Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
100 years full of life. You're listening to the TMS Podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live.
Chapter 2: What did Jacob Bethell achieve in his maiden first-class hundred?
Webster bowls to Bethel down the pitch swatting it into the onside he's got it away out towards deep mid wicket there's the hundred for Jacob Bethel the first first-class hundred in his career and it's come at a test match at the SCG against Australia it's a brilliant innings from a very talented young man
So after four days of the Sydney test match, England still alive in this game, but it looks as though Australia are closing in on victory. England 302 for eight, so England's lead is 119. The day belonged to Jacob Bethel, his first first-class hundred. What a place.
Chapter 3: How did England's performance change during the Sydney Test match?
And what a time to score it at the SCG in an Ashes test match in only his second Ashes game. 142 not out at the close. Matthew Potts for company. England at one stage with 219 for three. Then they contrived a semi-collapse.
Chapter 4: What analysis did experts provide on Jacob Bethell's batting technique?
to leave Australia well placed for victory on the final day Australia 567 all out Steve Smith first man out today for 138 Bo Webster he's had a good game quietly 71 not out and the last couple of wickets are going cheaply Stark out for five and Boland for nought so Australia with a lead of 183 Crawley was out in the first over again to Mitchell Stark Duckett made 42.
Root, final innings of the series, out for six. Brook, 42, and that started the semi-collapse. Jacks heaving one out to deep mid-wicky for Nought's second ball. Smith, run out in a mix-up with Bethel for 26. Stokes, struggling with a groin injury off the pitch for most of the day, came out. He was out for one, and then Kast nicked off to Smith.
for 16 Michael Vaughan is here, Jonathan Agnew is here, let's start with Jacob Bethel, it's the right place to start tonight even though Australia look to be closing in on victory well what's your assessment of Jacob Bethel?
Well it's the biggest smile that I've had on my face for many many weeks and actually for a few years because what we've witnessed today has been something very special and it's not that England have unearthed a young player but he's played in a way that 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.
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Chapter 5: What does Jacob Bethell's innings signal for the future of England cricket?
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.
Chapter 6: How did Beau Webster perform as a spinner in this match?
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. I've got a theory here. I think Jacob Bethel is a very lucky young man that he's playing now and didn't play at the start of last summer when Baz Ball was still mad. And I'm not sure he could have come out and played like that. But now he can. Times are changing.
And he's played a proper number three test innings there. Lovely footwork. Right forward.
Chapter 7: What is Usman Khawaja's perspective on his last day in international cricket?
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
Chapter 8: What challenges did England face in their batting lineup during the series?
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.
And the only way that you can have calmness, I believe, is when you've got a good technique. Because your technique looks after you when you don't quite read the length of the ball. You go back when you should before, but your technique and your bat swing just looks after you. You know, your head position looks after you.
of those balls that you don't quite pick up as well that's what we've seen today because it wouldn't have been that Jacob picked up length perfectly every single time but that back flow that head position you know leaving balls getting under balls the bouncer came alright I'll duck under he wore one on his head now one flew off a length brute of a ball brute of a ball and then the next ball guess what right back in behind it straight back down the ground it was a a technical masterclass a real kind of strong mentality of calmness
which surely sends the message to many in the English game, and not just this group, but I think there's many playing the English game back in county cricket and think, oh, the basketball way is the way they go. You dance down, you run towards the Dane, you play the reverse ramps, the tricks. That's the way you bat in the longest format. And by the way, he's got another gear or two to go up.
And the best players in the world, when they've got five or six gears, In test cricket, they stay in second and third because they just like batting. And they want to bat for a long period of time. There's no point in going into fourth and fifth because that's too risky. Harry Brook's gone into fourth and fifth again today. Far too risky.
You know, just before he got out, Harry Brook, he gets the ball that spins back. But, you know, I watched him. Jacob Bethel gets 100. Celebration. Fantastic. And all of a sudden, Mitchell Stark bowls to Harry. Starts dancing down, backing away. You know, it's been a lesson for Harry, actually, that to be consistent against the best bowlers, particularly in Australia, you've got to calm down.
He's going to have to calm down because he's offering too many risky shots, too many opportunities for Austria. And they'll spread the field and go, come on, Harry, you'll make a mistake because you get bored. Harry, you're getting bored batting. Don't get bored batting when the conditions are in your favor. The ball's been going up and down and suddenly the partnership gets developed.
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