[WATCH] Marco Jansen Juggles Twice Before Taking Catch To Dismiss Steve Smith in WTC 2025 Final

South Africa’s Aiden Markram produced an excellent delivery to dismiss Australia’s Steve Smith on Day 1 of the 2025 World Test Championship (WTC) final at Lord’s on Wednesday.

How Marco Jansen took the catch

Aiden Markram, bowling the 42nd over, produced a tossed-up delivery outside off. Steve Smith prodded forward to play the cover drive but ended up getting a thick outside edge towards Marco Jansen at slip. It was a tricky catch for Marco Jansen, who juggled twice before taking the catch in his third attempt.

Steve Smith’s vital knock

Steve Smith’s knock of 66 runs from 112 balls came at a vital time for Australia. The defending WTC champions were 16/2 in the seventh over following the dismissal of Cameron Green (4).

Steve Smith then walked out to bat at number four and forged a 79-run stand with Beau Webster for the fifth wicket. The former Australia captain could manage to combine just 23 runs with Travis Head (11) for the fourth wicket but he and Webster led Australia’s fightback.

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Australia are looking to defend the World Test Championship title that won two years back after defeating India at The Oval. South Africa, on the other hand, are looking to clinch just their second ICC title, after having won the 1998 KnockOut Trophy.

At the time of writing this report, Australia were 171/5 with Alex Carey and Beau Webster in the middle.

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