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3rd Test: Smith Leads England’s Recovery With Fifty After Bumrah Picks Three Scalps
Nitish Kumar Reddy: Jamie Smith hit his second fifty of the ongoing Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy series to steer England’s recovery in the third Test at Lord’s on Friday, especially after Jasprit Bumrah wreaked havoc with a fiery three-wicket spell.
At lunch, England reached 353/7 in 105 overs, with Smith and Brydon Carse unbeaten on 51 and 33 respectively, with their unbroken eighth wicket stand worth 82 runs. With the pitch being quicker, Bumrah was able to move the new ball both ways to dismiss England's overnight batters – Joe Root and Ben Stokes - within the first 30 minutes of the first session, before taking out Chris Woakes.
But Smith, dropped on five by KL Rahul, made the most of his luck to bring up his sixth Test fifty and be rock solid alongside Carse to lead England’s lower-order fightback. For India, the timing of balls being replaced twice coincided with them going off the boil after Bumrah provided them with a platform to dismiss them for a low total.
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