Young attacking goalkeeper goalkeeper Jamie Smith A brilliant girl hit a Test century to put England in a commanding position on Day 3 of the 1st Test vs Sri Lanka in Machester. Smith’s batting century helped England reach a total of 358 runs before they were all out.
Jamie Smith’s maiden Test century puts England in control
of England Jamie Smith‘s ton gave England a crucial lead in the first Test against Sri Lanka at Old Trafford. Smith’s 111-run knock came off 148 balls and included eight fours and one six. His innings helped England recover from a shaky start and posted a respectable total of 358 runs in their first innings. Smith’s innings was a masterclass in batting. He hit seven fours and one six in 136 balls. His century came off 136 balls. Smith’s best partnership was with him Gus Atkinsonwho scored 20 runs. The pair added 64 runs for the seventh wicket.
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England is in a strong position
England are now in a strong position to win the first Test. They have a first innings lead of 125 runs. Other notable contributions followed Ben Duckett (18), Dan Lawrence (30), Ollie Pope (68) and Joe Root (42). Despite these contributions, England’s batting order collapsed, losing wickets regularly throughout the innings. A bowling attack from Sri Lanka led by him Dhananjaya de Silva (1/14), Prabath Jayasuriya (5/85) and Don’t miss Fernando (1/34), proved effective, limiting England’s scoring rate and taking important wickets at crucial moments.
Here’s Twitter’s reaction:
First Test hundred for young Jamie Smith 👏#WTC25 | #ENGvSL 📝: https://t.co/rLZTBfPsBP pic.twitter.com/78qXYibcGx
— ICC (@ICC) August 23, 2024
24 year old Jamie Smith is a special talent! He had just hit the first of his Test centuries to come.
I enjoy watching his bat with his tail. He has already scored a highest of 234* in 10 first class centuries. pic.twitter.com/HzRzNyGEla— Basit Subhani (@BasitSubhani) August 23, 2024
🎉 Congratulations Jamie Smith!
He goes for his first first-class century on debut.Take a bow, sir. 🙌 pic.twitter.com/8jhuEoXFyt
— Surrey Cricket (@surreycricket) March 25, 2019
Jamie Smith scores his FIRST century for England in his fourth test match.👏🏻 #ENGvSL pic.twitter.com/XCySGmy8Qy
— ANKUR ROY (@ROY_45_) August 23, 2024
Present 🤝 Future
First Test century for England’s Jamie Smith.
This guy has it all.#cricket #cricketer pic.twitter.com/cpRykc9vhQ
— Gray-Nicolls (@graynics) August 23, 2024
Jamie Smith scores his first century for England!
Alive #ENGvSL Account @ https://t.co/hPtBB4njWv pic.twitter.com/3nUcu6sjPZ
— Jega8 (@imBK08) August 23, 2024
Outstanding maiden century by Jamie Smith in Tests #JamieSmith #ENGvSL #ENGvsSL #Tests #WTC25 #cricket #SBM pic.twitter.com/lLyd9J0dCJ
— SBM Cricket (@Sbettingmarkets) August 23, 2024
First Test century for Jamie Smith. You’d think this was the first of many 👏 pic.twitter.com/VtRbjpmGBR
— Adam Patel (@aadamp9) August 23, 2024
– 111 runs
– 148 balls
– 8 fours
– 1 six
– 75.00 strike rateJamie Smith beaten for the ages! Maiden Test 100 for England vs Sri Lanka#ENGvSL #PAKvsBAN #engvsind pic.twitter.com/gEjiJ3ThM9
— Irfan Ullah (@irfanul82246383) August 23, 2024
90% – Jamie Smith showed 90% control on his debut test century. @englandcricket since masculine @root66 v India (92%) at Edgbaston 2022; His favorite stroke was the cover drive which contributed to 29 of his 111 runs. Classic. pic.twitter.com/4DaFIuPvlp
—OptaJim (@OptaJim) August 23, 2024
