AUS vs SA 1st Test: Steve Smith's brilliance in the field! Here are his statistics

Aussie Steve Smith (inset) takes a catch at slip to dismiss SA skipper Temba Bavuma and equal Joe Root’s mark of 220 catches on Sunday. He went on to take three more. Pic/AFP

126
No. of matches played by Steve Smith; the lowest for any player with over 175 catches

Four
No. of catches taken by Smith during South Africa's first innings on Sunday to go atop the all-time catches list

Five
Most number of catches taken by Smith in an innings; joint-highest in Test cricket

Nathan Lyon

65
No. of catches claimed by Smith off Nathan Lyon's bowling; the second-best fielder-bowler combination after Mahela Jayawardene and Muttiah Muralitharan (77)

62
No. of catches taken by Steve Smith against England; the most by any player against a single opponent in Tests

29
No. of catches by Smith in 2016; the second-most for a player in a year after SA's Graeme Smith (30 in 2008)