Watch: Steve Smith’s jaw-dropping catch to dismiss Zimbabwe’s Tony Munyonga in first ODI

Australian star cricketer Steve Smith has began off the summer time in model as he took a diving catch to dismiss Tony Munyonga within the first ODI between Australia and Zimbabwe in Townsville on Sunday.

It was the twenty fifth over of the innings when Adam Zampa’s supply was smacked excessive into the air by Munyonga and Smith took a screamer. Smith, who returned to Aussie aspect after battling accidents on the Sri Lanka tour in June, confirmed unimaginable ability to guage this excessive ball whereas operating backwards at full tilt, diving to snare the catch simply above the Townsville turf. Smith needed to run onerous simply to get inside the vary of the place the ball would land. He stored his eyes on the ball and produced the blinder.

What a begin from Steve Smith! The gun fielder begins off the summer time with a stunner in Townsville! #AUSvZIM pic.twitter.com/IXEw75XsXw

— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) August 28, 2022

Having gained the toss, Australia selected to discipline first. Munyonga exited for 7. It was Adam Zampa’s second wicket of the sport having clean-bowled Zimbabwean opener Tadiwanashe Marumani who departed simply shy of a half century. With Marumani’s 45 and Wessely Madhevere’s 72, the guests have been 190/7 in 45 overs of the innings. Zampa, who returned to the aspect after the start of his first baby,  scalped 3 for 57 in his 10-over quota.

Zimbabwe will probably be taking part in a three-match ODI collection in Australia. Australia hasn’t hosted Zimbabwe for an ODI collection since January 2004, after they have been a part of a tri-series that included India.