DTVHINDI‘He has shown some great skills in his short Test career’, Paul Collingwood praises Jamie Smith
Collingwood compared Smith to former Australian wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist Jamie Smith (Pic Source-X) 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.
“He has helped me a lot…”, Jamie Smith thanks mentor Ian Bell after maiden international century
Young English batsman Jamie Smith scored his first international century in the first Test against Sri Lanka. Jamie Smith (Photo Source: The first match of the three-match Test series between England and Sri Lanka is being played in Manchester from August 21. By the end of the third day’s play, the Sri Lankan team has scored 204 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in the second innings and the team is leading by 82 runs. Young English batsman Jamie Smith scored his first international century in the first Test against Sri Lanka. When Smith came to bat, the team had lost 4 wickets for a score of 125 in the first innings. He then played some important partnerships with Harry Brook and Chris Woakes, with the help of which England scored 358 runs in the first innings. Meanwhile, after scoring a century, Jamie Smith thanked mentor Ian Bell. Smith said that Bell played the role of a throwdown specialist for him before matches, which helped him improve. Ian Bell has helped me a lot – Jamie Smith England’s 24-year-old young batsman Jamie Smith said while talking on Cricbuzz, Bailey (Ian Bell) has helped me a lot over the last few years, both at Lions and Birmingham Phoenix. I am really grateful for the knowledge he gave me and when I had my eye on the Test series, he became my throwdown specialist. I think it’s great when people want to be with you and help you. Even if they are in the opposing side. So I am grateful for his help. Let us tell you, despite the presence of Jonny Bairstow and Ben Fox, the team management kept faith in Jamie Smith. Smith also performed well in the Test series against West Indies. Ian Bell said a big thing in praise of Smith Former great player Ian Bell says that Jamie Smith will become a world-class player for England in the future. He said, He’s going to be a world-class player for England. He’s class and now we have to find ways to get him out in this series. I think I’ve played a small part in his development, but I’ve seen a guy who’s worked very hard.
