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Jamie Smith says he does not feel out of his depth after he became the youngest wicketkeeper-batter ever to reach a maiden century in Test cricket for England.

It was not just Dinesh Chandimal's thumb that was knocked out of shape by Mark Wood's bouncers but the state of the ball too as Sri Lanka discovered just how Australia felt at the Oval a year ago.

In the entire 147-year history of Test cricket, there have perhaps been few instances where a team has made a more shambolic start to a day's play than Sri Lanka did on the third morning of the first Test against England...