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The stunner When youre hot, youre hot. Steven Smith followed up his 164 with a catch at slip to get rid of Kane Williamson, and then a truly special take at backward point to end BJ Watlings innings. Watling slashed hard at a short, wide ball from Mitchell Marsh, and Smith, with barely any time to react, dived to his left to pluck a remarkable catch. When he got up off the turf, even Smith looked surprised at his achievement.The sitter Occasionally in international cricket - very occasionally - you see a fielder fluff a chance so easy that it looks almost harder to drop than to catch. Such was the case when Travis Head tried to drive James Neesham over mid-off, but failed to gain the necessary elevation. The ball came straight to Matt Henry, who only had to lift his hands to head height to take the straightforward catch. He got his hands there all right, but the ball inexplicably slipped straight through them. Head was on 7 at the time, and went on to make 52.The 13th man Its been a big few days for Glenn Maxwell. On Thursday, he caused controversy with his comments about batting behind Matthew Wade at Victoria. On Saturday, Smith announced that Maxwell had been fined by the team leadership group for the comments, but was available for selection in this match. But Maxwell was left out of the XI, and was not even listed as 12th man, with James Faulkner officially nominated instead. And yet, when Maxwell made an appearance on the field during New Zealands chase, he took a potentially match-defining catch. Martin Guptill, already on 114, pulled Adam Zampa to midwicket, where Maxwell parried the ball up and caught it on the second take. Not surprisingly, he was all smiles - and so were his team-mates.The run-out It has been a tough month for Marsh. Dropped from the Test side after the opening match against South Africa in Perth, he now faces an uncertain future in the baggy green. But he remains a first-choice one-day player for the time being, and was chosen ahead of Faulkner, Maxwell and Hilton Cartwright in Sydney. When he walked out to bat at No.5, with Australia on 3 for 89, the opportunity was there to build a big innings. But Marsh had faced only three balls when he backed up too far - so far that Neesham could have mankaded him - and was caught short when Smiths straight drive rocketed through Neeshams hands and onto the stumps.The quick impact All week in the lead-up to this series, Lockie Ferguson has been the subject of discussion. After all, a fast bowler who can top 150 kph is a rare beast indeed. Would he live up to the hype? His first ball was 146.8 kph and was slammed down the ground for four by David Warner. His second ball cracked 150.4 kph, and then a 149.6 kph third delivery beat the bat. Then came 148.5 kph, then a short ball at 147.1 kph that was pulled for four. 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Its likely that Dylan McIlrath, sporadically used last season and a healthy scratch the first two games, would make his season debut.It will be a tough task against the Sharks, who had the NHLs best road record a season ago and returned most of the roster that reached the 2016 Stanley Cup Final. They added the speedy left winger Mikkel Boedker in free agency, and he was helpful as the Sharks improved to 2-0 with a 3-2 road win against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday.Boedker and linemates right winger Joonas Donskoi and center Logan Couture generated several chances in the win, although they did not register a point. The Sharks depth could prove to be a challenge against the depleted Rangers.We play well together, Boedker said to the San Jose Mercury News on Saturday. A lot of talk and helping each other out. I think its a key component to the suuccess weve had the last two games.dddddddddddd. We have to continue that and continue to play the way we can play.I thought that line was pretty good again, (Boedker) in particular, Sharks coach Peter DeBoer said to the San Jose Mercury News. He created quite a bit of stuff and could have had at least another one and set up a couple guys. He was one of our better guys.While both teams have played well at even strength, they each enjoyed a game in which they had 12 power-play shots, slightly skewing their overall shot totals.The Sharks have outshot their first two opponents by a combined 69-50 while the Rangers have a 74-46 edge in shots, which includes holding the Blues to zero shots in the third period.I dont think we can play much better than we did in the third, Henrik Lundqvist said to Newsday after the Rangers outshot the Blues 15-0 in the final 20 minutes. Obviously, they (the Blues) battened down, and waited for mistakes. It felt like we were going to tie the game, we had enough chances, (Blues goaltender Carter Hutton) just made some big saves.If the Rangers want to avoid succumbing to a Sharks onslaught, theyll need to play that same aggressive style to protect their weakened back end.We had the puck in their end most of the time, so that reduced the burden, Staal told the New York Post. It can be tough going with five if youre defending a lot, but our mindset was to be aggressive and take the game to them. That helped. ' ' '