11 h. ago England vs India: Jamie Smith leads recovery after Jasprit Bumrah heroics on second morning

Smith rallies in 82-run stand with Brydon Carse to stabilise hosts after Ben Stokes, centurion Joe Root and Chris Woakes all fall to Bumrah at Lord’s

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11 h. ago Jamie Smith picks up the baton for England after early Joe Root dismissal

Root had spent the night on 99 and wasted no time reaching three figures in the third Rothesay Test against India.

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5 d. ago England crash to heavy India defeat that reveals Bazball flaw

Ben Stokes’ men were bowled out for 271 with 27 overs still remaining as India levelled the series at 1-1

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5 d. ago Ben Stokes says sloppy start led to heavy England defeat by India at Edgbaston

Stokes saw his side crumble to a mammoth 336-run loss at Edgbaston.

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5 d. ago England vs India: Jamie Smith efforts not enough as Akash Deep seals second Test win

Akash Deep claims a 10-wicket match haul at Edgbaston as hosts fall to 336-run loss heading to Lord’s

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7 d. ago Hothouse kid Jamie Smith starts as he goes on and changes Test in 20 minutes | Andy Bull

England’s keeper came in on a hat-trick, hit his first ball for four and never stopped battering India’s bowlersIt started in the worst possible way. By the second over of the day England were 84 for five, five hundred runs and a thousand miles behind. Their best batter, Joe Root had just been caught off the ninth ball of the morning, and their captain, Ben Stokes, who has worked so many miracles for them before, had been caught off the 10th, done by a wicked, lifting delivery, nasty, brutish and short, which brushed off his glove on its way through to the keeper.The bowler, Mohammad Siraj, was on a hat-trick, and here comes England’s No 7, Jamie Smith, 24 years old, playing his 19th Test innings. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Jamie Smith has ‘long England career ahead of him’ – Harry Brook

The pair made centuries in a stand of 303 as England battled to avoid defeat against India.

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7 d. ago Jamie Smith and Harry Brook hundreds in vain as India turn the screw on day of batting feast and famine

Smith and Brook put on a magnificent stand of 303 but England collapsed twice to remain firmly on the back foot

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7 d. ago Jamie Smith’s sensational century gives England hope but India seize their moment

Second Test, D3: India 587 and 60-1; England 407Wicketkeeper hits unbeaten 184 but India in chargePressure? What pressure? Or to pinch a line from Keith Miller, the great Australian all-rounder and a fighter pilot during second world war: “There is no pressure in Test cricket. Real pressure is when you are flying a Mosquito with a Messerschmitt up your arse.”Notwithstanding this old truism, there was still a fair bit on the line when Jamie Smith strode out to middle at 11.12am here on the third morning. Joe Root had been uncharacteristically strangled down leg, Ben Stokes had been blown away by a brutish first ball and Mohammed Siraj, a fiery fast bowler known to get on a roll, was eyeing up a hat-trick. Oh, and England were 84 for five, 503 runs behind India’s first innings. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago England vs India: Jamie Smith and Harry Brook hit brace of centuries to pull Three Lions back into contention

The hosts rallied back into the Test at Edgbaston

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7 d. ago England vs India: Jamie Smith and Harry Brook his brace of centuries to pull Three Lions back into contention

The hosts rallied back into the Test at Edgbaston

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7 d. ago Jamie Smith and Harry Brook rescue England with stunning stand against India

The pair came together at 84 for five early in the morning but had put on 271 by tea.

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7 d. ago Jamie Smith blasts century in blazing England counter attack against India

Smith led a fabulous onslaught at Edgbaston with one of the fastest Test hundreds ever by an English batter

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1 week ago Jamie Smith says calculated way England beat India shows how far they have come

The way in which England overhauled 371 at Headingley to go 1-0 up in the five-Test series was dubbed by Michael Vaughan as “Bazball with brains”.

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2 w. ago Harry Brook agonisingly short of century as England out just six behind India

Brook was the first Englishman to fall for 99 since Jonny Bairstow in 2017.

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