Steve Smith has come under fire from AFL great Kane Cornes over his antics during NSW’s Sheffield Shield loss to Victoria.

The star batsman had a shocker at the MCG, scoring just three runs across his two innings during his first Shield match in almost five years.

Smith was on Tuesday dismissed via LBW by a red hot Scott Boland for a four-ball duck.

The 35-year-old was given out shouldering arms to an in-swinger from Boland that skidded into his front pad; he made no attempt to hide his frustration, shaking his head the entire way back to the sheds.

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It is his continual refusal to accept dismissals that has previously resulted in public criticism being directed at the Aussie vice-captain.

Cornes is the latest to join in, saying Smith had set a “shocking example” as a leader in the team.

“There’s some things that I’ve been very right on and things that I’ve been very wrong on in a media career, but one of them (being right) is that Steve Smith is just the most self-absorbed Australian athlete that we have,” Cornes said on SEN Breakfast.

“It’s never his fault. He leaves a straight ball that’s going to smash into the stumps. I reckon you should use your bat if it’s close to the stumps.