Tim Paine has been leading Australia's Test team quite well for some time. After Australia's star players, Steve Smith and David Warner were banned from international cricket for ir involvement in infamous ball-tampering scandal last year, onus of keeping spirits of Aussie team high was on Paine after he was named Test captain. In his captaincy, even though Aussies had to suffer ir first-ever Test series defeat against India at home y still mand to secure a big win over top-ranked Test side. Under his captaincy, Australia also retained 'Urn' in 2019 Ashes series against arch-rivals England. Meanwhile, Tim Paine has also made a tremendous impact behind stumps. 

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Tim Paine takes a flying catch

Tim Paine took a flying catch behind stumps as dived towards his left i.e. down leg side which involved a brilliant amount of athleticism during Tasmania's  Sheffield Shield match against Western Australia at   WACA Ground in Perth. Meanwhile, wicket-keeper batsman was also among highest scorers in domestic competition scoring a century which also ended his 13-year drought of reaching three-figure mark. Tim Paine’s maiden century in first-class cricket had come when w Australia head coach Justin Langer was opening innings under captaincy of Ricky Ponting. Tim Paine was n 21-years-old when he smashed 215 off 409 balls at same venue against same team. video of Tim Paine's stunningly incredible catch was posted by Cricket Australia on ir official Twitter handle. Watch it here.

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Tim Paine's record in international cricket

Tim Paine was appointed Australia skipper after Steve Smith stepped down from captaincy for his involvement in ball-tampering scandal. 34-year-old has played 26 Tests for his side but has t been able to score a single hundred yet. He has third-highest Test aver for an Australian wicketkeeper of all time at 31.45 which is only behind Adam Gilchrist at 47.6 and Brad Haddin with 35.82. Australia's coach Justin Langer said that Steve Smith was unsure of wher cricketer was interested in taking up captaincy after he made his comeback post sandpaper gate scandal. 

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