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RESULT
Division 2, Northampton, September 05 - 08, 2021, County Championship
252 & 238
(T:320) 171 & 322/8

Northants won by 2 wickets

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Jamie Smith century keeps Surrey competitive in face of Tom Taylor five-for

Visitors grateful to century stand between Smith and Will Jacks before Northants hit back

ECB Reporters' Network
05-Sep-2021
Jamie Smith celebrates his century, LV= Insurance County Championship, Surrey vs Leicestershire, The Kia Oval, April 17, 2021

Jamie Smith made his third first-class hundred  •  Getty Images

Northamptonshire 7 for 0 trail Surrey 252 (Smith 123, Jacks 60, Taylor 5-41, Sanderson 4-32) by 245 runs
Jamie Smith's stunning century rescued Surrey from a perilous position on day one of their LV= Insurance County Championship clash with Northamptonshire at Wantage Road.
The 21-year-old wicketkeeper-batter reached 123 with a six and 14 fours - the third first-class hundred of his career - to drag the visitors from 15 for 3 to 252 all out. Another homegrown talent in Will Jacks provided great support, making 60 as they added 145 for the fifth wicket.
However, Tom Taylor's first five-wicket haul of the season kept the hosts, who were 7 for 0 in reply at the close, right in the game after a topsy-turvy day.
Acting Surrey skipper Hashim Amla opted to bat on winning the toss before a 10.30am start and his side were soon in trouble. Cameron Steel survived two appeals for lbw in Ben Sanderson's first two overs, but wasn't so lucky the third time and was pinned in front for nought.
Amla played no shot to Taylor and lost his off bail and when Laurie Evans had his off stump pegged back by one which jagged back off the seam from the same bowler Surrey were in trouble.
Smith entered the fray to play possibly the innings of his young career. Looking composed he was tight in defence, but quick on to anything loose, his on drives especially pleasing on the eye. But Northamptonshire struck again on the stroke of lunch, Ryan Patel, who had battled to 35, wafting lazily at a wide one from Taylor and edging through to Adam Rossington.
If the morning belonged to the hosts, Surrey dominated the afternoon as the early movement disappeared and the ball got soft.
Smith moved serenely to 50 with eight fours, one a dreamy cover drive from the bowling of Northamptonshire debutant James Sales. He found an ally in Jacks, who made a fifty of his own in 85 balls with seven fours despite curbing his naturally aggressive instincts. The 100 partnership came in 192 balls as the duo batted throughout the session.
Northamptonshire looked to be flagging, but just prior to the new ball, Jacks suffered a rush of blood, charged Simon Kerrigan and was bowled. Unperturbed, Smith moved to his hundred with a glorious cover drive, but when the ripe cherry arrived Northamptonshire struck back, blowing away the tail, the last five wickets falling for 46.
Smith was last out, bowled by Sanderson, who finished with 4 for 32, four runs short of equalling his career-best while Taylor returned 5 for 41.

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