- Third Test, day two: West Indies 282 & 33-2; England 376
- Jamie Smith falls just short of century at Edgbaston
Test cricket can be pretty absurd at times. Take the example of Jamie Smith, who on the second day at Edgbaston had a beer-soaked capacity crowd eating out of the palm of his hand with an innings of rare quality, only to trudge off the field five runs short of a maiden Test century and thus look utterly crestfallen.
Smith looks too promising not to get there one day; so promising, in fact, that it feels close to a given. But such thoughts were far from the 24-year-old’s mind when, at 5.10pm, he was mugged by a canny slower bouncer from Shamar Joseph and heard the clatter of stumps. As he left the stage amid warm, almost apologetic applause, no amount of back slaps in the England dressing room were going to make up for it.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jul/27/cricket-england-west-indies-third-test-day-two-match-report
Author : Ali Martin at Edgbaston
Publish date : 2024-07-27 18:37:42
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