- 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 high quality, only to trudge off the field five runs short of a maiden Test century and thus look utterly crestfallen in the moment.
Smith looks too promising not to get there one day; so promising, in fact, 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 ball bouncer from Shamar Joseph and heard the clatter of stumps behind him. As he left the stage amid warm, sympathetic applause, no amount of back slaps in the England dressing room were going to make up for it.
Written by Ali Martin at Edgbaston
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jul/27/cricket-england-west-indies-third-test-day-two-match-report under the title “Smith and Root put England in control as West Indies stumble in third Test”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
