Surrey teenager Jamie Smith hits best score by debutant in county's history against MCC in Dubai

The 18-year-old hit two sixes and 16 fours during his knock, which spread across Monday and Tuesday, facing 192 balls against an attack which includes England seamer Stuart Broad

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Surrey youngster Jamie Smith has made the highest score by a player on first-class debut for the club in the Champion County match in Dubai.

Smith, an prodigious England Under-19 international, hit 127 during his side's first innings against the MCC at the ICC Academy.

The 18-year-old registered two sixes and 16 fours during his knock, which spread across Monday and Tuesday, facing 192 balls against an attack which includes England seamer Stuart Broad.

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Jamie Smith, right, and Ollie Pope put on 266 together for Surrey's fifth wicket

Smith's 127 surpassed the previous record for a Surrey player on his maiden first-class appearance for the county - the 124 made by both Neville Miller and Harold Pretty in 1899.

The teenage wicketkeeper shared in a fifth-wicket partnership with Ollie Pope worth 266 before he was dismissed by Broad.

Pope, meanwhile, went on to make a majestic 251 as Surrey posted 520 all out to take a first-innings lead of 255.

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