WATCH: Steve Smith nearly catches himself off Neil Wagner’s lethal bouncer at MCG

Dixit Bhargav | 27/12/2019
WATCH: Steve Smith nearly catches himself off Neil Wagner's lethal bouncer at MCG

Steve Smith nearly catches himself: The Australian batsman found himself at the wrong end of the Kiwi fast bowler’s bouncer.

During the second day of the second Test of the ongoing New Zealand’s tour of Australia in Melbourne, Australia batsman Steve Smith found himself at the wrong end of a lethal bouncer from New Zealand fast bowler Neil Wagner.

It all happened on the last delivery of the 101st over when Smith was found struggling against a Wagner bouncer. Having coped a blow on the blow, Smith’s awkward position saw him catching the ball himself. Both him and Wagner exchanging expressions after the delivery spoke highly about the ball.

Smith, who resumed his innings at 77* from last night, ended up scoring 85 (242) with the help of eight fours and a six. It is worth mentioning that it was Wagner who dismissed the top Aussie batsman in the 105th over.

As far as Wagner is concerned, the left-arm Kiwi bowler has disturbed the home batsmen with short-pitch bowling throughout the series.

Having got the early advantage that they wanted today, New Zealand are still battling it out to get past the sixth-wicket partnership between Australia all-rounder Travis Head and captain Tim Paine. With both of them scoring individual half-centuries, they have put Australia in a strong position.

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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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