VIDEO | Steve Smith’s superhuman flying effort to dismiss Chris Woakes brings entire Oval to a standstill

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BySportsCafe Desk,SportsCafe Editor

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Steve Smith missed a catch at slip but towards the end of the day, he produced a superhuman flying catch to dismiss Chris Woakes that more than made up for the missed chance. He flew to his right, almost parallel to the ground, and grabbed a one-handed blinder of a catch to set the stage alight.

Even in the doghouse, Steve Smith can come back with flying colours. Tell him he is not a dog, and he would make the podium of Crufts. Such has been his zeal to succeed that he made up for a dropped catch with an effort that was just brilliant, to say the least. It was surreal.

With Mitchell Marsh acquiring the flavour of the day, he was due for a wicket when Tim Paine brought him back into the attack, replacing Pat Cummins, and in a heightened state of mind, the Western Australian was bowling as good as he ever was. On the last delivery of the said 87th over, he bowled a length delivery which drew Woakes into a flashy drive. 

The failure to check the shot resulted in Woakes getting a thickish edge for the ball to fly away from him and even beat the man standing at second slip - Steve Smith. It was just not going to be a catch. But wait, was it not Smith standing there? Was there a possibility?

Yes, definitely there was one, as he plucked one out of thin air to send the entire ground to a standstill. The unique catch took the cake for the day but he hardly celebrated the dismissal but rather put up a swag walk that just looked so natural.

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