Jamie Smith https://www.cricketwinner.com Jamie Smith Sat, 19 Jul 2025 09:43:12 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html https://github.com/jpmonette/feed en Copyright © 2024 Cricket Winner. All Rights Reserved. <![CDATA[ENG vs IND 2nd Test Day 3: Full match highlights and key factors]]> https://www.cricketwinner.com/cricket-news/eng-vs-ind-2nd-test-day-3-full-match-highlights-and-key-factors/ https://www.cricketwinner.com/cricket-news/eng-vs-ind-2nd-test-day-3-full-match-highlights-and-key-factors/ Fri, 04 Jul 2025 23:45:04 GMT

ENG vs IND 2nd Test scoreboard:

  • IND: 587 and 64/1 (13 overs, second innings)
  • ENG: 407
  • IND leads by 244 runs.

A rollercoaster day at Edgbaston, Birmingham. From a couple hundred to the showstopper bowling performance by Mohammed Siraj and Akash Deep, every element was in Day 3 of the ongoing 2nd Test between England and India.

England was on top of their game until Jamie Smith and Harry Brook were on the crease. Back-to-back strikes from Siraj and Akash put India in the game and make the battle more balanced. Brook and Smith formed a 303-run partnership of 368 deliveries. Prasidh Krishna was the most expensive for India. Smith found Krishna as the weak link of India's bowling attack and hammered.

Brook returned to the dugout after making 158, while Smith remained not out for an individual 184. After the departure of his long-standing partner, Smith had no option but to witness the remaining part of the team come and go. The duo started to fight back when England lost 5 wickets on 84, and when the partnership broke, it was 387. If Smith got more support from the lower part of the batting lineup, England could've scored more than 407. They lost 5 wickets in 20 runs because of a brilliant spell by Siraj and Deep.

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Siraj clinched England skipper Ben Stokes, Joe Root, Brydon Carse, Josh Tongue, and Shoaib Bashir on Day 3, and Akash bagged the wickets of Brook and Chris Wokes. After the stumps of Day 3, India is leading by 244 runs. KL Rahul and Karun Nair will start Day 4 for the team. 

Key factors of the day:

  • 300+ runs partnership between Brook and Smith
  • Smith's dominating batting 
  • Dream spell by Siraj 

ENG vs IND 2nd Test Day 3 scoreboard in brief:

England- 407

Batsman Runs / BallsBowler Wickets/ Overs
Jamie Smith 184* (207)Mohammed Siraj 6/70 (19.3)
Harry Brook 158 (234)Akash Deep 4/88 (20)
Joe Root 22 (46)Ravindra Jadeja 0/70 (17)

India- 64/1 (13 Overs, Second Innings) 

Batsman Runs / BallsBowler Wickets/ Overs 
KL Rahul 28* (38)Josh Tounge 1/12 (3)
Yashasvi Jaiswal 28 (22)Brydon Carse 0/23 (5)
Karun Nair 7* (18)Chris Wokes 0/28 (5)

 

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England’s wicket-keeper Jamie Smith played a brilliant innings on Day 3 of the second Test against India. He looked in great form, scoring his century in just 80 balls with 14 fours and 3 sixes.

Smith made history by becoming the first England batter since 1877 to score over 100 runs in one session before lunch without being not out overnight. He came in when England was in big trouble and added a crucial 165-run partnership with Harry Brook. This stand helped steady things after Mohammed Siraj removed Joe Root and Ben Stokes in back-to-back deliveries early in the morning.

Siraj’s double blow left England at 84 for 5, but Smith fought back with attacking shots. By lunch, England had reached 249 for 5. Smith was unbeaten on 102 from 82 balls, and Brook was on 91. England scored 172 runs in just 27 overs before lunch. Smith was especially hard on the bowlers. Prasidh Krishna tried a short-ball plan with six fielders on the leg side, but Smith smashed 23 runs in one over with four boundaries and a six. Krishna went for 61 runs in his eight overs before lunch without taking a wicket.

Smith didn’t let the spinners settle either. He hit Washington Sundar for two fours in his first two balls and then took a six and a four off Ravindra Jadeja in the next over. Smith got to his second Test hundred the third fastest by an England player with back-to-back fours off Jadeja just before lunch. It was a superb knock that brought England back into the game after India’s huge first-innings score of 587.

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Jamie Smith explaining how to play Bazball in a proper manner. That never-die attitude came right from him after England lost multiple major wickets during the initial stage of their 1st innings on Day 3 of the ongoing 2nd Test of the five-match series in Edgbaston, the fortress of team England in the longest format of the game.

England lost 5 wickets within 90 runs on the scoreboard. From there, Harry Brook and Smith have taken the score past 300. During the development of the article, England was on 323 for 5. Brook is batting on 116, and Smith already completed an individual 150 with a strike rate over a hundred.

India, batting first, scored 587 on the scoreboard, a commendable total, thanks to captain Shubman Gill's record-breaking 269-run knock. The boys in blue started their bowling according to the plan and took some quick wickets to destabilize England's batting line-up.

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Can England able to overhaule the massive total set by India?

Akash Deep's brace and 3 from Mohammed Siraj pushed the host behind and kept India in the front seat until the Bazball came into the game. Brook's power-hitting abilities are globally recognized, and in the previous match at Headingley, he troubled India a lot.

In the ongoing contest, he has been doing his job in a more enhanced way, facing the red ball more cautiously. On the other side of the wicket, Smith has been treating the match like a limited overs competition. 

]]> <![CDATA[Watch: Jadeja & Sudarshan’s Jaw-Dropping Tag-Team Catch Stuns Jamie Smith in IND vs ENG Leeds Test]]> https://www.cricketwinner.com/cricket-news/watch-jadeja-sudarshan-s-jaw-dropping-tag-team-catch-stuns-jamie-smith-in-ind-vs-eng-leeds-test/ https://www.cricketwinner.com/cricket-news/watch-jadeja-sudarshan-s-jaw-dropping-tag-team-catch-stuns-jamie-smith-in-ind-vs-eng-leeds-test/ Sun, 22 Jun 2025 22:12:48 GMT

Relay catches are very common in T20 cricket. When a fielder near the boundary line takes a catch and starts going out of the field, he throws the ball inside. Sometimes, the same fielder comes back in and catches it again. But many times, another fielder standing nearby catches the ball. When another fielder catches the thrown ball, it is called a relay catch.

This type of catch is almost never seen in Test cricket. But on the third day of the first Test match between India and England, a rare relay catch was seen — something usually seen only in T20 matches.

Right after lunch, England’s wicketkeeper-batter Jamie Smith got out on the bowling of Prasidh Krishna. The way his catch was taken shocked everyone. Ravindra Jadeja and Sai Sudarshan together took the catch. Even though the International Cricket Council (ICC) has changed the rule about boundary catches, this one was accepted.

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How the Catch Happened

Just after lunch, fast bowler Prasidh Krishna bowled the 79th over. On the third ball of the over, Jamie Smith pulled a short ball outside the off stump. The ball went towards Ravindra Jadeja at deep square leg. Jadeja took a brilliant catch, but as he felt he might cross the boundary line, he threw the ball towards Sai Sudarshan, who was standing nearby. Sudarshan completed the catch safely. Smith scored 40 runs off 52 balls.

Some questions were raised about the catch, but the new ICC rule makes it valid. Jadeja had full control of the ball inside the boundary and released it before stepping out. Since Sudarshan caught it inside the field, the catch was given out.

From June 17, the ICC introduced a new rule for boundary catches. As per the new rule, if a fielder jumps in the air and crosses the boundary, he can touch the ball only once. To complete the catch, he must return inside the boundary and then catch it again.

Earlier, a fielder could bounce or tap the ball multiple times in the air while outside the boundary, as long as he was not touching the ground. Also, if a player threw the ball back inside while airborne outside the boundary, the catch was valid only if that player re-entered the field before the second fielder caught it.

India missed many chances in the match. Even though Jasprit Bumrah dismissed Zak Crawley in the first over, the team dropped several important catches. Jadeja dropped Ben Duckett on 15 runs – a rare mistake – and other easy chances were missed. Duckett and Ollie Pope used those chances well and built a 122-run partnership, bringing England back into the match.

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