SMITH STARS IN ENGLAND FIGHTBACK

SMITH STARS IN ENGLAND FIGHTBACK

By Jo Harman

Big impression: Smith makes 95 at EdgbastonPICTURES: Alamy AFTER SLIPPING to 54-5 on the morning of day two at Edgbaston, England were staring down the barrel at a sizeable first-innings deficit against a jubilant West Indies. However, a stand of 115 between Joe Root (87) and Ben Stokes (54) steadied the ship before Jamie Smith continued his impressive start to his Test career with a scintillating knock of 95 from 109 balls, denied a first century when he was unfortunate to be bowled by Shamar Joseph. Chris Woakes chipped in with a half-century of his own to give Eng…

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