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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Rory Dollard

Jacob Bethell’s coming-of-age century offers silver lining for England as defeat looms in Sydney

Jacob Bethell’s coming-of-age century offered hope for the future as England’s Ashes present tipped towards another defeat in Sydney.

Bethell – 22 years old and playing just his sixth Test match – made a mockery of the awkward fact that he had never before scored a first-class hundred with a gem of an innings that relieved the end-of-tour gloom on day four at the SCG.

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