Michael Vaughan

Right back.

He didn't play a crazy shot at all.

This is a youngster who's been picked largely on what he's done in T20 cricket.

And he's completely changed his game.

He's got a handful of first-class games behind him.

You know he's never scored 100 and all that stuff.

But he's completely changed his game.

He's remodelled himself to suit the occasion without any of that noise in his head.

Not any of that nonsense about going out and...

run towards danger whatever the stuff has been over the last couple of years I think he's lucky that he didn't play earlier in the summer he can now come in now when things are changing and play like that with none of that sort of outside noise or pressure he'll score runs at a good rate anyway when he has to but I just thought that was a really beautiful innings and Michael's right it's the first time we've smiled for a while just to actually sit back and watch that and really feel proud we'll jump down the corridors here outside the commentary boxes and

For the last few weeks, he'd been shuffling into the ABC in our case, or Michael into Fox, and go in there a bit apologetically.

No, I called his hundred on ABC radio, did it really proudly, with toughers.

You think, there you go, you'll see this lad in four years' time.

There'll be plenty of Australians, though, saying, where's he been?

Yeah, but, you know, the one thing about leadership is, and I was saying to you on commentary, Simon, it's very important that you're loyal.

And sometimes that loyalty and kind of consistency of selection, you get blinded and you get too emotionally attached to players.

And I'm not just pointing the finger at Olipo, but the technical side of Jacob today was so much better than what we've seen at number three.

To survive at number three, you need a strong technique.

And then you've got to have a real calm mindset because you're out there facing the bowlers when they're fresh, when the game's hot.

And you've got to have a real clear kind of game plan.