126 No. of matches played by <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/t20-world-cup-2026-steve-smith-added-to-australia-squad-as-josh-hazlewood-replacement-23616855" rel="nofollow">Steve Smith</a>; the lowest for any player with over 175 catches
Four No. of catches taken by Smith during South Africa&rsquo;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
<img title="Nathan Lyon" src="https://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/oct/superman-in-the-slip-b_1791839773_s.jpg" alt="Nathan Lyon" width="1280" height="720" />Nathan Lyon
65 No. of catches claimed by Smith off Nathan Lyon&rsquo;s bowling; the second-best fielder-bowler combination after Mahela Jayawardene and Muttiah Muralitharan (77)
62 No. of catches taken by Steve Smith against <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/eng-vs-pak-2nd-test-england-drop-pacer-brydon-carse-after-nightclub-incident-23646474" rel="nofollow">England</a>; 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&rsquo;s Graeme Smith (30 in 2008)

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As Steve Smith takes four fine catches on Day 3 of first Test vs SA to set new record by an outfielder (223 grabs; mostly taken in slips), mid-day picks out some catchy numbers behind his brilliant feat

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

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