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> Ur answer does not explain why there is a preference for "Lara smashes a century..." and not for "Lara smashed a century..."
The present simple tense is, in fact, generally shorter and is thus the established tense for newspaper headlines. The specific case you mention is an exception because of the irregular conjugation of 'to smash' in the 3rd person singular. No one suspends the established rule for such cases.
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