Jamie Smith dazzles in the face of danger to prove sky-high potential — but England still left staring down the barrel

Jamie Smith made the highest Test score by an England wicketkeeper - (Getty Images)

Never in cricketing history has so much changed so little. Jamie Smith was absurd. He broke records. He scored five consecutive boundaries in one over. He went to 50 in 43 balls. He went to 100 in 80. Before he then went back down the gears and proved he can play the small rooms as well as fill arenas. Alongside Harry Brook, the pair added 303 for the sixth wicket

But as they walked off at the close of play, Smith, the new owner of the highest ever score by an England wicket-keeper with 184 not out to his name, and Brook, the fastest to nine Test centuries since Dennis Compton, England nevertheless trailed India by 244.