available on Kayo Sports.<\/a><\/p>\nAnticipating a reverse sweep from South Africa\u2019s Kyle Verreynne, Smith read the play perfectly before pulling off an incredible one-handed catch to dismiss the wicketkeeper for 13.<\/p>\n
And the commentary team couldn\u2019t believe what they had just seen.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is ridiculous!\u201d Pommie Mbangwa said on commentary.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is out of this world!\u201d<\/p>\n
Mark Howard was just as stunned.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is from another planet!\u201d<\/p>\n
Steve Smith stunned the cricket world with an incredible one-handed catch to dismiss Kyle Verreynne.Source: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n
It even had Smith\u2019s own teammates in awe, with Marnus Labuschagne losing it as he screamed \u201cOh my god, Smudge!\u201d while Smith ran off celebrating the incredible catch.<\/p>\n
Smith has now moved to 222 catches in his Test career, having equalled and then moved past Root earlier in the innings.<\/p>\n
Root has taken 220 catches across 169 Tests, but Smith now stands alone at the top of the list.<\/p>\n
And plenty were quick to weigh in on the ridiculous moment.<\/p>\n
Victorian Sheffield Shield commentator Adam White was in awe of Smith\u2019s anticipation and ability to create something out of nothing.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe best wicket keepers create unlikely chances with their quick thinking and anticipation,\u201d White wrote on X.<\/p>\n
\u201cSteve Smith\u2019s proving the same sort of attributes apply for slips fielding. Traditional slips or, particularly, at leg slip.\u201d<\/p>\n
NewsWire\u2019s Scott Bailey was also left stunned, adding simply: \u201cMy word.\u201d<\/p>\n
But it wasn\u2019t the first time Smith had produced something special in the field during the innings.<\/p>\n
Earlier, he pulled off two incredible catches to dismiss David Bedingham and South African captain Temba Bavuma.<\/p>\n
His catch to dismiss Bavuma once again showed off his anticipation, reading the batter before moving early to take the catch.<\/p>\n
And against Bedingham, Smith dived in front of Matt Renshaw to complete another brilliant grab, taking him past Root\u2019s record.<\/p>\n
He was already one of Australia\u2019s greatest ever fielders, but Smith is continuing to produce moments that are turning this Test match on its head.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Steve Smith has been on fire in the field for Australia, producing three of the best catches you…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":924342,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44,85],"class_list":["post-924341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=924341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924341\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/924342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=924341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=924341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=924341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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