SPD Smith of Australia pouched six catches – five in the first innings and one in the second innings – in the ongoing test against South Africa at Cape Town to provide the eighth occasion of a captain excluding wicket keeper captains to pouch six or more catches in a test in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Dis	Ct	Ct Fi	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	SP Fleming	7	7	7	NZl	Zim	Harare	18 Sep 1997
2	VY Richardson	6	6	6	Aus	SAF	Durban	28 Feb 1936
3	IM Chappell	6	6	6	Aus	NZl	Adelaide	26 Jan 1974
4	SP Fleming	6	6	6	NZl	Aus	Brisbane	07 Nov 1997
5	SP Fleming	6	6	6	NZl	Win	Wellington	17 Mar 2006
6	GC Smith	6	6	6	SAF	Aus	Perth	30 Nov 2012
7	SPD Smith	6	6	6	Aus	Srl	Col-SSC	13 Aug 2016
8	SPD Smith	6	6	6	Aus	SAF	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018

SP Smith’s feat provides the fourth occasion of an Australian captain excluding wicket keeper captains to pouch six catches in a test.  All such occasions are tabulated below.  SPD Smith became the first Australian captain to perform the feat on two occasions.

No	Player	Dis	Ct	Ct Fi	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	VY Richardson	6	6	6	Aus	SAF	Durban	28 Feb 1936
2	IM Chappell	6	6	6	Aus	NZl	Adelaide	26 Jan 1974
3	SPD Smith	6	6	6	Aus	Srl	Col-SSC	13 Aug 2016
4	SPD Smith	6	6	6	Aus	SAF	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018

SPD Smith became the second Australian captain excluding wicket keeper captains to pouch six catches in a test against South Africa. VY Richardson had pouched six catches against South Africa at Durban in Feb 1936.

No	Player	Dis	Ct	Ct Fi	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	VY Richardson	6	6	6	Aus	SAF	Durban	28 Feb 1936
2	SPD Smith	6	6	6	Aus	SAF	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018

SP Fleming  {03} and SPD Smith {02} are the two captains excluding wicket keeper captains to pouch six or more catches in a test on two or more occasions.

No	Player	Dis	Ct	Ct Fi	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	SP Fleming	7	7	7	NZl	Zim	Harare	18 Sep 1997
2	SP Fleming	6	6	6	NZl	Aus	Brisbane	07 Nov 1997
3	SP Fleming	6	6	6	NZl	Win	Wellington	17 Mar 2006
1	SPD Smith	6	6	6	Aus	Srl	Col-SSC	13 Aug 2016
2	SPD Smith	6	6	6	Aus	SAF	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018