England players dominated the men's Big Bash League draft, with Ben Duckett and Laurie Evans featuring among a host of Three Lions players for the 14th edition of the franchise.
Batting legend Root continues to pile up runs consistently as he stars in yet another win for England. In a tense run-chase of 205 runs, Root scored a slow, but a well-compiled 62 runs that guided his team to a win despite losing wickets early.
Joe Root was full of praise for Jamie Smith, whose stellar performance earned him the Player of the Match award in the recent Test against Sri Lanka.
Smith notched his maiden Test century in the first innings and followed it up with a valuable, boundary-laden 39-run cameo that all but secur
After a fine 42 in the first innings, Root once again showcased his class, composure and clutch game in a tense run chase of 205 runs, scoring an unbeaten 62 in 128 balls, with two fours, coming in when England was 56/2.
Smith showed immense composure, versatility and class across both the innings as his century in first innings and a quick cameo in the run-chase proved to be vital in England's five wicket win over Lankan Lions in the first Test at Manchester.
Sri Lankan batters fought hard, with contributions from Kamindu Mendis, Angelo Matthews, Dinesh Chandimal, Silva and Milan Rathnayake standing out. But it still was not enough to overcome England, who were powered by contributions of their middle order in absence of their injured opener Zak
Root starred with a calm half-century during a tense run-chase while Smith smashed his maiden Test ton in the first innings to hand England a massive lead of 122 runs in the first innings, which proved to be instrumental in team's win.
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England wicketkeeper-batter Jamie Smith on Friday slammed his maiden Test century against Sri Lanka and became the youngest to do so for the Three Lions in the history of this form of the game.
Coming in at 125/4 while aiming to overcome Sri Lanka's first innings total of 236 runs, Brook displayed immense maturity, toning down a bit on his naturally aggressive game to amass 56 runs in 73 balls, with four boundaries. His runs came at a strike rate of just over 76, way below his care
Legendary England bowler Stuart Broad reflected on young wicketkeeper-batter Jamie Smith's Test career, saying that he has been "superb" in his brief, but a promising career so far.