The True Post(Web News) – India and England cricket team’s young wicketkeeper-batsman Jamie Smith created new history in the second Test match against India.
The second match of the 5-match Test series between England and India is underway in Birmingham, where on Friday, on the third day of the match, the English wicketkeeper-batsman entered the record books by scoring a magnificent century in response to India’s first innings.
The total score of the innings was 587 runs, England wicketkeeper-batsman Jamie Smith scored an unbeaten 184 runs against India and completed his Test century in just 80 balls. With this brilliant innings, Jamie Smith created new history for England. 24-year-old Jamie Smith became the wicketkeeper-batsman to play the most individual innings for England in Test cricket. He broke the 28-year-old record of former English wicketkeeper Alec Stewart. Stewart holds the record for the highest Test innings by a wicketkeeper for England with his innings of 173 runs against New Zealand in 1997.
In response to India’s 587 runs, England were all out for 407 runs in the first innings. Jamie Smith was the leading batsman for the English team with an unbeaten 184 runs, while Harry Brook also played an innings of 158 runs. By the end of play on the third day, India had scored 64 runs for the loss of one wicket in the second innings against England and had a lead of 244 runs over the hosts.
