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Gus Atkinson did it recently.
Stuart Broad back in 2012.
And Jack Russell in 1989.
Um, it's the ninth youngest, um, player to make a century for England in all test cricket and eight more runs.
He'll be the second youngest England player to make 150 after Len Hutton.
So, uh, truly extraordinary, uh, performance.
Um,
Less good from some of the rest of England's batting line-up.
Some odd series.
Joe Root, two fine centuries, but seven scores under 20.
Ben Stokes, six single-figure scores, eight scores under 20 in the series.
And Harry Brook, one of the oddest series in England players ever, had seven scores of 30 or more.
Only the second England player to have seven scores of 30 or more in a series in Australia since 1971.
and three dismissals in the 40s, two in the 30s, and one for 52, just the 84 in the first innings, anything more major than that.
First England player who's had that combination in an Ashes series since Len Braund in 1907-08.
And one of the fifth Ashes opener.
who's played five tests in a series without reaching fifth for England, sixth in all ashes.
So a lot of disappointments for England across the series, but a truly fantastic and auspicious innings from Jacob Bethel.
OK, thanks very much, Andy.
So much content on BBC Sounds for you to listen to, including Andy's TMS Ashes quiz and the Ashes Top Ten.