Jamie Smith said he might be “a little bit gutted in a couple of days” after he was dismissed five runs from a first Test century after an entertaining, big-hitting innings in the third Test against West Indies. In just his third appearance Smith hit 12 fours and a big six that cleared Edgbaston’s Hollies Stand as he helped England take control of the game.
“If someone had said to me at the start of the day: ‘You’ll get 95,’ I definitely would have taken it,” he said. “I’ll be a little bit gutted in a couple of days to miss out on the milestone but it’s great to put in a performance for the team. It’s nice to set that out quite early in your career, that you are someone that’s going to go out and be positive and not be afraid of the opposition.”
