Steve Smith
Sri Lanka’s Test tour for Steve Smith proved to be quite special in many ways. While he again got the responsibility of captaining the team in a Test series, on the other hand, his bat saw a century innings in both Tests. Apart from this, on the fourth day of the second Test match played in Gaul, Steve Smith also achieved a special place in his Test career in which he has become the first Australian player to catch 200 catches in Test cricket. The Australian team also managed to name a clean sweep in this Test series in which they won the first match by an innings and 242 runs, while they won the second Test match by 9 wickets.
Steve Smith equals Jack Kallis’s record
On the fourth day of the second Test against Sri Lanka, when Steve Smith caught a catch of Kusal Mendis in the slip, with this he also completed his 200 wickets in Test cricket. Smith equaled the record of former South African team veteran Jack Kallis in the case in which he also caught 200 catches as a fielder in the Test. Before Smith, only 4 players as non -wicketkeeper in Test cricket have managed to catch 200 or more catches. On the first number in this list, Rahul Dravid is named who has caught a total of 210 catches in Test cricket.
The highest catch player in the test
- Rahul Dravid – 210 catches
- Joe Root – 207 Catch
- Mahela Jayawardene – 205 catches
- Steve Smith – 200 Catch
- Jack Callis – 200 Catch
Smith scored a total of 272 runs in the series
Steve Smith’s bat was seen speaking fiercely in the Test series against Sri Lanka of two matches in which he scored a total of 272 runs. Smith’s batting average was a total of 136 during this series. Steve Smith’s bat saw 2 centuries in this series. The Australian team had already confirmed their place in the final of the World Test Championship 2023-25, with their last bilateral series.
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