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Jamie Smith is back: so will England now pick him as a specialist batsman?

Sublime 166 against Leicestershire at the Kia Oval spearheads strong Surrey day one revival and makes it two hundreds in three County Championship innings for...

10.04.26, 23:24 Updated 11.04.26, 13:07 4 Minute Read

Mark Baldwin

Mark Baldwin

Jamie Smith has now batted three times for Surrey in County Championship cricket in the first five playing days of the 2026 season, and scored 307 runs. It’s as if his Ashes winter nightmare was just a bad dream.

Smith’s sublime 166 against Leicestershire at the Kia Oval, on the opening day of their first home Championship fixture, spearheaded a drive to a commanding 412 for six by stumps and followed his nine and 132 against Warwickshire at Edgbaston.

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