Steve Smith nearly catch himself off Neil Wagner’s lethal bouncer: During the ongoing second Test match of Australia vs New Zealand series, Australian batsman Steve Smith found himself at the wrong end of a lethal bouncer from New Zealand fast bowler Neil Wagner. Meanwhile, he nearly caught the ball as he misjudged the pacer’s bouncer.
It all happened in the 101st over of the Australian innings when Steve Smith and Trevis Head were batting for the fifth wicket. In the last ball of the over, it was a great bouncer from the Kiwi’s bowler as Smith totally remain stunned.
The official twitter handle of Cricket Australia has shared the video of the incident. Cricket.com.au posted the video with the caption, “Wagner nails the bouncer – and Smith nearly catches himself! #AUSvNZ.” Here we are attaching the video of the same at the below of this article.
So Far Summary of the Match
Earlier in the match, after winning the toss, New Zealand decided to bowl first at MCG. Meanwhile, batting first Australian team scored 467 before getting all out, thanks to Travis Head’s 114. Australian captain Tim Paine and batsman Steve Smith also played decent innings of 79 and 85 respectively.
In the reply, the New Zealand team at the end of the Day 2 were on 44 for the loss of two wickets. Skipper Kane Williamson and Tom Blundell could manage to score only 9 and 15 respectively before getting out. From Australia, Pat Cummins and James Pattinson took 1-1- wicket each.
Now Tom Latham and Ross Taylor will continue the innings for New Zealand on Saturday morning. At this moment of the game, New Zealand is in trouble as they have already lost two wickets at the end of Day 2 and still Kiwi are 423 runs behind Australia in the first innings.
Here is the video (Steve Smith nearly catch himself off Neil Wagner’s lethal bouncer)
Wagner nails the bouncer – and Smith nearly catches himself! #AUSvNZ | https://t.co/Q5Lvt45rWO pic.twitter.com/qmyVIFdGyN
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) December 27, 2019
