He broke the 94-year-old record with his first century! Who is this England's dashing batsman?

On the same 22-yard strip where England's big batsmen were having trouble staying on the crease on the Manchester pitch, a 24-year-old young batsman did wonders. We are talking about Jamie Smith who scored a brilliant century on the third day of the Manchester Test. This is Jamie Smith's first Test century and the great thing is that he completed it in just 136 balls. This century of Jamie Smith is also special because with this he has broken a 94-year-old record.

Jamie Smith has become the youngest wicketkeeper to score a Test century for England. He scored this century at the age of just 24 years, 42 days. Earlier this record was in the name of Les Ames, who scored a century against West Indies at the age of 24 years, 63 days. This Test match was played in Port of Spain in 1930. The interesting thing is that Jamie Smith missed out on scoring a century in the last Test match. This player was out on 95 runs against West Indies but this player scored a century against Sri Lanka. Jamie Smith's innings ended at 111 runs, in which he hit one six and 8 fours. His strike rate was 75.

Jamie Smith has scored his first century in his fourth Test and this player is being considered as England's next big player. It is said about Jamie Smith that he is going to be England's next big batsman after Joe Root. Let us now tell you why this is said. Jamie Smith started playing club cricket at the age of just 6-7 years. After watching the 2005 Ashes series, he dreamt of becoming a cricketer. When he turned 12, he got a cricket scholarship and this player played for Whitgift School, where he scored a lot of centuries. The important thing here is that till the age of 15, Jamie Smith also used to play football and he was a member of AFC Wimbledon Club.

An incredible talent 👏
A vital innings 🏏
A very bright future 🔥 pic.twitter.com/hTub3LxKGH

— England Cricket (@englandcricket) August 23, 2024

Jamie Smith has played 62 Test matches in England so far in which he has scored 3641 runs with the help of 10 centuries. Apart from this, he has also played 17 List A and 84 T20 matches. It is being said that this player can also get a chance in the ODI and T20 series against Australia.