--- title: "Steve Smith breaks record for most catches by a fielder in Test cricket" description: "Most outlets led with the record-breaking achievement of Steve Smith surpassing Joe Root with his 221st Test catch. The framing was largely consistent across the excerpts, with both highlighting the milestone and identifying the players involved. 24 News HD added context by noting the report was on their TV channel, while Daily Pakistan phrased the record in a slightly more formal tone." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/13645-steve-smith-breaks-record-for-most-catches-by-a-fielder site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Steve Smith breaks record for most catches by a fielder in Test cricket sports · updated 11 Oct 2026, 7:35 PM PKT · 11 Oct 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets led with the record-breaking achievement of Steve Smith surpassing Joe Root with his 221st Test catch. The framing was largely consistent across the excerpts, with both highlighting the milestone and identifying the players involved. 24 News HD added context by noting the report was on their TV channel, while Daily Pakistan phrased the record in a slightly more formal tone. ## Same story from 2 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Daily Pakistan (English)** — [Steve Smith breaks record for most catches by a fielder in Test cricket](https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/11-Oct-2026/steve-smith-breaks-record-for-most-catches-by-a-fielder-in-test-cricket) · 11 Oct 2026, 7:35 PM PKT > Australian veteran batter Steve Smith has set a new record for the most catches taken by a fielder in Test cricket history. Smith surpassed England’s Joe Root after taking his 221st catch in Test matches, moving ahead of Root’s previous record of 220 catches. The Australian achieved the milestone during the first Test against South […] - **24 News HD** — [Australia’s Smith surpasses Joe Root with 221 Test catches](https://www.24newshd.tv/11-Oct-2026/australia-s-smith-surpasses-joe-root-221-test-catches) · 11 Oct 2026, 6:32 PM PKT · 92% identical wording to the newest filing > Australian batting star Steve Smith has become the most successful fielder in Test cricket history, surpassing England’s Joe Root with his 221st catch, 24NewsHD TV reported on Sunday. ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [Joe Root breaks Steve Smith’s Test cricket catches record](https://harzaviya.com/stories/4317-joe-root-sets-new-world-record-for-most-catches-in-test) · 22 Aug 2026 · 2 outlets · 88% related - [Smith breaks Test catching record as Australia control first Test against South Africa](https://harzaviya.com/stories/13652-australia-take-control-of-1st-test-against-south-africa) · 12 Oct 2026 · 4 outlets · 77% related 2 articles from 2 outlets, 11 Oct 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.