England's young prodigy Jamie Smith breezed past captain Ben Stokes' record to script the joint third-fastest Test century for the Three Lions, following his flamboyant exploits on Day 3 of the second Test against India at Edgbaston.
Ravi Shastri, Dinesh Karthik and Stuart Broad are in awe of Jamie Smith and Harry Brook's surreal exploits with the bat on the third day of the second Test at Edgbaston on Friday.
At Lunch, England have reached 249/5 with Harry Brook 91* (127) and Jamie Smith 102* (82) unbeaten on the crease. The duo have added 165 runs off just 154 balls for the 6th wicket.
Ben Duckett's masterful 149 set the tone for a historic run chase as England chased down the target of 371 to defeat India by five wickets at Headingley. With the win, England takes a 1-0 lead in the five-match Test series.
Ben Duckett's masterful 149 set the tone for a historic run chase as England chased down the target of 371 to defeat India by five wickets at Headingley. With the win, England take a 1-0 lead in the five-match Test series.
During his 20 overs, Prasidh did take crucial wickets of Ollie Pope, Harry Brook and Jamie Smith, but was often on the receiving end of brutal hitting from England batters. His economy rate of 6.40 is the worst among Indian bowlers who have bowled at least 120 balls or 20 overs in their spel
Even though India struck twice, a counter-attacking fifty by Brook and his partnerships with skipper Ben Stokes and Jamie Smith helped the Three Lions eat further into the first innings score of 471 runs set by India, as they ended the first session on 327/5. Against Bumrah, Brook made a sta
Bethell, 21, will be among players' to watch out for as a new-look English squad kickstarts their ICC World Test Championship (WTC) cycle 2025-27 against India, who are themselves transitioning from retirements of star batters Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma from Tests and Ravichandran Ashwin in i
Young wicketkeeper batter Jamie Smith feels opening for England during the three ODIs against the West Indies has provided him with "great practice" for his upcoming battle against India quicks in the forthcoming five Tests against India, scheduled to begin on June 20 at Headingley.
England captain Jos Buttler shed light on the tactical reason behind promoting young Jamie Smith to the number three spot and dropping seasoned star Joe Root to fourth in the batting order for their Champions Trophy campaign opener against arch-rival Australia in Lahore.