ENG vs SL: Netizens celebrate as Jamie Smith hits his first Test ton for England on Day 3 of the first Test

New attacking wicket takers Jamie Smith he scored an excellent Test Century In England in the control area on the 3rd day of the first trial against Sri Lanka in Manchester. Smith’s fighting century helped England reach a massive 358 runs before they were all out.

Jamie Smith’s maiden Test century puts England in control

in England Jamie Smith‘s ton gave England the lead in the first Test against Sri Lanka at Old Trafford. Smith’s knock of 111 runs came off 148 balls and included eight fours and one six. His innings helped England recover from the start and posted a respectable 358 runs in their first innings. Smith’s innings was a masterclass of strokeplay. He hit seven fours and one six in his 136-ball knock. His hundred came off 136 balls. Smith’s best partnership was one Gus Atkinsonwho scored 20 runs. The two 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 lead in the first innings by 125 runs. Other notable contributions emerged Ben Duckett (18), Dan Lawrence (30), Ollie Pope (68), again Joe Root (42). Despite these blows, England’s batting line-up slumped, losing wickets regularly throughout the innings. The bowling attack from Sri Lanka, led by Dhananjaya de Silva (1/14), Prabath Jayasuriya (5/85), and We hate Fernando (1/34), was successful, limiting England’s batting rate and taking crucial wickets at crucial times.

Here’s how Twitter responded:

Hundred Tests for young Jamie Smith’s girlfriend 👏#WTC25 | #ENGLISH 📝: pic.twitter.com/78qXYibcGx

-ICC (@ICC) August 23, 2024

24 year old Jamie Smith is a special talent! He has just scored his first Test in many centuries to come.
Nice to see him wagging his tail. He has scored 10 points in first class with the highest score of 234* pic.twitter.com/HzRzNyGEla

— Basit Subhani (@BasitSubhani) August 23, 2024

🎉 Congratulations to Jamie Smith!
He goes to his first stage of the first century at the beginning.

Bow down sir. 🙌 pic.twitter.com/8jhuEoXFyt

– Surrey Cricket (@surreycricket) March 25, 2019

Jamie Smith scored his FIRST century for England in his fourth Test.👏🏻 #ENGLISH pic.twitter.com/XCySGmy8Qy

— ANKUR ROY (@ROY_45_) August 23, 2024

Present 🤝 Future

England’s Jamie Smith’s first test century.

This guy has it all.#cricket #cricketplayer pic.twitter.com/cpRykc9vhQ

– Gray-Nicolls (@graynics) August 23, 2024

Jamie Smith has his first century for England!

Live #ENGLISH Result @ pic.twitter.com/3nUcu6sjPZ

— Jega8 (@imBK08) August 23, 2024

Outstanding maiden century by Jamie Smith in Tests #JamieSmith #ENGLISH #ENGLISH #Exams #WTC25 #Cricket #SBM pic.twitter.com/lLyd9J0dCJ

– SBM Cricket (@Sbettingmarkets) August 23, 2024

Jamie Smith’s first Test century. You can imagine it’s the first of many 👏 pic.twitter.com/VtRbjpmGBR

— Aadam Patel (@aadamp9) August 23, 2024

– 111 runs
– 148 balls
– 8 four
– 1 six
– 75.00 strike rate

Jamie Smith knocking for years! England’s maiden Test hundred against Sri Lanka#ENGLISH #PAKvsBAN #word pic.twitter.com/gEjiJ3ThM9

– Irfan Ullah (@irfanul82246383) August 23, 2024

90% – Jamie Smith showed 90% control in his maiden Test century, a century dominated by @englandcricket the beating of men since @impande66 v India (92%) at Edgbaston in 2022; his favorite cover drive which contributed 29 runs out of 111. The old one. pic.twitter.com/4DaFIuPvlp

— OptaJim (@OptaJim) August 23, 2024

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