Watch: Steve Smith’s stunning catch sends Kyle Verreynne back in SA vs AUS 1st Test

Steve Smith is renowned for his superb catching in the cricket field as he continued to do the same during the third day of the second Test match between Australia and South Africa at Kingsmead in Durban. His superb catch dismissed Kyle Verreynne as the hosts found themselves under massive pressure. 

Despite being under pressure early in the clash, Matt Renshaw’s super knock of 190 runs off 397 balls saved the tourists and flew them to a strong score of 390 runs in the first innings. He was well supported by the lower order of the Australian side.

Watch Steve Smith’s stunning catch that ended Kyle Verreynne’s innings

It was the fifth ball of the 54th over of the innings from Nathan Lyon. Kyle Verreynne was getting edgy with the off-spinner persisting outside the off-stump line and getting turn with the sharp bounce. The right-handed batter tried to go for the sweep, but the bowler forced him to change the shot. 

Watch Steve Smith's catch here- 

Verreynne tried the reverse sweep and hit it well. That was not even a proper edge, but Smith anticipated it early on, seeing the batter shape up. He moved to his right as the ball stuck to his right hand. He pulled off the stunner.

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That was the second time he grabbed a special catch after doing the same against the South Africa captain, Temba Bavuma, who also tried to play the same sort of shot, and Smith, understanding it early, moved a little and caught the fine catch.  

How Australia’s bowlers piled the pressure on South Africa in the 1st Test

Australia were under immense pressure at 84/4 in the 27th over of the innings before being restricted to 124/6 in the 42nd over. They needed a strong partnership, and their last four wickets added 266 runs on the board as Renshaw smashed 190 runs along with Pat Cummins’ 43 and Nathan Lyon’s 27 runs. Wiaan Mulder ended up with figures of 4/68 while Marco Jansen had 3/68.

The Proteas kept losing wickets at regular intervals in the innings, as none of their batters were able to convert their starts into a big score. At the end of the second session of the third day, they were trailing by 152 runs.

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Brief Scores: South Africa 238/8 (Devid Bedingham 49, Pat Cummins 3/54) trail Australia 390 (Matt Renshaw 190, Wiaan Mulder 4/68) by 150 runs.