Jacob Bethel

Yeah, it was very good.

I think it's just kind of one of those wickets, that new ball.

I said yesterday the new ball was the trickiest part and then once we kind of got past that it was nice to bat on and you just had to kind of concentrate.

Obviously I had goosebumps when I got over the line but on 99 obviously there's a few nerves but I kind of made the mistake of getting out in the 90s over in New Zealand and I actually think at that point I stopped watching the ball over in New Zealand and I was just like get me over.

So yeah all I was focusing on was watching the ball and just playing every ball like I had done throughout the innings.

Temperament is something that's very hard to learn.

I think a big contributor is the fact that I was very small growing up.

I only really got able to hit boundaries and sixes when I was about 15, 16.

So I had that kind of...

ability to bat long periods of time when I was younger.

And I think that's kind of just instilled in me throughout now.

I think new balls around the corner, so that's going to pose different challenges.

But I imagine they're going to have the field out and try and stop me from hitting boundaries.

So I'm going to just have to try and hit it in the gaps and, I guess, play smart, as you say.

But, yeah, I'll have to figure that out on the fly and go with the flow and see what they present.

I think smart is a weird word.

I think that if someone sees an option and they want to take it, that is smart.

But I think, yeah, I don't know where I've learnt it.

I just kind of play it as I see it and some risks seem a bit too high to take and others don't.

So, yeah, I think it depends on the tolerance of the person.