Michael Vaughan

Test match cricket has been played for many, many generations.

You respect the ball.

You have good balance.

You have a good technique.

I don't think we talk about technique enough in test match cricket.

The best players in the world who survived the longest, the Joe Roots.

Steve Smith in his quirky way, but his head position is always spot on.

And Jacob Bethel today, that was a technical masterclass, a masterclass in composure, calmness.

To think that he came out there in the first over with England 180 behind, he's facing Mitchell Stark and Scott Bonner, and that was a tricky pitch.

The ball was bouncing, the ball was moving around.

Of course, he played and missed it a few, but...

The stroke play, when he got the chance to score, he didn't try and over-hit it.

For three and a half years now, we've seen England play some innings where they've always over-hit the ball.

Even Joe Root at times over the last three and a half years over-hit the ball.

We've seen a batting masterclass today from someone that let the ball come and just caressed the ball

and with the, they're powerful, these guys, and the bats are amazing, you don't need to over-hit it, just caress the ball on the floor, I didn't see him hit the ball in the air that often, he danced down and hit one over mid-wicket to get to three figures, but he hit the ball on the floor, it was a throwback, that's why I'm smiling, Simon, because it's just given me, for a couple of years, I've thought, oh, am I wrong, that test match cricket has moved on, and you need to play in a different way, and we should really kind of celebrate the fact that everyone needs to bat like Harry Brook these days, well,

Harry Brook's a lovely player, but I tell you what, give me a Jacob Bethel or a Joe Root all day long in Test Match Cricket.

People will be saying, hold on a second, Jacob Bethel, he's come out, he's made 100.

Why hasn't he played in the whole series?

Well, I'm going to let John answer this, because he's come up with a very, very good point.