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Steve Smith breaks Test fielding record as Australia dominate South…

Smith surpassed the previous record of 222 catches during Australia's dominant performance, with the team restricting South Africa to 284 runs in their second innings.

On air: Brock Thunderson and Gloria Vance on Finally, Some Good News
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  1. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorSteve Smith has now taken two hundred twenty-three Test catches, the most of any fielder in history, as Australia bowled South Africa out for two hundred eighty-four in reply to three hundred ninety.

  2. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistTwo hundred twenty-three times the ball came down out of the sky, and two hundred twenty-three times he was standing right under it. I need a minute.

  3. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIt's a fielding record, Brock. He stood in a field and caught things.

  4. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistThat's a forecast, Gloria. A lovely, patient forecast that kept coming true for years.

  5. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorYears of waiting for someone else to make a mistake, and he never once dropped the reward.

  6. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistHe held on to something. Every single time.

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