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Steve Smith Can’t Believe As Third Umpire Rules Out Catch During 3rd Australia vs South Africa Test. Watch | Cricket News

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Steve Smith Can’t Believe As Third Umpire Rules Out Catch During 3rd Australia vs South Africa Test. Watch | Cricket News

[ad_1] Steve Smith had taken the catch at second slip which eventually got ruled out by third umpire.© TwitterSteve Smith took a superb catch in the ongoing third Test between Australia and South Africa in Sydney but his effort went in vain after the third umpire ruled out the catch. Josh Hazlewood bowled a good length ball outside the off stump to South Africa skipper Dean Elgar. The batter poked the ball and got an outside edge on it. What followed was a stunning catch from Steve Smith at second slip. While the ground umpires were convinced with Smith's catch, they sent the decision upstairs for a final check.It was a tight decision but given that the soft signal from umpire Chris Gaffaney was out, the final decision was expceted to go in favour of Australia as the third umpire needed ...

AUS vs SA 2nd Test, Day 2: David Warner’s Double Hundred Keeps Australia In The Driver’s Seat | Cricket News

[ad_1] David Warner battled through searing heat to hit an epic unbeaten 200 in his 100th Test on Tuesday before retiring in pain as Australia consolidated their advantage against South Africa at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. On a scorching day, the hosts were 386-3 at stumps on day two of the second Test, leading by 197 after the Proteas were dismissed in their first innings for 189. Travis Head was not out 48 with Alex Carey on nine. Steve Smith (85) and Marnus Labuschagne (14) were the only wickets to fall. But worryingly for Australia, Cameron Green, who took 5-27 in South Africa's first innings, also retired hurt after a nasty rap on the finger from Anrich Nortje.Smith and Warner's 239-run partnership took the game further away from South Africa, whose bowlers toiled in temperatures...

England vs South Africa: Ben Stokes Vows No Let-up In England’s Attacking Approach After Series Win Against South Africa | Cricket News

[ad_1] File photo of Ben Stokes.© AFPBen Stokes vowed England would keep up their bold approach to Test cricket under coach Brendon McCullum after wrapping up a 2-1 series win over South Africa at the Oval on Monday. The match was shortened to three days after the first day was washed out and the second scrapped following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. But England still needed less than half an hour to seal victory by nine wickets in front of a sparse crowd in London. "This game here, with it being shortened, our main aim was it ending in a result," England captain Stokes told Sky Sports."We felt we owed it to ourselves, we owed it to the nation who have shown their support throughout this whole summer towards us and we will always continue to play in a way that we feel is going to ent...