WATCH: Henry Nicholls grabs outstanding catch to dismiss Steve Smith off Neil Wagner at MCG

Dixit Bhargav | 27/12/2019
WATCH: Henry Nicholls grabs outstanding catch to dismiss Steve Smith off Neil Wagner at MCG

Henry Nicholls grabs outstanding catch to dismiss Steve Smith: It required an excellent spell of all-round cricket to dismiss the Australian batsman.

During the second day of the second Test of the ongoing New Zealand’s tour of Australia in Melbourne, New Zealand batsman Henry Nicholls grabbed an outstanding catch to dismiss Australia batsman Steve Smith off Neil Wagner.

It all happened on the fourth delivery of the 105th over when Smith was caught in an awkward position while facing a bouncer from Wagner. In a sight which didn’t happen for the first time today, Wagner eventually got the priced wicket of Smith this time round.

With the batsman in no position to duck the ball, he gloved it over Nicholls at gully. Not getting too excited about the chance, the fielder kept his calm to judge the catch to perfection with his backward running jump and the grab the ball by his fingertips.

ALSO WATCH: Steve Smith nearly catches himself off Neil Wagner at MCG

Coming in to bat at No. 4 in the 22nd over yesterday, Smith ended up scoring 85 (242) with the help of eight fours and a six. It is worth mentioning that Smith has been dismissed by Wagner on all the three occasions in the series so far.

Just when it seemed the visitors had a chance to gain advantage in the first session today, a 149-run partnership (until tea) between all-rounder Travis Head and captain Tim Paine have put Australia in the driver’s seat once again.

Henry Nicholls grabs outstanding catch to dismiss Steve Smith

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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