England cricket team assistant coach Paul Collingwood has praised wicketkeeper-batsman Jamie Smith, who performed brilliantly in the second innings of the third Test against Sri Lanka. Collingwood also compared Smith to former Australian wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist.

Paul Collingwood compared Smith’s performance to Gilchrist and said that having an explosive batsman like him in the middle order can have a big impact on the opposition team.

“It’s exciting when he comes on. He’s definitely an entertainer. You go back to the days when Gilchrist used to come on for Australia. When someone has the ability to do something like that, it can cause trouble for the opposition. He has shown some great skills in his short Test career,” Collingwood was quoted as saying by Sportskeeda.

Sri Lanka beat England in the third test

Talking about the third match between England and Sri Lanka, it was played at Kennington Oval Stadium from 6 September. Where Sri Lanka defeated England by 8 wickets. However, before this match, England had won the series by defeating Sri Lanka in the first two matches. Let us tell you that on the third day, England’s team was reduced to just 156 runs in 34 overs.

In this way, Sri Lanka got a target of 219 runs. In response, Sri Lanka won the match by scoring 219 runs in 40.3 overs. Pathum Nissanka batted brilliantly and played an unbeaten innings of 127 runs. During this innings, Nissanka hit 13 fours and 2 sixes.

For England, wicketkeeper-batsman Jamie Smith scored 67 runs in the second innings and helped the team reach a respectable score.