very happy with the way hes leading the side, Lehmann said.Smiths departure will give David Warner the opportunity to captain his country for the first time. Warners captaincy experience so far is limited to leading Sunrisers Hydrabad in this years IPL season and a lone match as captain of Sydney Thunder in an earlier edition of the Big Bash League.If Steven happened to get injured then we need David to have some experience, Lehmann said. So thats another opportunity and thats important for us to get him that experience. Theyre a great leadership duo together and Davids been exceptional over the last couple of years, coming through some difficult times and now playing really well.Obviously wed like him to make a few more runs in this tour but, having said that, with the leadership, he did really well with the IPL side [Sunrisers Hyderabad] so were confident hell do a good job for us.The move to send Smith home mid-way through the ODI series in Sri Lanka has been criticised by a number of former players. Michael Slater tweeted that the captain should be there to the end, while Dean Jones and Michael Clarke felt that, if Smith had to be rested, it should have been done before the ODI series began, rather than halfway through it. Meanwhile, Mahela Jayawardene also expressed surprise, wondering if other Australia captains would have done likewise. 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WICHITA, Kan. -- Oklahoma State guard Jeffrey Carroll looked around at 15,004 fans in Intrust Bank Arena and knew.He knew why Wichita State was undefeated all-time in six games at its second home and understood this was the type of environment that caused his Cowboys to wilt last season.Not Saturday night. Oklahoma State dominated Wichita 93-76 behind 22 points each from Carroll and Jawun Evans.I think we were more calm, Carroll explained. Last year, if teams made a big run, we would kind of give in. Now we just fight all the time.The Cowboys (9-2) were 14 of 28 from the 3-point line and shot 52.5 percent for the game. Leyton Hammonds scored 12 for Oklahoma State, and Phil Forte added 11.Darral Willis had 24 points and 13 rebounds for Wichita State (9-3).Markis McDuffie had 14 points and Zach Brown added 10.Kudos to Oklahoma State, Shockers coach Gregg Marshall said. They were tough, finished at the rim, hit their 3-pointers. . If they play like that all season, theyll be in the NCAA Tournament and make a run.Oklahoma State took apart a defense that has been one of the nations best this season. The Shockers entered the day third nationally in field goal percentage defense (34.6) and 10th in scoring defense (59.5.)The Cowboys became the first team to score 80 against Wichita State this season -- and did it with 7:59 still remaining.The onslaught started quickly, with Evans leading the way to a 10-1 lead. Even after Evans went to the bench with foul trouble, Carroll heated up.He scored six straight Cowboys points, giving Oklahoma State a 30-13 lead with 8:54 to go before halftime.Carroll came off the bench to make all six of his first-half shots on his way to a game-high 16 points before halftime, helping Oklahoma State to a 49-33 lead.I was just taking what my teammates gave me and convertiing them, Carroll said.dddddddddddd I was just feeling it.Wichita State could not close the gap in the second half. Two three-pointers from Hammonds and another from Carroll put Oklahoma State ahead 61-41 with 16:41 to play, and the Shockers never threatened again.BIG PICTUREOklahoma State: The Cowboys get their best victory -- on the road against an NCAA Tournament quality team -- just in time to provide momentum for Big 12 play.Wichita State: On the verge of a national ranking, the Shockers were overmatched at times in a loss that could haunt Wichita State and the Missouri Valley Conference on Selection Sunday.BENCH MATCHUPEntering the game, Wichita State used its bench for 47.4 percent of its minutes, the most nationally. Oklahoma State was ninth at 43 percentThe Shockers averaged 48.4 points from its reserves (second nationally); the Cowboys 40.7 (fifth).On Saturday night, led by Carroll, Oklahoma States bench won that matchup, 42 points to 22.That was a focus going into the game, Cowboys coach Brad Underwood said. If we could win the battle of the benches and outrebound them, we thought we could beat a very good team.NON-SHAQ ATTACKUnderwood thought his team did a good job taking Wichita State out of its offense. The biggest proof was the Shockers Shaquille Morris going 1 of 2 from the floor for four points in 16 minutes.I was scared to death coming into the game of big Shaq getting the ball in the post and going to the basket, Underwood said.UP NEXTOklahoma State gets a final pre-conference tuneup by hosting Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Thursday.Wichita State plays its final non-conference regular-season game against visiting South Dakota State on Thursday. ' ' '