Nathan Smith Catch: Only 8 days have passed since the beginning of the new year i.e. 2025 and this year’s ‘Catch of the Year’ i.e. the best catch has been caught. New Zealand player Natham Smith surprised everyone by taking an amazing catch. The Kiwi player has taken the best catch of this year. The video of this catch was shared through social media by New Zealand Cricket Board i.e. BLACKCAPS.
The second ODI between New Zealand and Sri Lanka was played on Wednesday (08 January). During this match, Nathan Smith took a catch. It can be seen in the video that New Zealand’s fast bowler William O’Rourke threw the ball to Sri Lanka’s Ishan Malinga, on which he stepped back and tried to play the shot. The ball went backwards in the air. Seeing the ball in the air, Nathan Smith takes a long run.
When Nathan realizes that just running won’t do, he takes a long leap and catches him. In this way, Nathan’s catch was really worth watching. The video also showed Nathan’s catch in slow motion, which clearly showed how long he jumped. Let us tell you that Nathan Smith, who took brilliant catches, looked a complete flop in batting. He returned to the pavilion on the golden duck.
Nathan Smith! A screamer on the Seddon Park boundary to dismiss Eshan Malinga 🔥 #NZvSL #CricketNation pic.twitter.com/sQKm8aS07F
— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) January 8, 2025
New Zealand won the match
The second ODI played between Sri Lanka and New Zealand was played of 37 overs each due to rain. In the match, Kiwi team batted first and put 255/9 runs on the board. During this time, Rachin Ravindra, who came to open for the team, played the biggest innings and scored 79 runs in 63 balls with the help of 9 fours and 1 six. Apart from this, Mark Champman again set out to chase the target and the Sri Lankan team was all out for just 142 runs in 30.2 overs.
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