WATCH: Jamie Smith set new record against India with blazing century in one session
England wicketkeeper Jamie Smith played a stunning counter-attacking knock on the third day of the second Test in the ‘Tendulkar Anderson Trophy’ series, notching up a century inside a single session of a Test match. Smith, who came into bat with England reeling after back-to-back wickets of Joe Root and their skipper Ben Stokes, smashed the fastest-ever Test century by an Englishman against India.
Smith racked up his second Test hundred off 80 balls, to break the record of Ben Duckett – who had scored a 88-ball century in Rajkot in 2023. It was the joint-third fastest century by an English batter, level his partner in the current innings Harry Brook. Only Gilbert Jessop (off 76 balls) and Jonny Bairstow (off 77 balls) have scored faster hundreds than Smith.
Smith and Brook have put on a remarkable 165 runs for the sixth wicket off only 154 balls with England reeling at 84 for 5 at one stage. The home side put on a ‘Bazball’ show with 172 runs coming in the opening session of third day’s play.
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Who is Jamie Smith?
Jamie Smith is a 24-year-old wicketkeeper from Surrey in England. He shot into prominence a couple of years back when he smashed the fastest-ever hundred by a Lions (England ‘A’) batter off only 71 balls against Sri Lanka in Galle.
Before the Edgbaston game, Smith had turned out in 11 Tests and scored 725 runs at an average of 45.31 with 1 hundred and 4 fifties. Smith averages an impressive 42.8 in first-class cricket with 4409 runs to his name with 11 centuries and 20 fifties and a best of 234 not out.
How did Team India perform?
Mohammed Siraj started brilliantly for Team in the first session on Day 3. In the second over of the day, Siraj grabbed two massive wickets. First he strangled Joe Root down the leg-side for 22 to be snapped up by wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant.
Off the very next ball, England captain Ben Stokes got a brute of a delivery which he could only edge to the wicketkeeper for a golden duck. But from then on, it was one way traffic.
Indian bowlers conceded 172 runs in the first session of play. Smith took Prasidh Krishna apart, smashing him for 22 runs in an over with 4 fours and a six. Prasidh’s ploy of bowling short-balls at England came back to bite India again.
It is the third most number of runs conceded by India inside one session after England’s 176 runs in Rajkot and Australia’s 213 runs in Sydney in 2015.
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