India, Oct. 12 -- Steve Smith became the highest catcher in the history of Test cricket on Sunday. On the third day of the first Test between South Africa and Australia at Kingsmead, Smith took four catches. First, he took a nice, anticipating catch to see the back of Proteas captain Temba Bavuma. Then he took one off David Bedingham in the second slip, diving to his left. With the Bedingham catch, the former Aussie captain went past Joe Root of England in the catches list to set a new record, taking his tally to 221.

Bavuma was struggling against Nathan Lyon. Runs had dried up after the wicket of Aiden Markram. To release the pressure, Bavuma went for a reverse sweep, but the ball was a bit wide of the off-stump, kicked up a bit and hit...