Bazball brilliance! Jamie Smith smashes joint third-fastest Test century for England, India left reeling at Edgbaston

The second test match between England and India is currently taking place in Edgbaston. Under the leadership of Shubman Gill, the Indian team performed an extraordinary performance and accumulated a total of 587 runs in their first strokes. Later, the top of the Britain fell against the violent pace of Akashdeep and Muhammad Siraj. Just as India’s tracking seems to be ready to practice, Jamie Smith entered into wrinkle and significantly changed the momentum of the game. In a test match, he adopted a T20 style, threw a dazzling century, 23 running from Prarasn ​​Krishna Bowled comes from a single one.

The fastest test centuries for England (confronting the balls):

76 Top – Gilbert Jessop vs Australia, Oval, 1902

77 Top – Jonny Bairstow vs New Zealand, Trent Bridge, 2022

80 Top – Harry Brook vs Pakistan, Rawalpindi, 2022

80 Top – Jamie Smith vs India, Edgbaston, 2025 *

85 Top – Ben Stokes vs New Zealand, Lord’s, 2015

Jamie Smith’s dynamic performance

On the second day of the match, the Indian team celebrated two fast and small doors while Jamie Smith broke the festivals. As soon as he came to wrinkles, he began to punish Indian pottery starting from Praj Krishna. Krishna, who was already criticized for its economy in the first match, accepted 61 runs at 8 at sea during the first strokes of this match.

A promising start in the series

Jamie Smith had already implied the potential of the series in the first test. He first joined 40 in Inning and was not defeated in 44 in the second. The short test career, which covers 11 matches, has been quite remarkable so far. 18 Inning accumulated 725 runs in an average of 45.31.

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